There will be no school on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Mr. Sullivan's mother has passed away and this will allow faculty, staff, and students to attend the funeral.
Easter Break begin March 20, 2008 - March 30, 2008. Students will return on March 31, 2008.
March 17, 2008
All classes will resume activities and projects from the previous week.
March 10-14
Sophomore Class:
Students will continue to explore the tables in MS Word, while creating their own mazes. Students will also begin to create a Gossip Times Newsletter with cartoon characters. This will develop their editing skills.
Web Page Design:
Students will complete and finish their Movie Recommendation WebPage that they have created.
Microsoft Office:
Students are cont. to work on their Business Project activity. Part 3, Business Proposal and Part 4 Excel portion are due this week in class.
March 3 - 7 2008
Sophomore Class:
Students will continue to utilize MS Word Table funtion. Students will be taught how to create their own Word Search Puzzle and Mazes during the week. This is a fun way to get students to utilize the formatting skills in MS Word.
WebPage Design:
Students will complete their Prom WebPage and then begin to start on their "Movie Recommendation" WebPage. Students will be introduced to formatting techniques that will enhance their webpage design.
Microsoft Office:
Students will complete and print out their Award Certificate and Newsletters. Students will also be given their "Business Project" this week. This is an extensive Business Project that has five parts. Parts 1, 2, & 3 are in MS Publisher. Part 4 is MS Excel and part 5 is PowerPoint. All five parts are due no latyer than MArch 18, 2008.
February 25 - February 29, 2008
Sophomore Class:
Students will have a vocabulary quiz on Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008. In addition they will continue to work on table formatting in MS Word. The main assignment this week is called "Last Will and Testament Table" They are to include 15 teachers or cartoon characters in this assignment.
Web Page:
Students will continue to work on their Prom Web Page. They will take a vocabulary quiz Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008.
Microsoft Office:
Student will continue to work in MS Publisher. Students will be reflecting in a technology aspect on current democratic primary canidates using MS Publisher. Students will also take a quiz on Thursday, February 27, 2008.
Mid-Winter Break February 18-22
February 11 - February 15, 2008
Sophomore Class:
Continue to work in MS Word and construct, format ms tables.
Web Page:
Continue to work on Winter/Summer Web Page design. Vocabulary Quiz Friday 2/15/08. Begin to create Prom Web Page
MS Office:
Contine to work in MS Publisher, on variety of projects. Start Project based assignment next week.
February 4 - February 8, 2008
Sophomore Class:
Students will be introduced to Word Art and Tables in MS Word. Students will complete several activities that reflect tables and Word Art.
Web Page Design:
Students are currently creating their own Summer/Winter resort web page.
Microsoft Office:
Students are working in MS Publisher and creating a newsletter with several articles. They are also working on creating greeting cards and inviatation cards.
January 29 - February 1, 2008
Sophomore Class:
Students this week will begin with MS Word editing tools. To include: Bold, center, underline,bullets and formatting clip art pictures on a active document.
WebPage Design Class:
Students begin a introduction to MS Frontpage. Students will begin to research a health/science topic of their choice. They will utilize this research and place their work with a single page template web page.
Microsoft Office:
Students introduced to MS Publisher. Students will begin to create their personalized logos that markets them as individuals. Students will use these logos throughout the semester. This week students will also create a business card and a greeting card in MS Publisher.
January 28, 2008
To all my new classes this semester I would like to welcome to Computer Applications and Microsoft Office Program classes. Please let me introduce myself, my name is Mrs. Aguilar and I will be the instructor for technology. During the course of the school year students will learn programs such as, Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, and Access. Using creative activities students will learn to apply these particular program to real world situations. Below you will be able to find important information that will assist in your child's success this school year.
I look forward to having your student in class, and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me. My email address is aaguilar@bssg.net and or call 914-632-2595.
Sincerely,
Angela Aguilar
January 14 -16 Midterm exams continue within class for both Sophomore and Senior classes.
January 7, 2008 - January 11, 2008
Sophomore Class:
***Students will be introduced to Microsoft Publisher
Program. They will create their own individual calendars and place their Midterm exam schedule on this calendar. They will also create a Newsletter using all the strategies we have learned suring the course of this class.
****Midterm review will be on Friday, Jan. 11, 2007
Students will take midterms in class January 14 and 15th. It will consist of all Microsoft office programs covered.
Seniors Class:(Project Based Midterm)
****In class Midterms this week through January 16, 2008 of next week. Students have been given the Midterm Requirements and schedule. During the course of the week students will be working in class on their midterm.
January 3, 2008!
Welcome back students! This week we are going to be reviewing the activities that we left off before break.
Today: December 13, 2007
Sophomore Class:
Open up a MS EXCEL spreadsheet and create a Christmas Party invitation spreadsheet that includes at least 10 names (last name first). The names should be in Alpha Order. The labels should include Name, Address, Phone number, and Date/Time of Christmas Party. Use a complete header with your name, date, and assignment name. Please include grid lines and format the cells the way you think it looks attractive. You must highlight the background of your title and include clip art. It should look similar to your Holiday Budget assignment.DO NOT PRINT.
***When finished continue to work on assignments that you are behind on.
Good luck and be safe on your way home today.
Senior Class:
Finish up on your PowerPoint Test you were working on. When finished continue on your disability project. DO NOT Print out today. Be safe on your way home today.
Mrs. Aguilar
December 10 - 14
Sophomore Class:
**Students will complete and print out the Start-Up Activity "HS Fails..." Students will continue to work on their Holiday Budget Project and print-out this assignment.
** There will be a quiz Tuesday, December 11, 2007 on the Vocabulary Terms that were handed out two weeks prior.
** EXCEL TEST on Wednesday, December 12, 2007.
** December 13 & 14 Students will continue to work on assignments that they need to complete.
Senior Class:
***The first PPT that was completed in class will be reviewed and graded.(African Slave Trade) Students will begin a new Start-Up Activity titled "Lawsuit of Cookies..." In addition student will continue to work on their disabled PPT. It will be due this week.
*** There will be a test over Powerpoint Wednesday, December 12, 2007. PLEASE REVIEW THE POWERPOINT TUTORIAL ABOVE.
December 3 - December 7
Sophomore Class:
**Students will begin a Start-Up Activity on an article titled " HS Fails to Engage HS Students". In addition student will continue with the MS Excel Program, while learning how to format active cells, utilize the formula bar to sum equations. Students will complete thier average charts and begin to work on their HOLIDAY BUDGET. This activity will incorporate all the skills the students have learned about MS EXCEL.
Seniors:
**Students have completed their PPT on the country of their choice and begin to present to the class. Presentations will be graded on a rubric that students were handed out. Once they are finished new PPT Projects will be handed out. This project focuses on a famous disabled person
November 26 - November 30
Sophomore Class:
*** Students will utilize the Average Equation and create their own average chart with 15 student names and 6 seperate assignments. In addition they will learn how to merge and format cells within a spreasheet. Students will also have new vocabulary words and homework that will assist them in learning these new terms.
Senior Class:
***Students will be finishing up with their start-up activity which is an article on HS students and student engagement in the classroom. They also will continue to work on their Powerpoint presentation on the country of their choice. They will finish them up this week and start their presenting on Wednesday, November 28, 2007.
November 19 - 21
**Early Release Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 12:00pm
Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday students will return on Monday, November 26, 2007.
Sophomore:
***Students will finish up and take the quiz on the Excel Tutorial that can be accessed above on the linked marked "Excel Tutorial".
This week we will be addressing formula functions such as, SUM, MAX, MIN, and AVERAGE. Students will create a database spreadsheet that will formulate students average. We will complete one as a class together, then they will be required to complete an individual spreadsheet.
Seniors:
***Students will continue to work on their PowerPoint Presentations. (Country of their choice)
November 5 - 9 & November 12-16
School Notice: No school on November 9th and 12th. Enjoy your 4 day weekend.
Sophomore Class:
*** Students will currently continue moving towards addressing the EXCEL data base program. A tutorial web site will be posted to allow students extra help in this area. We will continue with this program for the next two weeks in class. Students will learn basic functions related to the EXCEL program. (In addition any all make-up work must be turned in before November 8, 2007)
Senior Class:
*** Students will be working on their powerpoint presentations related to the country of their choice. They are in the process of learning basic skills that reflect PPT. A tutorial is posted on the web page for additional help in this area.
October 29 - November 2
Sophomore Class:
**Students will be completed their MS Word table "Crossword Puzzle" assignment, along with their Teen News Letter.
**Students who missed the Vocabulary Quiz will be completing their quiz.
**In addition students will begin an introduction to the Excel program.
Senior Class:
** Students will begin an introduction to the Powerpoint program. Students will watch a United Streaming Video on the "African Slave Trade", and then begin to research this significant historical event, and construct a PowerPoint Presentation that will consist of 4 slides.
**Students will use this beginning Powerpoint presentation as a foundation to learning this program.
**Students will also complete the newsletter titled "The Power of Study Groups" in MS Word.
October 22 - 26
Sophomore Class:
**Students will be taking their vocabulary test on Friday, October 26, 2007. Students must turn in their typed vocbulary words prior to the test. It is worth 20% of their grade.
**Students are currently working on a Newsletter start-up activity during the course of the week that is titled "The Power of Study Groups"
**In class they are currently creating individual crossword puzzles, using technology words. Students will creating this in Microsoft Word and inserting a table.
Senior Class:
**Students will be taking their vocabulary test on Friday, October 26, 2007. Students must turn in their typed vocbulary words prior to the test. It is worth 20% of their grade.
**Students are currently working on a Newsletter start-up activity during the course of the week that is titled "The Power of Study Groups"
**In class they are currenly completing "Notetaking Skills..." They also will be printing up an Excel Document for Division.
**In addition we will look back on students finance log in Excel and continue with the Excel program by adding on to last weeks assignment. "Three Little Pigs Part II"
Week of October 15 - 19
Sophomores:
**New vocabulary words. (see list below)
Students are currently typing up the words in a MS Word document. They will print them out and use them as their personal study guide. They also hand them in with the test and it is worth 20% of thier grade. Test is scheduled for next week.
**Merging, centering and formating tables in MS Word.
***Beginning to construct a newsletter with a 2 column grid.
Seniors:
**New vocabulary words. (see list below) Students are currently typing up the words in a MS Word document. They will print them out and use them as their personal study guide. They also hand them in with the test and it is worth 20% of thier grade. Test is scheduled for next week.
**Continue to format EXCEL Program using various formulas. Student will create grids and begin to learn how to format grids/charts.
***PROJECT on CREATING YOUR OWN BUSINESS - Using MS Word and Excel documents.
PSAT is scheduled for WED OCT 17, 2007.
Week of October 8th - October 12
Start-Up Activity:
Homework TIPS for High School Students
Sophomores:
**Tips are configured into a Microsoft Word Document and formatting criteria is passed out during class. Students print once completed.
**Students are completing make-up work while in class this week.
**No Vocabulary was issued.
Seniors:
Start-Up Activity:
Homework TIPS for High School Students
*** Tips are configured into a Powerpoint presentation/slide show. This is a preassessment activity that will allow students to freely illustrate their knowledge of the Powerpoint program.
**Students are completing make-up work while in class this week.
**No Vocabulary was issued.
Week of 10-01-07
October 4, 2007: TEST J
Seniors:
October 2, 2007: Vocabulary Quiz Review (see list below)
October 3, 2007: Vocabulary Quiz and Review for Microsoft EXCEL Test.
****** Test will consist of: Creating a table in Microsoft Excel, using formula equations that have been reviewed (SUM, DIVISION, AVERAGE, MULTIPLICATION) Students will also be expected to format their EXCEL document. In addition students will define vocabulary that has bee discussed in class.
Sophomores:
October 2, 2007: Vocabulary Quiz Review (see list below)
October 3, 2007: Vocabulary Quiz and Review for Microsoft Word Test.
*****Test will consist of: Creating a table in MS Word, formatting table, changing font size, and style. Students will be expected to add a clip art to document and format that clip art. In addition students will define vocabulary that has bee discussed in class.
October 4, 2007: Microsoft Word Assessment
Vocabulary Words:
1. Title bar
2. Ribbon
3. Ribbon tabs
4. Office button
5. Quick access toolbar
6. Rulers
7. ScreenTip
8. Insertion point
9. Document window
10. Scroll boxes
11. Status bar
12. Zoom slider
Welcome to Computer Applications and Microsoft Office Program classes. Please let me introduce myself, my name is Mrs. Aguilar and I will be the instructor for technology. During the course of the school year students will learn programs such as, Microsoft Word, Power Point, Excel, and Access. Using creative activities students will learn to apply these particular program to real world situations. Below you will be able to find important information that will assist in your child's success this school year.
I look forward to having your student in class, and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me. My email address is aaguilar@bssg.net and or call 914-632-2595.
Sincerely,
Angela Aguilar
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