Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Feb 1 Short cut links

Don't forget to turn in your Business day tickets for extra credit.

Business and Finance

Career Management

MSITA

Feb 1 Business and Finance

Learning Goals:
Obj 1.02 Understanding Economic Systems- How to measure economic activity (GDP, classifying the economy)

Turn in for extra credit on your lowest test grade the CTE Business Day tickets!

Bell Ringer:
1. Get your name tag and project worksheet.

2. Go to My Computer, Student Docs, Principles of Business, Unit 1 and open New POB 1.02 PowerPoint

3. Know which company you are going to use for your project. Answer Questions 1 through 3 of the Common Formative Assessment Project 1


Guided exercise:
Miss will review how the CFA#1 Project should look.

Miss W will review following main topics GDP and classifying economic conditions.


Independent Exercise:
4. Read pages 34 through 37 Answer Questions 1 to 3 on page 37 in a small corner of a blank piece of paper.

5. For the GDP art project students will draw the components of GDP and label them and give examples of the different parts. In the middle of the page write the definition for GDP. At the bottom of the page write the definition for GDP per Capita and draw people around it.

6. Students will work on CFA#1 project.

Homework: Bring in 10.00 Business fee

Feb 1 Career Management

Learning Goal: Review Holland Codes and Understand your temperament

Bell Ringer:
1. Students will get name tags
2. Students will pull up their Holland Code PowerPoints and insert two more slides.
3. Pull up the following web site
http://career.missouri.edu/students/majors-careers/skills-interests/career-interest-game/

Guided Exercise:
4. You are going to verify your Holland code. First click on the Holland code that you picked for your Holland Code PowerPoint. Then look at the following links ARE YOU?, CAN YOU? LIKE TO? HOBBIES? CAREER POSSIBILITIES? for your Holland Code.

Independent Exercise:
IF YOU NOTICE THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE MATCHES TRY THE OTHER HOLLAND CODES!5. Type ARE YOU? and then type or copy and paste the words that match your personality.
6. Type CAN YOU? and then type or copy and paste the activities you are good at.
7. Type LIKE TO? and then type or copy and paste which activities you like from the group.
8. Type HOBBIES? and then type of copy and paste which hobbies you like?
9. On the 2nd slide type careers and choose two careers that interest you. Click on the link and copy and paste description. Be sure to use quotation marks and cite the source which mean you need to put the web address on the slides.

Guided Exercise:
Miss W will go over the Keirsey.com temperament assessment with students.

10. Visit www.keirsey.com to take the FREE temperament test. Do NOT start until Miss W tells you to. She will tell you where to click on the FREE test. There are some tests that you have to pay for.

Homework: Don't forget to bring the $10.00 Business Fee

Feb 1 MSITA

Learning Goal: Creating a Basic PowerPoint Presentation

Turn in your Business day tickets for 2 extra credit points on your lowest test grade.

Bell Ringer:
1. Students will get their name tags and worksheets
2. Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/ AND sign in with your live id and password. You do NOT need to enter an access code.

Guided Lesson:
Miss W will demonstrate how to create sections in PowerPoint by doing a group exercises of each type of work activity.

Independent Exercise:
Students will continue with the Beginning PowerPoint, Creating a Basic PowerPoint Presentation module.

Homework:Bring in 10.00 Business fee

Monday, January 30, 2012

Jan 31 Short Cut Links- Digital Literacy Day

Remember you can receive extra credit (2 extra points on your lowest test grade) by attending the Business Fair in the Cafeteria today! Make sure you keep the coupon they give you.

Jan 31 Business and Finance

Jan 31 Career Management

Jan 31 MSITA

Jan 31 Business and Finance Digital Literacy Day

Learning Goal: Try different types of technology by using a variety of free educational software programs.

Bell Ringer:
A. Click on the first link. Then hold the control button and click on the next two links. When you you hold the control button a new tab opens, so you will be able to go back and forth between the programs.

B. If you have not returned a signed AUP you will be writing definitions.

Links:

fakebook http://classtools.net/fb/home/page

pixton (cartoon) http://www.pixton.com/create

wix (web site) http://www.wix.com/

C. FaKebook- First find three famous entrepreneurs from the link below. You will be making 3 faKebook profiles. You MUST choose 3 different entrepreneurs.

list of famous entrepreneurs http://www.topbusinessentrepreneurs.com/

D. You will need to research the people you have chosen to find out about their life (for their profile), their friends (to add friends) and a comment they have said (you are going to post a comment from them on the profile)

E. Here is an example of how a faKebook will look. They will give you a link and you will need to copy it to Miss W's flash drive.
http://www.classtools.net/fb/75/Z2iLkF

F. fakebook help sheet if you need it http://classtools.net/main_area/fakebook/helpsheet.pdf

G. Pixton- You are now going to pick one of your three computer people and create a comic about their life.

You do NOT have time to read other comics.

Choose SUNDAY FUNNY option.


Once you hit create there is a short 2 minute video you can watch to help, Miss W will show most features on Smartboard.

H. If you have time you can create a web site at Wix and embed your faKebook links and your comic link.

Have fun and remember if you have to turn in a project for another class you can ask to see if you are able to use one of these options.

Jan 31 Career Management Digital Literacy Day

Learning Goal: Try different types of technology by using a variety of free educational software programs.

Bell Ringer:
A. Click on the first link. Then hold the control button and click on the next two links. When you you hold the control button a new tab opens, so you will be able to go back and forth between the programs.

B. If you have not returned a signed AUP you will be writing definitions.

Links:

fakebook http://classtools.net/fb/home/page

pixton (cartoon) http://www.pixton.com/create

wix (web site) http://www.wix.com/


C. FaKebook- First find three famous people and their Holland codes from the link below. You will be making 3 faKebook profiles. You MUST choose 3 different Holland Codes.

http://watertown.k12.sd.us/schools/srhigh/courses/interests.pdf Go to PAGE 2 to see famous people and their Holland codes

D. You will need to research the people you have chosen to find out about their life (for their profile), their friends (to add friends) and a comment they have said (you are going to post a comment from them on the profile)

E. Here is an example of how a faKebook will look. They will give you a link and you will need to copy it to Miss W's flash drive.
http://www.classtools.net/fb/75/Z2iLkF

F. fakebook help sheet if you need it http://classtools.net/main_area/fakebook/helpsheet.pdf

G. Pixton- You are now going to pick one of your three computer people and create a comic about their life.

You do NOT have time to read other comics.

Choose SUNDAY FUNNY option.


Once you hit create there is a short 2 minute video you can watch to help, Miss W will show most features on Smartboard.

H. If you have time you can create a web site at Wix and embed your faKebook links and your comic link.

Have fun and remember if you have to turn in a project for another class you can ask to see if you are able to use one of these options.

Jan 31 MSITA Digital Literacy Day

Learning Goal: Try different types of technology by using a variety of educational software programs.

Bell Ringer:
A. Click on the first link. Then hold the control button and click on the next two links. When you you hold the control button a new tab opens, so you will be able to go back and forth between the programs.

B. If you have not returned a signed AUP you will be writing definitions.

Links:

fakebook http://classtools.net/fb/home/page

pixton (cartoon) http://www.pixton.com/create

wix (web site) http://www.wix.com/


C. FaKebook- First find three important computer people from any of the links below. You will be making 3 faKebook profiles

list of famous computer people
http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240103681/IT-greats-Top-10-greatest-IT-people

http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/admissions/what_is_cs/FamousWomen.html

http://www.computerscienceschools.net/blog/2010/10-famous-computer-science-grads/

D. You will need to research the people you have chosen to find out about their life (for their profile), their friends (to add friends) and a comment they have said (you are going to post a comment from them on the profile)

E. Here is an example of how a faKebook will look. They will give you a link and you will need to copy it to Miss W's flash drive.
http://www.classtools.net/fb/75/Z2iLkF

F. fakebook help sheet if you need ithttp://classtools.net/main_area/fakebook/helpsheet.pdf

G. Pixton- You are now going to pick one of your three computer people and create a comic about their life.

You do NOT have time to read other comics.

Choose SUNDAY FUNNY option.

Once you hit create there is a short 2 minute video you can watch to help, Miss W will show most features on Smartboard.

H. If you have time you can create a web site at Wix and embed your faKebook links and your comic link.

Have fun and remember if you have to turn in a project for another class you can ask to see if you are able to use one of these options.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Jan 30 Short Cut links

Don't forget you can receive extra credit on your lowest test grade by stopping by the CTE Business Day booth in the cafeteria on Tuesday! Bring back a ticket!

You MUST bring in AUP on Tuesday to participate in the Digital Literacy projects.If you do not bring it in you will need to write definitions to complete the assignment.

Jan 30 Business and Finance

Jan 30 Career Management

Jan 30 MSITA

Jan 30 Business and Finance

Learning Goals:
Obj 1.01 Review Economic Systems (Understand supply and demand and calculate Market Price)

Don't forget you can receive extra credit on your lowest test grade by stopping by the CTE Business Day booth in the cafeteria on Tuesday! Bring back a ticket!

You MUST bring in AUP on Tuesday to participate in the Digital Literacy projects.If you do not bring it in you will need to write definitions to complete the assignment.

Bell Ringer:
1. Get your name tag and worksheet.

2. Read pages 23 to 26 in the textbook.

3. On the TOP of your NEW worksheet write Page 26 Answer questions 1 to 3

4. Go to My Computer, Student Docs, Principles of Business, Unit 1 and open POB 1.01 Economic Systems PowerPoint

5. Think of a company you would like to use for your first project.

Miss W will collect signed syllabi, signed AUP forms, and $10.00 business fees while you are doing these bell ringer activities.

Guided exercise:

Miss W will review following main topics supply, demand and market price.

Miss W will explain CFA Business Project 1 to the class. It will cover concepts that will be on the first Common Formative Assessment.

Independent Exercise:
Market Price worksheet

Independent Project: On Wednesday students will start on Business Project 1 by answering project questions for their chosen company.

Homework: Bring in 10.00 Business fee

Jan 30 Career Management

Learning Goals:
Students will learn about necessary skills for the workplace
SCANS (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills)

Don't forget you can receive extra credit on your lowest test grade by stopping by the CTE Business Day booth in the cafeteria on Tuesday! Bring back a ticket!

You MUST bring in AUP on Tuesday to participate in the Digital Literacy projects.If you do not bring it in you will need to write definitions to complete the assignment.

Bell Ringer:
1. Students will get their name tags.

Guided Exercise:
Miss W will review the SCANS PowerPoint with students.
2. Students will ask about any words they do not understand.

Independent Exercise:
3. Students will complete the SCANS Powerpoint by:
A. insert a clipart on each slide
B. complete the sentence explaining why you chose the clipart
C. after the sentence type yes if you have the skill, no if you don't and maybe if you have some ability but have not yet mastered the skill
D. After you have finished the PowerPoint you will make a house diagram of the Scan skills and competencies. See example page.
4. If there is time students will start the "Objective 1 Project- Personal Traits"

Homework:
Bring in AUP, Syllabus and money for the $10.00 Business fee.

Jan 30 MSITA

Learning Goal: Creating a Basic PowerPoint Presentation

Don't forget you can receive extra credit on your lowest test grade by stopping by the CTE Business Day booth in the cafeteria on Tuesday! Bring back a ticket!

Bell Ringer:
1. Students will get their name tags and worksheets
2. Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/ AND sign in with your live id and password. You do NOT need to enter an access code.

Guided Lesson:
Miss W will demonstrate the techniques and show the usefulness of gridlines from the "Working with PowerPoint Windows" section and the concepts in the "Inserting and Formatting a Table" e-learning module by doing a group exercises of each type of work activity.

Independent Exercise:
Students will start Beginning PowerPoint, Creating a Basic PowerPoint Presentation module.

Homework:Bring in 10.00 Business fee

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Jan 27 Short cut links

Extra Credit available on the 1st Test by attending Jan 31 Business Day Booth in Cafeteria

Jan 27 Business and Finance

Jan 27 Career Development

Jan 27 MSITA

Jan 27 Business and Finance

Learning Goals:
Obj 1.01 Review Economic Systems (Free Enterprise, Mixed, Command and Traditional)
Understand and calculate Market Price

Bell Ringer:
1. Get your name tag and worksheet.

2. Read pages 17 to 18 in the textbook.

3. On the TOP of your NEW worksheet write Page 22 Q1 and choose a, b, c, or d

4. Go to My Computer, Student Docs, Principles of Business, Unit 1 and open POB 1.01 Economic Systems PowerPoint

5. Think of a company you would like to use for your first project.

Miss W will collect signed syllabi, signed AUP forms, and $10.00 business fees while you are doing these bell ringer activities.

Guided exercise:

Miss W will review following main topics economic resources Economic Systems (Free Enterprise, Mixed, Command and Traditional), watch the economic video and determinine market price.

Miss W will explain CFA Business Project 1 to the class. It will cover concepts that will be on the first Common Formative Assessment.

Independent Exercise:
Market Price worksheet

Independent Project: Next week students will start on Business Project 1 by answering project questions for their chosen company.

Homework: Bring in 10.00 Business fee

Jan 27 Career Management

Learning Goals:
Career Planning- The Importance of Learning about Yourself
Review of Multiple Intelligences and Holland Codes

Bell Ringer:
1. Students will get their name tags.
2. Students will finish their Holland Code PowerPoint.
3. Students will read the 2nd and 3rd pages of the Holland Personality Type Handout

Guided Exercise:
Miss W will review the Career Planning PowerPoint with students.
4. Students will review the questions on the PowerPoint

Independent Exercise:
5. Students will complete the Personal Affirmation MS Word Worksheet.
6. Students will take the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and record their results on the bottom of their Personal Affirmation Worksheet. http://www.wwnorton.com/college/psych/psychsci/media/rosenberg.htm
7. If time, student will participate in a vocabulary review game.

Homework:
Bring in money for the $10.00 Business fee.

Jan 27 MSITA

Learning Goal: Understanding the PowerPoint 2010 Environment module.

Bell Ringer:
1. Students will get their name tags and worksheets
2. Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/ AND sign in with your live id and password. You do NOT need to enter an access code.

Guided Lesson:
Miss W will demonstrate thte techniques in the "Working with the PowerPoint Windows" e-learning module by doing a group exercise of each type of work activity.

Independent Exercise:
Students will start Beginning PowerPoint, the PowerPoint 2010 Environment module.

Homework
:Bring in AUP, signed Syllabus and 10.00 Business fee

Jan 26 Short cut links

Jan 26 Business and Finance

Jan 26 Career Management

Jan 26 MSITA

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Jan 26 Business and Finance

Learning Goals: Obj 1.01 Understanding Economic Systems (Free Enterprise, Mixed, Command and Traditional)

Bell Ringer
:
1. Get your name tag and worksheet.

2. Read pages 9 to 11 in the textbook.

3. On the BOTTOM of your worksheet write NC Natural Resources- (list 3 NC natural resources), write NC Human Resources-(list 3 NC human resources), write NC Capital Resources- (list 3 NC capital resources),

4. Go to My Computer, Student Docs, Principles of Business, Unit 1 and open the Difference between Economic systems PowerPoint
5. Think of a company you would like to use for your first project.

Miss W will collect signed syllabi, signed AUP forms, and $10.00 business fees while you are doing these bell ringer activities.

Guided exercise:
Miss W will explain the new fire drill policy.

Miss W will discuss following main topics economic resources Economic Systems (Free Enterprise, Mixed, Command and Traditional)

Miss W will explain CFA Business Project 1 to the class. It will cover concepts that will be on the first Common Formative Assessment.

Independent Project: Students will start on Business Project 1 by answering project questions 1 and 2 for their chosen company.

Homework: Bring in 10.00 Business fee

Jan 26 Career Management

Learning Goal: Understand Holland Codes

Bell Ringer:
1. Students will get name tags and worksheets
2. Open up your Multiple Intelligences PowerPoint and write down your top 2 intelligences on the worksheet at your desk.
3. Look at the definition slides for your top 2 intelligences.

Guided Exercise:
Miss W will explain the new fire drill policy.

Miss W will discuss another self-assessment inventory.
"Research has established that personality is the single most important factor in job choice, job satisfaction and long term career success. The Holland model correlates personality types to work environments. The categories are Realistic, Investigation, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional." from hrc Corp

Independent Exercise:
Students will take 2 forms of the Holland Codes (one written and one visual) and write down the top 2 categories for each assessment.
4. Holland written http://www.roguecc.edu/counseling/hollandcodes/test.asp
5. Holland visual http://www.123test.com/career-test/ pictures

6. When you get your results copy and paste to a new PowerPoint file and name the file Holland Code. Here are what results could look like:

Your results for the Holland Code Quiz are as follows:
Realistic: 5 *lowest
Investigative: 10
Artistic: 13 *highest
Social: 8
Enterprising: 10
Conventional: 13 *highest

Your Holland Codes are as follows:
7. Click on these codes and you will see sample jobs.
8. Pick 2 jobs that sound interesting and type the job title on your PowerPoint slide.
AEI
AIE
CEI
CIE

9. Make sure Assessment worksheet is completed.
10. The students will then do a small group verbal presentation of their results.

Jan 26 MSITA

Learning Goals:
Start BeginningPowerPoint class
Continue Digital Literacy Module 1

Bell Ringer:
1. Students will get their name tags and worksheets
2. Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/ AND sign in with your live id and password.
3. Open a new tab and go to the Digital Literacy site http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/citizenship/giving/programs/up/digitalliteracy/eng/Curriculum3.mspx

4. Work on the Digital Literacy Module 1 worksheet as Miss W collects signed syllabi, signed AUP forms, $10.00 business fees and help yesterday's 3 absent students enter the PowerPoint access code 7437-K7E6-9807 for the Microsoft Academy site..

Guided Lesson:
Miss W will explain the new fire drill policy.

Miss W will demonstrate how to work through an e-learning module by doing group exercises of each type of work activity.

Independent Exercise:
Students will start Beginning PowerPoint, the PowerPoint 2010 Environment module.

Homework:Bring in AUP, signed Syllabus and 10.00 Business fee

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Jan 25 Short cuts

Jan 25 Business and Finance

Jan 25 Career Management

Jan 25 MSITA

Jan 25 Business and Finance

Learning Goals: Obj 1.01 Understanding Economic Systems

Bell Ringer:
1. Get your name tag and worksheet.

2. Read pages 6 to 8 in the textbook.

3. On the top of your worksheet write "Page 11 Questions"

4. On page 11 answer questions 1 (true or false) and 2 (a, b, c, or d) on the top of your worksheet.

5. Go to My Computer, Student Docs, Principles of Business, Unit 1 and open the POB 1.01 Economic Systems PowerPoint

Miss W will collect signed syllabi, signed AUP forms, and $10.00 business fees while you are doing these bell ringer activities.

Guided exercise:
Miss W will discuss following main topics economic resources (natural, human, capital) and the 6 steps of economic decision making

Independent Project: Will start on 6 Steps of Economic Decision Making PowerPoint Project

Homework: Bring in 10.00 Business fee

Jan 25 Career Management

Learning Goal: Understand Multiple Intelligence Inventory and the Learning Style Inventory

Bell Ringer:
1. Students will get their name tags and worksheets.

2. Students will open their Multiple Intelligences PowerPoint.

3. Students will READ THE WORKSHEET about the 8 Multiple intelligences.

(The 4 students, who are not finished with the pre-test, will work on it now)

4. Students will choose one of the eight intelligences that they think best represents them and place a symbol of it on the title page along with its name; for example if you think your strongest intelligence is logical mathematical you would type that on the title page and then add clip art with math symbols and numbers.

5. Students will choose a background theme for their PowerPoint by going to the Design tab and choosing one of the 50 possible themes.

Miss W will collect signed syllabi, signed AUP forms, and $10.00 business fees while you are doing these bell ringer activities.

Guided exercise:
6. Miss W will have the students practice doing a screen print and cropping of the blog instructions below to a new slide in your PowerPoint.

Independent exercise:
7. Take the Multiple Intelligences Inventory by visiting http://ttc.coe.uga.edu/surveys/and choosing INTELLIGENCE SURVEY..
Remember there are no "right" or "wrong" answers.
Only honest answers will give you the best results.
You will not be graded on your answers only that you participated.
Nobody will see your answers but you.
Miss W will only see that you completed the inventory.
Many educational psychologists agree that most people possess more than one type of intelligence.
This survey will give you an idea of what types of intelligence you might be strongest in.

8. Screen print and crop your results (it looks like a sideways bar graph)(have Miss W or neighbor help you if you are not sure how to do it) and paste them to the last slide.

9. Screen print and crop each of the 8 intelligences' definitions and examples to your PowerPoint.

10. Save your results.

Jan 25 MSITA

Learning Goals:
Sign in to MSITA and verify the PowerPoint classes
Continue Digital Literacy Module 1
Finish Vocats Pre-test

Bell Ringer:

1. Open a new tab and go to the Microsoft Academy site http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/
2. Open a new tab and go to the Digital Literacy site http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/citizenship/giving/programs/up/digitalliteracy/eng/Curriculum3.mspx

3. Work on the Digital Literacy Module 1 worksheet as Miss W collects signed syllabi, signed AUP forms, and $10.00 business fees. The two students, who are not finished with the pre-test will work on that item first.

Guided Lesson:
Miss W will show students how to enter the PowerPoint access code 7437-K7E6-9807 and how to sign in to the Microsoft Academy site.

Independent Exercise:
Students will continue Module 1 of Digital Literacy Unit.

Homework:Bring in 10.00 Business fee

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Jan 24- Business and Finance

Learning Goals: Obj 1.01 Understanding Economic Systems

Bell Ringer:
1. Create name tags by folding the index card hamburger style.
2. Write just your FIRST name. Write the name you want to be called.
3. List 7 items or services you would buy if you had lots of money?


Miss W will collect signed syllabi, signed AUP forms, and $10.00 business fees while you are doing these activities.

Guided exercise:
4. In your personal drive (the one with your lunch number) delete all items that needed for a current class.

Guided Lesson: Discuss following main topics, needs vs. wants, goods vs services, economic resources (natural, human, capital) and the 6 steps of economic decision making

Independent Project: Worked on 6 Steps of Economic Decision Making PowerPoint Project

Homework: Bring in 10.00 Business fee
Quiz or Test or Project: None

Jan 24- Career Management

Learning Goal: Understand the self-assessment process

Bell Ringer:
1.Create name tags by folding the index card hamburger style.
2. Write just your FIRST name. Write the name you want to be called.
3. Then on the back of the Multiple Intelligences worksheet draw a pig. Yes, a pig like the animal that bacon comes from. :)
4.AFTER you draw the pig, write the following paragraph- "There are many self-assessments that measure different personal traits. This class will be using the Multiple Intelligence Inventory, Learning Style Inventory, Holland Codes assessment and the SCANS assessment."

Miss W will collect signed syllabi, signed AUP forms, and $10.00 business fees while you are doing these activities.


Guided exercise:
5. In your personal drive (the one with your lunch number) delete all items that needed for a current class.
6. Create a new folder called “Personal Trait Inventories
7. Open a PowerPoint file and call it “Multiple Intelligences Vocabulary”.
In this vocabulary file you will copy or type one multiple intelligence definition per page/slide. Everyone will insert 10 slides.
8. Practice doing a screen print of the blog instructions below to the last slide of your PowerPoint.

Independent exercise:
After you finish the Pre-test
9.Take the Learning Styles Inventory and Multiple Intelligences Inventory by visiting http://ttc.coe.uga.edu/surveys/ .
10. The First Slide of your PowerPoint is your title page. Put your first and last name on it and decorate it with images from at least one career that you are interested in.
11. The Second Slide is going to contain a screen print of your results (it will look like a sideways bar graph)
12. The next 8 slides will have one of the Multiple Intelligences on them.

Jan 24- MSITA

Learning Goals:
Create Live.com logins
Start Digital Literacy Module 1
Finish Vocats Pre-test,

Bell Ringer: Create name tags fold the index card hamburger style.
Write just your FIRST name.

Miss W will collect signed syllabi, signed AUP forms, and $10.00 business fees as you watch a short video about NC and MSITA.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/itacademy/default.aspx
(It is the 2nd video if you want to share with your parents.)

Guided Lesson:
1.Create a live.com login needed for the MSITA class.
2.Go to http://www.live.com
3.On your tiny index card WRITE DOWN the following information.
live id: first three letters of your last name, your first name, MSITA@hotmail.com
(for example Jane Smith's id would be smijmsita@hotmail.com
password: your choice

EVERYONE will create a new school appropriate live id.
This email will be printed on all of your certificates, which is why it needs to be school appropriate.

4. Complete the questions, uncheck the email option and then click on I accept.
5. Go to http://www.live.com and sign in.
6. Give Miss W your small index card with your login information.
7. Go to your personal file (lunch room number) under my computer and delete any files you do not need.

Depending on the time we will either begin to Navigate through Digital Literacy Module 1 Computer Basics or finish the Pre-test.

Digital Literacy Web Address
http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/citizenship/giving/programs/up/digitalliteracy/eng/Curriculum3.mspx
Everyone is going to do the 1st through 3rd modules. Unit 3 Productivity Programs is a great introduction to our class. You may need to do the 4th and 5th module before trying to get the Digital Litercy certificate.

Independent Project:
Complete DL worksheet
Complete Pre-test

Homework:Bring in 10.00 Business fee

Friday, January 20, 2012

January 23- Principles of Business and Finance- First Day of Class

Welcome, It's a great day to be a tiger.

Learning Goals: Expectations

Bell Ringer: Sign in to computer and delete files you do not need in your student file (your lunch number)

Guided Lesson: Understanding the Priniciples of Business and Finance class and Behavior expectations

Independent Exercise:
Take the CTE pre-test (this will be a participation grade based on how hard you try. You need to spend at least 50 minutes on the test to get 100)

1. Click on this link http://rcselements.wikispaces.com/
2. Scroll down to "Links of Interest"
3. Click on "Elements online testing site"
4. Enter the test id 717192448
5. Enter your student id (your lunch number)

6. You will need to pick a business when we start our first project. When you are finished either write on a piece of paper or type on a Word document 5 different businesses you are interested in and why you are interested in them. Do not stress about which 5 types of businesses you choose. You will have a chance to consider other types of businesses. This exercise is to just get you thinking about which business is most interesting to you.

Homework: Get parents to sign AUP form and syllabus

January 23- Career Management- 1st Day of class

Welcome, It's a great day to be a tiger.

Learning Goals: Expectations

Bell Ringer: Sign in to computer and delete files you do not need in your student file (your lunch number)

Guided Lesson: Understanding the Career Management class and Behavior expectations

Independent Exercise:
Take the CTE pre-test (this will be a participation grade based on how hard you try. You need to spend at least 50 minutes on the test to get 100)

1. Click on this link http://rcselements.wikispaces.com/
2. Scroll down to "Links of Interest"
3. Click on "Elements online testing site"
4. Enter the test id 714082429

5. Enter your student id (your lunch number)

6. When you are finished either write on a piece of paper or type on a Word document the following Dr. Seuss quote
"Today you are you,
That is truer than true.
There is no one alive
who is youer than you." Dr. Seuss
Write or Type one paragraph about "Why you should learn about the employment areas that you are interested in for a career instead of copying what your friends are learning about?"

Homework: Get parents to sign AUP form and syllabus

January 23 MSITA- Word, PowerPoint, Publisher 1st day of class

Welcome, It's a great day to be a tiger.

Learning Goals: Expectations

Bell Ringer: Sign in to computer and delete files you do not need in your student file (your lunch number)

Guided Lesson: Understanding the MSITA class and Behavior expectations

Independent Exercise:
Take the CTE pre-test (this will be a participation grade based on how hard you try. You need to spend at least 50 minutes on the test to get 100)

1. Click on this link http://rcselements.wikispaces.com/

2. Scroll down to "Links of Interest"
3. Click on "Elements online testing site"
4. Enter the test id 718942769

5. Enter your student id (your lunch number)

6. When you are finished on the small piece of paper list the three software programs from hardest to easiest. You do not need to put your name on the paper.

Homework: Get parents to sign AUP form and syllabus

Thursday, January 12, 2012

January 13

Block 2 Exam- sign in on your desk

Block 3 Review
They are allowed to work on any of the following combination of study items but they MUST start with the NEW review questions found in Student Docs then Principles of Business then Review Unit 1 Questions then Review Unit 2 Questions then Review Unit 3 Questions (can be worked in any order) Sub has picture of files if you can not find them.

They may work together on the Practice Questions. They MUST do at the questions before they can move on to other study opportunities.
1. Review Unit 1, 2 and 3 Questions (in any order)
• They MUST start with the review questions found in Student Docs then Principles of Business then Final Exam Practice Multiple Choice Questions.
• The keys are under here, please have them check their own work.

2. JEOPARDY REVIEW GAMES
• The review games are found in Student Docs then Principles of Business then choose which of the 5 games to play individual or in GROUPS.

3. Review PowerPoints or Text Book or ONLINE Review Sites (found on January 5th on wclassroom.blogspot.com)
• The may review individually or together.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Jan 12 1st Block Exam / 2nd block Review

1st block MSITA exam

2nd block MSITA review
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Number your paper 1 to 50 and then do the Review 1 Word questions. Bring them to sub and they will give you key to check.

Play one of the Publisher Jeopardy games for review.

Number your paper 1 to 21 and do the first 21 questions in Review 2 Word questions. Bring them to sub and they will give you key to check.

Finish up playing the 3rd and 4th Publisher Vocabulary Jeopardy


New MSITA certificates will be in the media center. You were given official transcripts (keep them) and will get the certificates as they are printed.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Jan 11 Business and Finance

Learning Goal: Be Successful on Final Exam

Students are allowed to work on any of the following combination of study items but they MUST start with the review questions found in Student Docs then Principles of Business then Final Exam Practice Multiple Choice Questions.

Students may work together on the Practice Questions. They MUST do at least 20 to 30 questions before they can move on to other study opportunities.

1. FINAL EXAM PRACTICE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS • They MUST start with the review questions found in Student Docs then Principles of Business then Final Exam Practice Multiple Choice Questions.
• I told them to do at least 20 to 30 questions. Let them know that the answers are at the end of the document. Please stress to them that these questions will give them the best practice for the final exam.

2. JEOPARDY REVIEW GAMES • The review games are found in Student Docs then Principles of Business then choose which of the 5 games to play individual or in GROUPS.

3. Review PowerPoints or Text Book or ONLINE Review Sites (found on January 5th on wclassroom.blogspot.com)
• The may review individually or together.

Jan 11 MSITA

Learning Goal: To be successful on Final Exam

Bellringer:
BOTH 1st and 2nd block:
Read and complete subscript and superscript exercise.
Pick up new study guides.

1st block: Copy gold exam schedules before turning in to Miss W.
2nd block: Take individual and group MS Certification Pictures.

Guided Exercise:
Students will play 20 Questions Game.
Teacher will review multiple choice vocabulary words with students.

Independent Exercise:
Students will play Jeopardy games with each other.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Jan 10 Business and Finance

Learning Goal: Review for Final Exam- Financial Ratios and Interest Rates

Bell ringer:
Write down the formulas for current ratio, debt to equity ratio, return on equity ratio, and net income ratio See slides 49 to 62 on PowerPoint 4.01 Business Finance.

Guided Exercise:
We will review Unit 4 Finance- Financial Ratios (PowerPoint 4.01) and practice reviewing questions

Jan 10 MSITA

Learning Objective: Be successful in Microsoft Certification Testing

Tuesday after school is the LAST attendance make up day opportunities.
You will be here for one hour from 2:36 to 3:40 taking the MS Certification test.

Carol Sue, Tawame, Nick F. and Jacob A sign into Certiport.com. After going to my transcripts you need to click on PRINTABLE view so your certificates look correct.

Bell Ringer:Go to the zenbox and choose the Certiport button (gray and blue)
Sign in with your username and password
Students will choose MS Office Specialist (PowerPoint or Word)
Type in ElaineWitkowski as proctor
Miss W will come around and type in testing password
Work quietly!

Work on study links (see Jan 5th) or go to the student docs/ MSITA/ Word /final Exam Questions and answer the questions on a piece of notebook paper.

At the end of class we will have a group picture of all students, who earned a Microsoft Certification and individual pictures. The group picture may be in the yearbook depending on space. The individual pictures will go on a bulletin board.
Congratulations to everyone, who has earned a Microsoft certificate.

You may come after school today to try again. You may also come back second semester when I am testing my Spring class. Let me know if you want to know the testing dates.

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Jan 9 Business and Finance

Learning Goal: Review for Final Exam

Bell ringer: Work on the links on Jan 5 and use your check list to mark them off as you finish. Write down or type the questions and answers you miss.

Guided Exercise:
We will review the 25 most missed questions from the CFE post-test using a PowerPoint Jeopardy game.

Jan 9 MSITA

Learning Objective: Be successful in Microsoft Certification Testing

Monday and Tuesday after school are the LAST attendance make up day opportunities.
You will be here for one hour from 2:36 to 3:40 taking the Certification test.

Bell Ringer:Go to the zenbox and choose the Certiport button (gray and blue)
Sign in with your username and password
Students will choose MS Office Specialist (PowerPoint or Word)
Type in ElaineWitkowski as proctor
Miss W will come around and type in testing password
Work quietly!

When you are finished work on the PUBLISHER links ONLY!
Publisher Links
http://quizlet.com/7644415/msita-publisher-flash-cards/

http://www.quia.com/jg/320506.html Publisher tool bar terms- click on “list of terms” link at bottom of page and review before playing games

http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_8/cK1l7.htm Vocabulary terms- Review the flashcards first- The left side is the word and the right side is the definition before playing games

http://quizlet.com/3832239/publisher-msita-flash-cards/ Vocabulary terms- Review flashcards first before playing games

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1177977.html

http://quizlet.com/8226054/intermediate-advanced-publisher-flash-cards/

For students who were absent on Thursday and FridayGo to http://rcselements.wikispaces.com/Under "Links of Interest", click on "Elements Online Testing Site"

1st block testing code 717994102

2nd block testing code 718034102

Friday, January 6, 2012

Jan 6 Bus and Fin

Learning Goal: Review for Final Exam

Bell ringer: Work on the links on Jan 5 and use your check list to mark them off as you finish. Write down or type the questions and answers you miss.

Independent Exercise:
We will work on the vocabulary puzzle.
We will start the PowerPoint Jeopardy study guide.

Jan 6 MSITA

Learning Objective: Review PowerPoint for Final Exan

WE ARE IN THE TRAILERS TODAY! except if you were absent for the CFA

We will review PowerPoint by playing Jeopardy vocabulary games.

For students who were absent yesterday

Go to http://rcselements.wikispaces.com/
Under "Links of Interest", click on "Elements Online Testing Site"

1st block testing code 717994102

2nd block testing code 718034102


After taking the Common Formative Assessment come to the trailers.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Jan 5 Bus and Finance

Learning Objective: Be successful on the Common Formative Assessment

Go to http://rcselements.wikispaces.com/

Under "Links of Interest", click on "Elements Online Testing Site"

Test code 717184105

After taking the Common Formative Assessment QUIETLY work on the following practice links. If you are not able to get to a link move to a different seat.
Write down the questions and answers of the questions you miss, this will be a study guide for the Final Exam that is worth 25% of your grade!
I am giving you time during class to study, so I EXPECT everyone to be studying!

Unit 1 Global
http://www.quia.com/quiz/3229793.html

http://www.quia.com/quiz/3229794.html

http://www.quia.com/quiz/3229795.html

http://www.quia.com/quiz/2509365.html
Unit 2 Business

http://www.quia.com/rr/375019.html

Unit 3 Marketing

http://www.quia.com/rr/375045.html

Unit 4 Finance
Math Practice
For the 2nd problem Quarterly means 4 times a year.
http://www.mathwarehouse.com/compound-interest/formula-calculate.php
Problem 3 is tricky so take your time.
These problems are compounded ANNUALLY! which means you use a 1 for n.
http://www.mathopolis.com/questions/q.php?id=2294&site=1&ref=/money/compound-interest.html&qs=2294_2295_2296_2297_2298_2299_2300_2301_2302_2303

http://www.quia.com/rr/837884.html

http://www.quia.com/rr/755854.html

http://www.quia.com/rr/755856.html

http://www.quia.com/hm/728027.html

http://www.quia.com/cm/509442.html

http://www.quia.com/rr/755858.html

PBF Exam Review-Objective 4.01
http://www.quia.com/quiz/2892806.html .

PBF Exam Review - Obj. 4.02http://www.quia.com/quiz/2892873.html

PBF Exam Review - Objective 4.03
http://www.quia.com/quiz/2892992.html
Unit 5 Credit and Risk
Credit and Risk Management http://www.quia.com/rr/761047.html

Jan 5 MSITA

Learning Objective: Be successful on the Common Formative Assessment

Go to http://rcselements.wikispaces.com/

Under "Links of Interest", click on "Elements Online Testing Site"

1st block testing code 717994102

2nd block testing code 718034102


After taking the Common Formative Assessment QUIETLY work on the following practice links. If you are not able to get to a link move to a different seat.
Write down the questions and answers of the questions you miss, this will be a study guide for the Final Exam that is worth 25% of your grade!
I am giving you time during class to study, so I EXPECT everyone to be studying!

Word Links
http://www.quia.com/mc/2221815.html

http://www.quia.com/rr/831438.html?AP_rand=1877175437

http://www.quia.com/rr/836464.html

http://www.quia.com/rr/83027.html

http://quizlet.com/4519706/msita-word-page-formatting-flash-cards/

PowerPoint Links

http://www.quia.com/rr/828204.html

http://www.quia.com/rr/827456.html

http://quizlet.com/5292708/msita-powerpoint-lesson-1-flash-cards/

http://quizlet.com/5292895/msita-powerpoint-lesson-2-flash-cards/

http://quizlet.com/5293158/msita-powerpoint-lesson-3-flash-cards/

http://quizlet.com/7833790/msita-powerpoint-terms-flash-cards/

Publisher Links
http://quizlet.com/7644415/msita-publisher-flash-cards/

http://www.quia.com/jg/320506.html
Publisher tool bar terms- click on “list of terms” link at bottom of page and review before playing games

http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_8/cK1l7.htm Vocabulary terms- Review the flashcards first- The left side is the word and the right side is the definition before playing games

http://quizlet.com/3832239/publisher-msita-flash-cards/ Vocabulary terms- Review flashcards first before playing games

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1177977.html

http://quizlet.com/8226054/intermediate-advanced-publisher-flash-cards/

Backstage View Vocabulary (all Microsoft programs)
http://quizlet.com/6470492/backstage-view-vocabulary-flash-cards/

Schedule for rest of semester
01-05 Common Formative Assessment
01-06 Trailers- Review of CFA
01-09 Microsoft Certification Testing
01-10 Microsoft Certification Testing
01-11 Review for Final Exam
01-12 Exam for 1st Block class/ review for 2nd block Final exam
01-13 Exam for 2nd Block class

Monday, January 2, 2012

January 4 Business and Finance

Learning Goal: Jeopardy Vocabulary Game to Review all 5 Units

01-04 Review for Common Formative Assessment
01-05 Common Formative Assessment
01-06 Review Unit 4 and Unit 3
01-09 Review Unit 3 and Unit 2
01-10 Review Unit 2 and Unit 1
01-11 Review All Units
01-12 Exam for 1st Block class/ review for 2nd block Final exam
01-13 Exam for 2nd Block class/ review for 3rd block Final exam
01-16 Holiday
01-17 Exam for 3rd Block class/ review for 4th block Final exam

Group Exercise:
Students will play the Jeopardy Vocabulary Game to Review all 5 Units.
They questions are based on the concepts that your survey said were the hardest for you.

January 4 MSITA

Learning Goal: Finish and Review Publisher Unit (Jeopardy Vocabulary Game)

Schedule for rest of semester

01-04 Review for Common Formative Assessment (Jeopardy Vocabulary Game)
01-05 Common Formative Assessment
01-06 Trailers- Review of CFA
01-09 Microsoft Certification Testing
01-10 Microsoft Certification Testing
01-11 Review for Final Exam
01-12 Exam for 1st Block class/ review for 2nd block Final exam
01-13 Exam for 2nd Block class

Bell ringer:
1. Sign in to MSITA http://itacademy.microsoftelearning.com/ and sign in

If you were absent last Thursday (Aaron)
2. Sign in to http://rcselements.wikispaces.com/
2nd block 718034175

Guided Exercise:
1. Jeopardy Review Game will cover Publisher vocabulary and concepts.Miss W will review how to complete the section Printing and Sharing a Publication and the Publisher review worksheets and activities.

2. Independent Exercise:
For the last section, Printing and Sharing a Publication:
You will create a worksheet checklist

Include 2 questions for each section and each video.
Do the lab and the self-test (write the self-test questions and answers at the bottom of the worksheet)
When you have everything finished put your name on the wait list.

3. Complete the Publisher review worksheets and activities.
Publisher Review Vocabulary GamesGo to Student Docs then MSITA then Publisher then Publisher Overview 1 read then open Publisher Overview 2 read then follow directions below.

http://www.quia.com/jg/320506.html
Publisher tool bar terms- click on “list of terms” link at bottom of page and review before playing games

http://classtools.net/widgets/quiz_8/cK1l7.htmVocabulary terms- Review the flashcards first- The left side is the word and the right side is the definition before playing games

http://quizlet.com/3832239/publisher-msita-flash-cards/ Vocabulary terms- Review flashcards first before playing games

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1177977.html
Multiple Choice Practice- Final Exam worth 25% will be multiple choice

4. New sites if you finished the above study sites on Dec 21st
http://quizlet.com/8226054/intermediate-advanced-publisher-flash-cards/

2nd Block- because of the Pep rally we are behind on the Publisher unit. You can work hard today or you will be coming to Tuesday, Jan 10th's tiger time.

Don't forget to study. :)