Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Thursday, Jan 10 - Creating a Database

Bell Ringer Activity:
1. Open your typing file and go to page 236.
2.  Type the title Bibliography and center it and make it bold.
Type the first 2 sources that start with Armed Forces Collection
and Author unknown. We will do the hanging indent format together.
Complete any missing work.
3. Pull your airline data sheet out of the folder
4.
Complete any missing vacation data.Go to http://www.expedia.com/
All 8 vacation spots should be completed.
5.
Pull out your Database vocabulary work sheet from the folder.
The data type definitions at the bottom of the page need to be completed.

STOP! and check the top of your worksheet.
There was some confusion about directions.
You need to look at the picture on the worksheet.
Slide 21 was to give you help with the terms
records, fields and entries.


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What are we learning? How do we create a database?
1.3 Productivity Programs- Databases
2.1 Apply formatting and editing features and operational keys appropriately.
2.4 Format Memo


Guided Lesson:
Miss W. will demonstrate the hanging indent format for a bibliography and students will format their bibliography in that style. 
1. Highlight the text to be formatted.
2. On the Home Ribbon, to the right of the word "Paragraph" there is a tiny faint arrow click this arrow and a new formatting window will appear.

3. Beneath the Indentation heading, set the "Special" field to "Hanging" and set the "By" field to "0.5."
4. Click OK

Miss W. will demonstrate how to create a database and students will create a database.

Independent Exercise:
Students will enter their vacation data into their database.

Exit Activity:
Formative assessment work with peers at http://www.quia.com/hm/221444.html

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