Tuesday, August 28 MS2010 PowerPoint Ribbon

Bell Ringer:
Look at the picture on the top of page 8 to see which fingers to use for keys H, E, and O.
YOU are responsible for looking at the new keyboard picture each day and reading the finger placement paragraph. Leave the book open to right page for the next class :)

Practice on the beginner level (#1 home row keys) at http://www.freetypinggame.net/play11.asp
Click to turn off the sound.
Take a screen print of your score and save it
to a word document.

What are we learning today?
Keys H, E, O
How the 2010 Microsoft PowerPoint Ribbon Interface looks different than
MS2007 & MS2003.

Formative Assessment (NOT for a grade, just to see what you know!)
Read question at http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTg1NTIzMDIzMQ
Go to http://pollev.com/ to submit your answer code

Guided Practice:
Miss W will review the correct finger placement for keys H, E, and O
Students will receive a Ribbon Guide sheet that they need to
keep.Students will review the Ribbon concept.

Independent Exercise:

Students will work in pairs and complete the PowerPoint Ribbon Scavenger
Hunt Worksheet.

Homework:
Students need to decide for which ACADEMIC topic (Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, or Math) they want to create a short (7 slides) PowerPoint presentation during tomorrow's class. BRING your textbooks for that class tomorrow! We will be using the PowerPoint you create to learn different old and new features of PowerPoint 2010.

Exit Activity
Students will practice touch typing the home row keys with a game calledHome
KeysKennys. Remember- Do NOT look at the keys while playing.
Try your best to click on the keys from memory. http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games/homekey-kennys.html
High Scores will be recognized.Miss W. will explain how there will be an
OlympicKeyboarding competition each month for prizes.