• Please visit these sites to locate a PowerPoint Game Show Template

  GOOGLE—Free + PowerPoint Game Show Templates

  http://powerpointgames.wikispaces.com/PowerPoint+Game+Templates

  https://be-a-gameshow-host.wikispaces.com/

  http://gameshows.about.com/od/quizzestrivia/fl/Game-Show-PowerPoint-Templates.htm

  http://gameshows.about.com/od/quizzestrivia/fl/Game-Show-PowerPoint-Templates.htm

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDC1mXh9NPE    directions for Jeopardy

  http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/Default.asp%3FPN%3DDocumentUploads%26L%3D2%26DivisionID%3D8663%26DepartmentID%3D8975%26LMID%3D367350%26ToggleSideNav%3DShowAll

  http://www.rusnakcreative.com/

  Downloads

• 20 questions
• jeopardywithmusic
• Hollywood Squares TemplateMusic
• millionaire template

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• All PPT POP Quiz Ch 1-4 have been scored and the scores have been entered in Grade Center.Enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving.Reminder that your Landmark/National Monument PPT Project is due as you walk in to class at our next class meeting.

  Reminder:  if you have a song you would care to use for your final project, and you do not have that song in your iTunes library, please let me know by Dec1. I will send the song to you via email, so please be certain to include your email address in your message to me.

• Notes for November 17 and 18     Notes for CINS 101 for class this week:
• 1.  If you have been taking notes while you have been reading the PowerPoint Chapters 1-4, please bring your notes with you to your class this week.2.  If you have completed your Monuments and Landmarks PowerPoint Project and you have had your project scored by two peers, you many present your PowerPoint Presentation during this class.  You may earn EXTRA CREDIT points for presenting earlier that the class DEADLINE of December 1/2.  To be eligible for this special offer, all elements of the assignment must be completed and ready to turn in as you arrive for class.3.  Just a FRIENDLY reminder, ALL WORD and EXCEL assignments are to have been turned in previously. NO ADDITIONAL LATE ASSIGNMENTS will be accepted.  Now is the time to focus on your PowerPoint Project.  If you need assistance with any element of this assignment, please bring your questions with you to class this week.4. We will NOT have class on Thursday or Friday, November 24th or 25th–Enjoy your Thanksgiving Vacation !!5.  Monuments and Landmarks PowerPoint Project DUE DATES:  Thursday/Friday  December 1/2

  6.  All grades have been entered in GRADE CENTER by noon Monday, November 14, 2016.  PLEASE, review your grades in Grade Center and let Dr. Lancaster know if there is a discrepancy between the posted grades and the grades written on your returned papers.

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• NOVEMBER
• PPT Landmarks and Monuments 
• November 10 and 11–in class work dayNovember 17 and 18– peer scoring, work day  (EC if you would like to present today)November 24 and 25 –Thanksgiving VacationDecember 1 and 2 —    PPT Landmarks and Monuments PRESENTATION (all PPT presentation work is due today)
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• • Read Excel Ch 4 Data Sets and Tables Read pp. 473-530                                                                                  (Especially note FREEZING ROWS and COLUMNS)
  • Practice Hands on Open File                                               e04h1spa
  • Follow directions from the textbook pp. 515-518
  • Select ONE of the following exercises to complete—Follow directions pp. 521-524
    1. Fiesta Collection 521-522    e04p1fiesta
    2. Salary Data 522-523     e04p2salary
       • Save, Print and Turn in Complete
       • Review Multiple Choice (p. 464) and Chapter Objectives (p. 462)

Please Turn in Excel assignments from October—Due

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November 3 and 4                           Please turn in all assignments. Be sure to include the name of the assignment and your name in the footer of each paper

Read Excel Ch 4  Data Sets and Tables   Read pp.473-530   Especially note FRREEZING ROWS and COLUMNS

Practice Hands on   Open File   e04h1spa  

• Follow directions from the textbook  pp. 515-518

• Select ONE of the following exercises to complete—Follow directions pp. 521-524
  1. Fiesta Collection 521-522    e04p1fiesta
  2. Salary Data 522-523              e04p2salary
     • Save, Print and Turn in Complete,

 Review Multiple Choice (p. 520) and Chapter Objectives (519) for Excel Chapter 4.

• National Monument Selection—PowerPoint Chapters                 11/3 and 11/4                   –Please Read Chapter 1 and 2Intro to PowerPoint. Please read the following pages.–PowerPoint pp. 759—808 Chapter 1–PowerPoint Project will be presented and explained. Topics will be selected. Rubrics, scoring guides and due dates will be explained.                 11/17 and 11/18               Read Chapters 3 and 4

  Please be prepared for PowerPoint Pop quizzes over the reading material

   

  November 10 and 11                     To receive credit, All EXCEL assignments are to be turned in on this date. Be sure to include the name of the assignment and your name in the footer of each paper

   

  • November 17 and 18—Continue with PowerPoint project

   

  • November 24/25 Thanksgiving Vacation

   

  • December 1, 2 PowerPoint Presentations in class

   

  • December 7, 8 Work time for final project

   

  Review Multiple Choice (p. 520) and Chapter Objectives (519) for Excel Chapter 4.

  • December 15, 16 Final Project presentations
• August 25/26, 2016      Quote for today:  Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
  
  • Intro to CINS 101
    • Review Course Materials, Responsibilities, Syllabus
    • WORD Activitiy
    • Review Blackboard
      • Discussion Board #1
    • Review Class Objectives
    • Interactive US Map
      • Interactive US map
        • http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html
        • Visit other Sheppard Software Activities
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• September 1/2, 2016       Quote for today:  Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve on the silence?                                             ~Shirdi Sai Baba, Indian Saint  
• Grauer, Robert T. 2011. Exploring Microsoft Office 2010. Pearson, Boston, MA.September 1/2 Word   Read Chapter 1, pp. 117-161         Record questions for further discussion
  • Read and follow text book directions for pp 160-161
  • Complete Career Considerations                  w01m2career
    
  • Please insert footer with your name and the assignment title
  • Complete, Save, Print and Turn in today if possible—
  • If you do not finish the assignment today, Save, Print and Turn in next week
  • Review Multiple Choice on page 156 and Chapter Objectives (p. 155) for Chapter 1
  • Complete the Blackboard Discussion #1—Introduction, Respond to at least two other classmates.  On Sat or Sunday—Reveal Your White Lie.
    • The Discussion Board is worth 30 points.

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  **For Class on September 8 /9    ***For Class on September 15/16    **Prior to Class on September 22/23

• Review Chapter 1 pp. 1-50 Windows 7 Fundamentals.                                            Record questions for further discussion
• Review Chapter 2 pp. 51-116 Office Fundamentals  Record questions for further discussion
  Use this week to define the Technology Terminology. It is suggested that you complete a technology definition for each of the words. A copy of the Technology Terminology has been uploaded to the susanlancaster.net site and to the Blackboard site. (Technology Terminology Test Sept 29/30)
• • Review the textbook CC: Computing Concepts pp 1-33 Review the Chapter Objectives and the Multiple Choice questions. This information will be helpful with your Technology Hardware Quiz (course objectives)Review Chapter 1 pp. 1-50 Windows 7 Fundamentals.                                            Record questions for further discussion    ========================================================

  Complete:   Read Chapter 2, pp. 163-215  Record questions for further discussion.
  

• • Follow the directions in the Textbook
  • Complete, Save, Print, and Turn in–Practice:  p. 169  Hands on Exercises         w02h1simserv–-Complete Exercise p. 209                  w02p1engler
    Engler, Guccine & Partners Logo
    
  • Review Multiple Choice (p. 208) and Chapter Objectives (p. 206) for Chapter 2

     Record questions for further discussion     Bring All Assignments, Defined   Technology Terminology and questions to class on September 22 / 23

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• September 8/9, 2016        Quote for today: I hear I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand.  ~Chinese Proverb
• SEE INFORMATION ABOVE FOR SEPTEMBER 8/9 and 15/16
  
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  September 15/16, 2016     Quote for today:  We need to educate our students for THEIR future, not our past.      ~A. C. Clark                                                        SEE INFORMATION ABOVE FOR SEPTEMBER 8/9 and 15/16

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• September 22/23, 2016      Quote for today:  Teachers open the door, but you enter by yourself.  ~Chinese Proverb
  Bring all assignments from WORD Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 to turn in today Assignments for September 23, 24Read Chapter 3, pp. 217-258  Record questions for further discussion
• RESEARCH PAPER BASICS                                  p. 229         w03h1plan                 Follow directions in the textbook
• RESEARCH PAPER ENHANCEMENTS                  p. 245         change from w03h1plan to w03h3plan                                                                                      Save as directions in the book describe  p.  245Either WWW web Services Agency   w03m1web
• OR  Tips for Healthy Living                                          w03m2healthy                                     Complete, Save, Print and Turn inREVIEW Multiple Choice (p. 253) and Chapter Objectives (p 252) for Chapter 3Turn in today or at our next class meeting.Study for the Technology Terminology Test and the Hardware Tests which will be given next class.Technology Terminology Test—(100 pts)                                                                                                                     Matching, Multiple Choice, Short Answer, Fill in the Blank, True/False          Hardware Test (100 pts)—Identify Hardware photos with the correct Hardware Term                There will be a new Discussion Board after the Tests next week.Tests will be grades and posted in Grade Center the day after the Test.                                                Technology Terminology Tests—Goal to score 85 or above.  Two Additional tries after next week.::::::::::::::::::::::::::Please bring the following assignments with you to class this week 9/22 or 9/23
  1. Printed Word Cloud/Wordle
  2. Chapter 1—Review –any questions
  3. Chapter 2—Review—any questions
  4. Book-cc pp 1-33 Review Chapter—any questions
  5. Chapter 2—pp.163-215 Assignment—Practice p.169   w02h1simseerv  Print and Turn in
  6. Chapter 2—p.209 Engler Guccine & Partners   w02p1engler   Print and Turn in
     1. Remember to have your name in the footer of each assignment you will turn in
  7. Review Ch2—(p 208) Multiple Choice and (p 206) Chapter Objectives—any questions
  8. (Completed Discussion Board #2 will be scored online
  9. Bring your textbook to class
  10. Bring your completed Tech Terms to Class
  11. Tech Test on September 29/30 Hardware Test on September 29/30

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• September 29/30,  2016    Quote for today:  “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of persons and the affection of children… to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived…this is to have succeeded.”       ~R. W. Emerson 
  
• Reminder for Class 9/29 or 9/301.  Research paper basics2.  Research paper enhancements3. Choice–www or healthy living Word assignment4. Technology Terminology Test5.  Hardware Test
• ven in class for Word Ch 4— Read WORD Chapter 4, pp 261-310; p.276, p. 280; Read p. 281–291 — p. 298 Complete Exercise—follow directions in the textbook   W04H3thanksRead thru p. 298 Mail Merge and Mailing Labels
•  Files you need:w04h3thanks
• October 6 and 7                                         Please bring Ear buds to each class for the remainder of the semester
  • Word Ch 4 Mail Merge Turn in
  • All Word Chapter assignments are due today. All Word assignments must be turned in by October 13/14 in order to receive credit.

   

  TED Talks:  This assignment is worth 30 points and is due to be turned in October 13,14

  Watch one of the six TED talks listed below.  Then proceed to the Step 1 and Step 2 directions.  Next watch at least two of the 20 most popular TED talks of all time (link below)

• • Readabout fivethirtyeight on wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FiveThirtyEight
  • Complete, print and save during class: Respond  to http://fivethirtyeight.com/   website                          http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=rrpromo
  • What does 538 represent ?
  • Explain the data on the U. S. Map–What does the map represent ?ign of Websitesttp://www.ted.com/playlists/171/the_most_popular_talks_of_all?gclid=CNzr57T6xM8CFQ6MaQodAdEHMQ
    6. 1. Learning to code Scratch.mit.edu

       http://www.ted.com/talks/mitch_resnick_let_s_teach_kids_to_code?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2013-02-02&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email

       2.  Reach into a computer

       http://www.ted.com/talks/jinha_lee_a_tool_that_lets_you_touch_pixels?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2013-07-06&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=talk_of_the_week_image

       3.  Jaw dropping images from science

       http://www.ted.com/talks/fabian_oefner_psychedelic_science?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2013-10-05&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=talk_of_the_week_image

       4.  Robots with feeling

       http://www.ted.com/talks/guy_hoffman_robots_with_soul?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2014-01-18&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=talk_of_the_week_image

       5.  I am the son of a terriorist. Here is how I chose peace.

       http://www.ted.com/talks/zak_ebrahim_i_am_the_son_of_a_terrorist_here_s_how_i_chose_peace?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2014-09-13&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=talk_of_the_week_image

    http://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_gould_stewart_how_giant_websites_design_for_you_and_a_billion_others_too?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2014-08-09&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=talk_of_the_week_image

     

    Step 1.  Include the title of each TED talk and evaluate the speaker and the content. Was the speaker well informed? Easy to listen to?  Include other comments with regard to the speaker.

    Step 2.  Identify the key points that you learned from the TED Talk.

    • Now Watch at least two of the 20 most popular TED talks of all time
    • Step 1. Include the title of each TED talk and evaluate the speaker and the content. Was the speaker well informed? Easy to listen to?  Include other comments with regard to the speaker.
    • Step 2. Identify the key points that you learned from the TED Talk.
    • Watch/listen to a second TED talk from this list of the 20 most popular TED talks of all time. Repeat steps 1-2
    • Compare the three TED talks and rate each and include the reasons for your rating.
    • Turn in this assignment at the next class meeting.

    **The firewall at school might prevent you from watching while you are at school.

     

    • Excel- Intro to Excel Read pp. 311–372
    • M and M graphing
    • Excel Chapter 1 Assignment
    • 323            Using Auto fill
    • 325           Math and Formulas
    • 331 Rename Worksheets
    • 333            Managing Columns and Rows
    • 335            Adjust Row Height
    • 341 Workbook and Worksheet Management
    • 346 Formatting
    • 348 Applying Number Formats
    • 350            Formatting             Merge and Center Title; Wrap and Align Text; Apply number Formats;  Apply Borders and Fill Color; Indent Cell Contents; Page setup;
    • 357            Printing   Page Setup and Printing
    • 358 Hands on Exercises  file e01h4markup_   Complete Steps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,                                                            Save file, print file and turn in during class today.
    • Read Chapter 1, pp. 311-372               Record questions for further discussion
    • Review Excel Menu
      • Page 341 Hands-On Exercises    Open file               01h3markup
        1. Step 1 Manage Worksheets; Step 2 Delete A Row; Step 3 Insert A Column and Three Rows; Step 4 Move a Row; Step 5 Adjust Column Width and Row Height; Step 6 Hide and Unhide Columns.
        2. Read and follow text book directions for pp 341-345.
        3. Page 346-Formatting—Read and follow instructions on pp 346-361
      • Most of this information will be new for this class and will be necessary to understand in the class work for the Excel Chapter activities.
        • Complete, Save, Print and Turn in
      • Turn to page 369, Select ONE of the following exercises to complete.
        1. Fuel Efficiency e01m1fuel
        2. Guest House Rental Rates e01m2rentals
    • Read and follow text book directions for pp. 369-371
    • Complete, Save, Print and Turn in
    • Review Multiple Choice (p. 363) and Chapter Objectives (362) for Excel Chapter 1. Read Chapter 1, pp. 311-372   Record questions for further discussion

     

    Assignment fivethirtyeight  is due next week. Assignment is worth 20 points

   

  October 13/14  Southwestern will be on Fall Break from October 11 thru October 25—                                           Chromebook users Use appropriate Google docs to work on Excel—Spreadsheet assignments OR find a Windows computer with Microsoft Office to complete the Excel assignments.

  Crothersville and Austin will be on Fall break October 27 and 28

  Week of October 13/14  

• http://www.teachertube.com/video/we-didnt-start-the-fire-1465?utm_source=video-google&utm_medium=video-view&utm_term=video&utm_content=video-page&utm_campaign=video-view-page
• View the video–skip any commercials, the video will begin 33 seconds into the “cartoon” portion
• <iframe src=”//www.teachertube.com/embed/video/1465″ width=”740″ height=”416″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>vvvvv
• http://www.teachertube.com/video/we-didnt-start-the-fire-1465?utm_source=video-google&utm_medium=video-view&utm_term=video&utm_content=video-page&utm_campaign=video-view-page
• View the Video–We Didn’t Start the Fire  Please answer these questions and turn in  for 10 points
• As you watch the movie, how is the time line arranged
• In addition to the song lyrics, what other media is used to convey information?
• What “lyrics” or historical events are included in the song/movie that you were not familiar with (i.e. “Children of Thalidomide” What does that mean, how did the song show this event?
• Based on the video, if you were making a movie, what could you use to represent historical events?  List five items?http://www.teachertube.com/video/we-didnt-start-the-fire-1465?utm_source=video-google&utm_medium=video-view&utm_term=video&utm_content=video-page&utm_campaign=video-view-page
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  • October 13/14
  • Technology Terminology Test –Retest Earn an 82 or above.
    • Choice to retake if you wish to earn higher than your first score
  • Excel- Ch 1 assignment turned in                                                                   Excel –Ch 2 assignment –Work on in class due  today on or by October 20/21
  • We Didn’t Start the Fire—Billy Joel Text, music and Video

   

  • Read Chapter 2, pp. 373-397 Formulas and Functions                                        Record questions for further discussion
  • Practice, p. 399 Hands-on Exercises.                                 e02h2loans
    • Read and follow the directions in the textbook, pp. 399-401.
    • Complete, Save, Print and Turn in
  • Review Range Names pp. 406-408
  • Practice Exercises, pp. 411-415
    • Complete: Blue Skies Air—open file       e02plflights           411
      • Complete, Save, Print and Turn in
    • Select ONE of the following exercises to complete—Follow directions pp. 416-418
      1. Sunrise Credit Union Weekly Payroll       e02m1payroll
      2. Professor’s Grade Book               e02m3grades
         • Complete, Save, Print and Turn in
  • Review Multiple Choice (p. 410) and Chapter Objectives (409) for Excel Chapter 2.

  TED Talks:  AssignmentDue

   

   

   

   

  October 20/21                   Turn in all Excel assignments due to date.

  • Read Excel Chapter 3, pp. 421-468
    • Charts Record questions for further discussion
    • Mid Level Exercises,
  • Select ONE of the following exercises to complete—Follow directions pp. 469-470
    1. Car Rating 469                                                  e03m1autos
    2. Grade Analysis 470                                        e03m2psych
       • Read and follow the directions in the textbook, pp. 399-401.
       • Save, Print and Turn in Complete,
       • Review Multiple Choice (p. 464) and Chapter Objectives (462) for Excel Chapter 3.

   

   

   

   

   

  November 3 and 4                           Please turn in all assignments. Be sure to include the name of the assignment and your name in the footer of each paper

   

  • Read Excel Ch 4 Data Sets and Tables   Read pp. 473-530                                                                                   (Especially note FREEZING ROWS and COLUMNS)
  • Practice Hands on         Open File                                               e04h1spa
  • Follow directions from the textbook pp. 515-518
  • Select ONE of the following exercises to complete—Follow directions pp. 521-524
    1. Fiesta Collection 521-522     e04p1fiesta
    2. Salary Data 522-523     e04p2salary
       • Save, Print and Turn in Complete,

   

  • Review Multiple Choice (p. 520) and Chapter Objectives (519) for Excel Chapter 4.

   

   

   

   

   

  November 10  and 11                     To receive credit, All EXCEL assignments are to be turned in on this date.               Be sure to include the name of the assignment and your name in the footer of each paper

   

  Intro to PowerPoint. Please read the following pages.

  PowerPoint pp. 759—808  Chapter 1

  PowerPoint Project will be presented and explained. Topics will be selected.  Rubrics, scoring guides and due dates will be explained.

   

  November 17  and 18—Continue with PowerPoint projecxt

   

  November 24/25              Thanksgiving Vacation

   

  December 1, 2                    PowerPoint Presentations in class

                                                  Introduction to iMovie/Windows Movie Maker

                                                  Movie rubric presented

   

  December 7, 8                    Work time for final project

   

  December 15, 16               iMovie /Windows Movie Maker presentations

  w04b3labels

  w04h3donorsheet

  Do NOt complete ACCESS activity p. 295

   

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• October 6/7, 2016           Quote for today:  Technology can change the way that teachers teach and the way that students learn. Technology integration is all about content. Technology is the tool which engages students and enhances learning.
  

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• October 13/14, 2016         Quote for today:  If we teach as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.    ~   J. Dewey
  

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• October 20/21, 2016               Quote for today:  The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates.  The great teacher inspires     ~William Arthur Ward
  
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  • October 27/28, 2016                Fall Break     Quote for today:  There is no failure except in no longer trying.   ~Elbert Hubbard
     

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• November 3/4, 2016           Quote for today:  Some men see things as they are and ask why? Others dream things that never were and ask, why not ?             ~G. Bernard Shaw       
  

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• November 10/11, 2016     Quote for today: The principle goal of education is to create men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.  ~  Jean Piaget
   

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• November 17/18,  2016        Quote for today:   We must become the change we want to see.  ~ Mahatma Gandhi
  
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  • November 24/25, 2016            Thanksgiving Break      Quote for today:              I am only one;  but still I am one.   I cannot do everything, but still I can do something;      I will not refuse to do something I can do.          ~Helen Keller                                                                       
    
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• December 1/2, 2016          Quote for today:   Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.  ~William Butler Yates
  

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• December 8/9, 2016        Quote for today: If  all else fails, READ the directions.     ~R. W. Emerson
  

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• December 15/16, 2016     Quote for today:  If you always do what you’ve always done, You’ll always get what you’ve always got!                 ~Ed Forman
  
• Example isn’t another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.                                ~Albert Einstein
• Go ! Office 2013   https://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/bp/bp_gaskin_go_office2013_1/sdf/sdf_office2013_vol1_1e.html
• Class Members Recommended Websites   Take a look at these recommended websites

CINS 101–May 3rd

Spring Semester 2016 will end this week.

• The Windows Movie Video is due today.  Video Presentations will begin today

• Today is the very last day to turn in any class assignments

• Please contact Instructor if you have questions.  slancaster16@ivytech.edu

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April 28-

1.  Complete Windows Movie Video
2.  Peer Edit (on Rubric) Windows Movie Video
3.  Place video (wmv) on Presenter’s station
4. Turn in Peer and Self Scored Rubric and Video Story Board
5. Turn in Access 1 A and 1 B
6. Movie Presentations and final class activity will occur on Tuesday, May 2

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April 21–

On Thursday, 4/21, we will begin our Windows Movie Maker Project.

• Also, bring your textbook so we can work on Access assignments

Please bring the following items with you to class.

1.   Photos (or picture taken of photos you want to use.) You can take a photo of a photo with your phone camera and mail the photo to yourself. Download the image of the photo and save the file.

2.  Music which you like. You will need to bring an MP3 version of the music. We can find some FREE music or you can bring music from your iTunes library. If you have a song in mind that you would like to use and you don’t have that song, please let me know. WE CAN NOT generally download music in the computer lab where we have class. You can download songs at home and bring the file to class.

3.  Bring a plan for organizing your photos. My topic (my family), by interests (my trips), by Hobbies, etc.

4. Handouts for this project will be given out on Thursday.  This project is due on Thursday, April 28th for peer scoring and for presentation to the class.

5.  Beginning on 4/21 I will be teaching you how to use Windows Movie Maker and how to save your file.

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April 19–

• Conclude National Park PPT Presentations
• Peer Score Game Show Template Projects
• Begin Game Show PPT Presentations
• Handouts for Window Movie Maker Projects.

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April 12

Just a reminder….ALL National Park Presentations will be given in class on Tuesday, April 12.

• (Class members signed up for presentation order during class on April 7.)
• Any late presentations given after April 12 will have a reduction of points.
• On Tuesday, please be prepared to turn in the following:
• 1.  Your National Park Folder will be placed on the presenter’s station.
• 2. Your PEER SCORED Rubric with YOUR  NAME AND the PEER’S NAME will be turned in by the printer at the presenter’s station.
• 3.  The printed handouts for your updated FINAL presentation will be turned in (Appropriate Format).  (A version of the printed handouts was turned in for extra credit during class on April 5. This assignment for extra credit can not be turned in late.)
• 4. When you give your presentation in class, please speak loudly and slowly and please DO NOT READ your presentation to the class. You are reminded that there is a three minute time limit.
• 5. WE will begin presentations at 9:35 on Tuesday, April 12

April 7–

• Scoring Guide for PowerPoint Presentation TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE
• Sign up for PPT National Park Presentations
• Game Show Templates
• 20 questions

Create a “jeopardywithmusic”, Jeopardy Template, jeopardy directions  “Hollywood Squares TemplateMusic” or   millionaire template PPT Activity

• 25 minute timer
  • Jeopardy
  • Hollywood Squares
  • Twenty Questions
  • Family Feud
  • Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
• PPT Games Shows—Continue Presentations. Jeopardy, 20 Questions, Millionaire, Hollywood Squares. Visit the Google site for additional Templates                                                                    http://www.google.com/search?q=PPT+Game+show+Templates&hl=en&gbv=2&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CBoQsARqFQoTCNub2ZbWmMkCFQMaHgodQVMAfA
• 1.       http://powerpointgames.wikispaces.com/PowerPoint+Game+Templates

       You can also search Google for directions for using these Game Show PPT Templates.  Newer versions include Pyramid, Smarter Than a Fifth Grader, and Family Feud

 

April 5 and March 24      Review PPT and National Park Requirements

• How can I best use my time to prepare my PPT National Park Presentation?
  • Create a folder for your National Park information. Include: Photos, citations (in Word), text, resources, sounds and music, your voice.  (you may want to download the FREE program AUDACITY)
  • Read the PPT pages in the textbook.  Write down questions to ask after Spring Break
  • RESEARCH– nps.gov  ; Your specific National Park site; Google; Google images and tables and charts to use in your presentation. Remember to include the “source” information for each item you “borrow” from another site
  • After you research, CREATE a STORYBOARD to determine the order of what information to have on which PPT slide, CREATE a recording of your voice for the WELCOME slide, OPEN PPT and select your colors and theme.
  • Have a safe and relaxing Spring Break.  See you on April 5
  • Peer scoring on April 7
  • Presentations begin on April 12

March 22       Review PPT Menu and National Park Requirements

March 17      Children are the most valuable natural resource. ~Herbert Hoover

 BEGIN POWERPOINT –Review POWERPOINT pp713—770

• Receive PPT Assignment, Rubric, Due Dates
  • PPT Packet
• Begin National Park Research.
• Review PPT Skills/Menu
• How to Record Sound–Please bring headset with microphone
• ALL previous assignments are due today.  Word and Excel assignments will receive point reductions after this date.
• PPT Presentations dates will be announced next week. PPT Presentation will be due AFTER Spring Break.
• FALL REGISTRATION–Please show evidence of Fall 2016 Registration.

 

 

 

 

March 15          The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires ~William Arthur Ward

Pi Day WebQuest   Download this Word Doc Pi Day Webquest Celebrate Pi Day

Pi Day Greeting Cards    http://www.123greetings.com/events/pi_day/  

Ides of March   http://search.123greetings.com/cgi-bin/search/search.pl?query=ides+of+march+greeting+card

• Due:  March 15
  • Turn in Excel Project 3A
  • Begin Excel Project 3B pp. 447—Download e03_Surfers pp. 447-462
• Research Site for National Parks    
  • • National Park Service     Click on your National Park and you will be taken to a website on that park.
    • BEGIN POWERPOINT –Read pp713—770
    • 25 minute timer

FALL REGISTRATION–Please show evidence of Fall 2016 Registration. Details will be explained in class.

 Please check BlackBoard Grade Center to determine missing Word, Excel and other assignments which have not been turned in. (Word and daily assignments will be accepted but will no longer receive full value.)

 

• March 10         Positive anything is better than negative nothing.    ~ Elbert Hubbard

 Excel Chapter 3 pp. 431 Project 3A        Use files e03A_Eterprise_Fund  Pp 432—444     Save file, save file with your name and assignment in the footer. Print and turn in on 3/15

•  TED Talks Review Due
• Please turn in Go Pro Review
• Complete Discussion  Board #3 by 3/12
• AtoZon_click  View some of my favorite websites

January 26                                    Log on to http://www.susanlancaster.net

Today’s Quote: Learn from the PAST, Live in the PRESENT, and Plan for the FUTURE.

• Discuss Discussion Board Assignment #1
• Discuss Technology Terminology Terms Assignment
• Begin Textbook Assignment, Go ! Office 2013   https://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/bp/bp_gaskin_go_office2013_1/sdf/sdf_office2013_vol1_1e.html
• Read Word Chapter 1 in Textbook before next 1/28/2016 Thursday’s class.
• page 122 –Create a Flyer –Download w01A_Bird and w01A_Text  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

 

January 21                    Log on to http://www.susanlancaster.net

Today’s Quote:  Technology can change the way that teachers teach and the way that students learn. Technology integration is all about the content.   Technology is the tool which engages students and enhances learning. 

• Review: Discussion Board Assignment #1 

• Post to Discussion Board #1 in Blackboard Discussions
• Post your Introduction which will contain one “White Lie” by Thursday 1/21/2016
• Read other introductions and respond to your classmates posts.
• On Sunday, 1/24/2016, Reveal your “white lie”.

• Go to Class Sessions in Blackborad.                                                      Word: Create a Word Flyer with Bass Player. Follow directions to complete

Band Seeking Bassist SAM Project 1A Submit according to the online directions.   Shelly Cashman Word 2013

Technology Terminology Spring 2016      Directions and List of Terms. Identify Definitions from the Textbook and/or from Google Technology Definition + word.  Test date 2/4/2016

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January 19                    Log on to http://www.susanlancaster.net

Today’s Quote: I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand. Chinese Proverb

• Review Class Syllabus and Class Agenda   From Tuesday, January 12

• Instructor Contact information
• Course Syllabus—review requirements
• Course Agenda
• Mastery of skills
• Initial Assignment
• Interactive U S Map   http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html
• Exit card

• Please bring a “flash drive/thumb drive” with you to each class.

• Reading assignments will be discussed and you may ask questions. Please bring your book to class.

• Review: Discussion Board Assignment #1 which is due this week. Post to Discussion Board #1 in Blackboard Discussions
  • Post your Introduction which will contain one “White Lie” by Thursday 1/21/2016
  • Read other introductions and respond to your classmates posts.
  • On Sunday, 1/24/2016, Reveal your “white lie”.

• Go to Class Sessions in Blackboard.      Word: Create a Word Flyer with Bass Player. Follow directions to complete

     Bassist _Assignment_SC_Word2013_C1_P1a   How to add file name in the footer

Band Seeking Bassist SAM Project 1A Submit according to the online directions.   Shelly Cashman Word 2013

• Download from Blackboard Class Sessions
• Chapter 1: SAM Project 1a–completing a flyer with a picture
• Photo of a Bassist (Bass Player) (Select one photo from two choices.
• Insert a Footer in to a Word Document
• This assignment is due today or you may bring it with you to class on Thursday, 1/21 and turn in for an “on time” submission

At our class session on Thursday, January 21 we will discuss Key Technology Terminology Terms.

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January 12       Quote for the day:  Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.

• Intro to CINS 101
• Review Course Materials
• Find Online Resources
• Review BlackBoard
• Word Activity
• Exit Slip #1

Interactive US map http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

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January 19   Quote for the day:  I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb

Please visit Class Sessions on Blackboard for updated information.

WORD:   Read Word 1-55—Please read prior to coming to class

• Read Word Chapter 1                                            WD p.1-53                                        Record questions for further discussion

In Class we will review the Word Menu

• Read Word p. 1-55
• Review Chapter Summary WD p.54
• In class: Log on to cengage.com/ct/studentdownload
• Open Word
  • Go to WD p. 55—Apply Your Knowledge. Follow the directions from the textbook to complete this assignment.
    • Open the document, Apply 1-1 County Park Flyer Unformatted from the Data Files for Students. The document you open is an unformatted flyer, Follow Steps 1-25. You are to modify the text, format paragraphs and characters, and insert a picture in the flyer to create the flyer shown in Figure 1-74 on page WD55 of the textbook.
    • Complete, Save, Print and Turn in
  • To Turn in on September 1—Complete Lab 1—Puppy for Sale WD p. 58-60
    • Log on to cengage.com/ct/studentdownload
    • Follow the instructions on WD p. 59-60
    • Complete Steps 1-21
    • Complete, Save, Print and Turn in
  • In Class on September 1—Complete WD p. 63 Item #2. Design and Create a Hot Air Balloon Rides Flyer
    • Log on to cengage.com/ct/studentdownload
    • Follow the instructions on WD p. 63 Item #2. Design and Create a Hot Air Balloon Rides Flyer Part 1
    • Complete, Save, Print and Turn in today

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CINS 101 Tuesday/Thursday, December  1, 2015

Quote for the day….”To laugh often and much; to win the respect of persons and the affection of children…to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived…this is to have succeeded.”    Ralph Waldo Emerson

Windows Movie Maker–Directions, Rubric, Due Dates: December 9 (14)

 

CINS 101 Thursday, November 18, 2015

Quote for Thursday:                                                                                                                                                Yesterday’s the past and tomorrow’s the future. Today’s a gift—which is why it is called the PRESENT. –Bill Keane

Today’s assignments.

1. PPT Games Shows—Continue Presentations. Jeopardy, 20 Questions, Millionaire, Hollywood Squares. Visit the Google site for additional Templates                                                                    http://www.google.com/search?q=PPT+Game+show+Templates&hl=en&gbv=2&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CBoQsARqFQoTCNub2ZbWmMkCFQMaHgodQVMAfA

      http://powerpointgames.wikispaces.com/PowerPoint+Game+Templates

     You can also search Google for directions for using these Game Show PPT Templates.  Newer versions include Pyramid, Smarter Than a Fifth Grader, and Family Feud

2. Access—Worksheet. Introduction to ACCESS terminology and features. Please use your text book, Access 1-23 to complete the items on the worksheet. The worksheet is also located on susanalancaster.net (Monday)
3. Monday’s assignments –  11/23  Completing PPT Game Show presentations, introducing the Windows Movie Maker software on the computers in the lab and reviewing the topic for your Windows Movie Maker project based assignment. Please continue working on the ACCESS terminology and features.

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Tuesday/Thursday CINS 101

• Create a“jeopardywithmusic”, Jeopardy Template,  jeopardy directions “Hollywood Squares TemplateMusic ” or   millionaire template PPT Activity
• 25 minute timer

•  Share Jeopardy, Millionaire, Hollywood Squares PPT activity on Tuesday.)
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11-17 A human being is not, in any proper sense, a human being until he/she is educated.  – Horace Mann

• Present Game Show Template–11/17, 11/19
• Please Check Grade Center before Wednesday–all grades whould be entered.

ACCESS

Read pages-Access 1-23  Complete the worksheet below.

Create definitions for the following ACCESS terms:

1. Database
2. Database management system
3. Relational Database
4. Records
5. Field
6. Unique Identifier
7. Primary Key

Review the ROADMAP on page AC 5

Review:  To Run Access on page AC 5

Review Creating a Database on page AC 7

Create a database using a Template on page AC 8

The ACCESS Window –page AC 8

1.  Access work area
2. Object Tabs
3. Navigation Pane
4. Datasheet view
5. Datasheet

Review:  Determining Tables and Fields, Naming Tables and Fields pg AC 8

Review:  Determining Data Types for Fields  pg AC 9

1.  Short Text
2. Number
3. Currency
4. Date and Time

Review Creating a Table

1.  Datasheet View
2. Design View
3. Description
4. Caption

Review: How do you determine the field size.  AC 11

Review: How do you determine purpose of the Format and Decimal Place  AC 11

Review:  To Modify the Primary Key  AC 11

Review:  Making Changes to the Structure AC 15

To Save a Table  p  AC 16

To View the Table in Design View  AC 17

Checking the Structure in Design View  AC 18

Review:  To Close the Table  AC 20

Review:  To Add Records to a Table   AC 20

End of ACCESS worksheet –Bring to class on Thursday, 11-19

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• Tuesday/Thursday CINS 101                       Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Quote of the Day:   I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do something I can do. – Helen Keller.

• U S National Park PowerPoint Presentations–place your presentation in the folder on the presenter’s station for this class. Turn in Self Scored/Peer Scored rubric and slide handouts.

• Turn in all papers which are missing in Grade Center (if you wish to turn in for credit).

• Create a“jeopardywithmusic”, Jeopardy Template,  jeopardy directions “Hollywood Squares TemplateMusic ” or   millionaire template PPT Activity

• 25 minute timer

• (If necessary, U S National Park PowerPoint Presentations will continue on Thursday. Share Jeopardy, Millionaire, Hollywood Squares PPT activity on Thursday.)

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• Revised Dates_Fall 2015 Technology Terminology
• How to add file name in the footer
• 20 questions    Save file as…to your computer

CINS 101 Tuesday/Thursday                           Tuesday   November 3, 2015

Quote for Tuesday, 11/3/2015        To teach is to learn – Japanese Proverb

• Please check Blackboard Grade Center and turn in any outstanding assignments on 11/10
• Please have your PPT Presentatiaon Peer-Scored and be prepared to present on 11/10                                                                                                             *********************

Quote for Tuesday, 10/ 27             A teacher is one who makes himself/herself progressively unnecessary. Thomas Carrothers

     —              Please turn in TED talks.

• Mini Lessons based on students’ needs of PPT
• Animations, Transitions, Slide Sorter, Add Notes, Add/Delete Slides
• Insert Text box, Insert Word Art
• Insert Hyperlinks, Explain Printing,
• Record Voice and insert on Slide 1

• Prior to next class: Read PPT, Chapter 3

CINS 101 Tuesday/ Thursday                                Thursday   October 29, 2015

Quote for Thursday 10/29       The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. William Arthur Ward.

• Mini Lessons based on students’ needs of PPT
• Insert slide number, name and page numbers on slide
• Insert Sound , Insert Shape/ Arrows
• Insert Pictures/Charts/Graphs
• Citing Sources

• Peer Scoring next week.

• Email if you want to go first for presentations.

 

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CINS 101 Tuesday/Thursday 1:00 p.m.                         Thursday   October 22, 2015

Quote for Thursday 10/22                                                                                                                                                                            Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength. ~Ralph W. Sockman

• PPT Chapter 1
  • PPT Skills list
• TED talks–turn in assignment from Tuesday
• National Park Selection
• National Park Research–Research your park at:
  • List of National Parks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_United_States
     List of National Parks http://parks.mapquest.com/national-parks/
• Prior to next class: Read PPT, Chapter 2

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CINS 101 Tuesday/ Thursday                                 Tuesday   October 20, 2015

Quote for Tuesday                                                                                                                                                              If you always do what you’ve always done, You’ll always get what you’ve always got! ~Ed Forman

• Check off Word and Excel Skills from Pastel Checklist
• Intro to PowerPoint   Chapter 1 Shelly Cashman Text
• PPT Handouts
• National Park Selection
  • National Parks
• TED Talks
  • TED_ talks
    • Select one TED talk from this list (PDF file attached). From the TED Talks web site, https://www.ted.com/talks or the Most Popular TED talks of all time ( 20 TED talks), select another TED talk and write a paragraph about the content of each of the 2 TED talks you viewed. What did you learn from each TED talk you viewed? Due on Thursday.
• Prior to next class: Read PPT, Chapter 1 
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CINS 101  Tuesday/Thursday 1:00 p.m.           Thursday, October 15, 2015

Quote for Thursday10/15 Technology will not replace teachers, but teachers who use technology will replace those who don’t. –Ray Clifford.

1. Turn in all Excel Assignments from previously class if you have not already completed.
2. Turn in Go Pro Assignments

Final Excel Assignment for Chapter 3 pp. Excel 198-202.

In the Labs: Design and/or create a workbook using the guidelines, concepts, and skills presented in this chapter. Labs 1 requires you to create solutions based on what you learned in the chapter.

Lab 1: Problem: Your supervisor in the finance department at Adoptive Solutions Online has asked you to create a worksheet for the flagship product that will project the annual gross margin, total expenses, operating income, income taxes and net income for the next eight years based on the assumptions in Table 3-9 (Table is in your book). The desired worksheet is shown in Figure 3-84 (in your book). In Part 1 you will created the worksheet, In Part 2 you will create a chart to present the data shown in Figure 3-85 (figure is in your book on page Ex 201.) In Part 3 you will use Goal see to analyze three different sales scenarios.

(It is strongly recommended that you do not begin this assignment before you have read Chapter 3. You may use the book to find out “how to do” this assignments, however, you may NOT discuss the solutions or processes with your neighbor or classmates.)

Follow the instructions in the book:

• Instructions: Part 1         Excel pp 199-200              1-12
• Instructions: Part 2          Excel pp 200-201             1-6
• Instructions: Part 1         Excel pp 201-202              1-3 include your answer to #3

Complete Excel Assignments, Save, Print. READ ALL DIRECTIONS. Please include appropriate footer for each assignment with YOUR NAME and File Name.

This assignment should be turned in before the end of this class. This assignment is worth 100 points.

 Prior to next class. Read PowerPoint, Chapter 1 pp. PPT pp. 1-57 Please Review Chapter 1 Summary on pp PPT 57

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CINS 101 Tuesday/Thursday        Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Quote for Tuesday, 10/ 13    Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. ~William Butler Yates                                                                                                                                          

1. Submit Excel Chapter2 assignments ( if you have not already tuned in Ch 2 project 1a( Flexline Cab), Your Turn ( Briteeny Taxi) and Extend Your Knowledge ( Blogworld –Excel pp. 121).

     2.  Go Pro Videos—View and write a general description – Turn in Thursday October 15, 2015. This assignment is worth 20 points.

             a.  Watch:        A Seagull Stole My Go Pro:                                    https://gopro.com/channel/video-of-the-day/a-seagull-stole-my-gopro

b.  Select at least one additional Go Pro to Watch from the list below and answer these questions: (Be sure to complete Part 1 and Part 2)

Part 1

1. What was the Go Pro video about? Where was the Video made? (if information is available.)
2. What was the excitement and or challenge in the Go Pro Video?

Watch one of these three:                                                                                                            i.  Jon Gruden—Finish Strong     https://gopro.com/channel/video-of-the-day/jon-gruden-finish-strong                               

ii.  Remy Matilles’s Top Of the World   https://gopro.com/channel/video-of-the-day/r-my-m-taillers-top-of-the-world-rock-face                                       

iii. Chilean Horse Rescue                                                       https://gopro.com/channel/video-of-the-day/chilean-horse-rescue

Part 2       Select another Go Pro video from the list at https://gopro.com/channel/

1. Video of the Day……select a “Video of the Day” from the list on the right of the webpage.
2. Add to the information above in your review—a) Include the Name and Web address of the video;
3. Review the content of the Go Pro video; c) give the Go Pro Video a rating relative to the video you watched in the section above.

Excel Chapter 3  Excel pp. 129–192

Have you read this chapter? –If not, please read before beginning this assignment.    Chapter Summary—pp. Excel 192

• Complete                                                                                                                        1.  Apply Your Knowledge pp. Excel 193   file needed Data Files for Students.  Answer Instructions Part 1 (1-8);   Instructions Part 2 (J49) and                                  Instructions Part 3 (1-7)  (file name: 3-1 Absolute Cell References)             Extend Your Knowledge pp. Excel 195 (file name: Extend 3-1 Fill and IF)                Instructions Part 1, (1-4)                                                                                             Analyze, Correct and Improve. Follow the directions Excel pp196                                 (file name: 3-1 Analyze WheelsAbourTown.com Annual Projected Net Income)  Complete 1. Correct (a-c); 2. Improve (a-e)

2. Complete Excel Assignments, Save and Print. READ ALL DIRECTIONS. Please include an appropriate footer for each assignment with YOUR Name and the File Name.

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CINS 101 Tuesday/Thursday                                      Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Quote for Tuesday, 10/6                                                                                                      We must become the change we want to see. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

1. Review Technology Terminology –Retake Test on Thursday, October 8, 2015

• In order to receive points for any Word assignments they must be turn in by Thursday, 9/24
• Save the name of each file by putting your name in the footer and including the name of the file by adding the file name in the footer.
• When saving your name and file name in the footer, Select Insert , Select Footer, Go to the menu on the left of the Excel menu, Select Footer, Select page number (unless your name appears) and in the footer area for the page number, include your name and the file name.                                        ***From this point through the end of the semester, points will be deducted from each assignment if your name and the file name does not appear on the printed document.***

 1.  Excel—Review Exercise 1b—Please complete during class time, save, print and turn in this assignment.

 2.   Excel–Chapter 2—Review the Chapter                                                          Chapter Summary is on page EX-118

• Apply Your Knowledge p. EX 119
  1. File A-2 Briteeny Taxi
  2. Follow steps 1-9
  3. Complete, Save, Print and Turn in this assignment.
• Extend Your Knowledge     Applying Conditional Formatting to Cell                          1. File Extend 2-1 Fentine Blogworld                                                                        2. Follow Steps 1-6                                                                                                             3. Step 1-9

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CINS Tuesday/Thursday                                       Thursday, October 8, 2015

Quote for Thursday 10/8                                                                                               Example isn’t another way to teach, it is the only way to teach. ~ Albert Einstein

1. IT Technology Terminology Test Retake –in class
   1. Students must score a 90% or above.
   2. Students may retake the test if necessary to obtain the 90% score.
   3. Grade information will be posted as soon as possible.

1. Excel, Chapter 2 –Please turn in assignments Excel 1b, Apply Your Knowledge, Extend Your Knowledge from last class.
2. Today’s Assignment—                                                                                                                                                                           Excel Chapter 2—Project 1a—Flex Cab Company—Add Formulas and Format a Revenue Report. Complete, Save, Print and Turn in.
3. Today’s Videos—Women in Art and Van Gogh. Please bring ear buds or head phone to class on Tuesday.                                                                                        —————————————————————-

CINS 101 Tuesday/Thursday 1:00 p.m.      Thursday, October 1, 2015  

Quote for Thursday, October 1, 2015  If all else fails, READ the dierections. – R. W. Emerson

• Review Excel Chapter 1–Chapter Summary–What questions do you have.
• Using the textbook as a guide, complete Excel Chapter 1 Project 1a–Flex Cab. Remember to put your name and the name of the file in the footer of your file.
• Download the files you will need for this assignment from Blackboard, Class Seessions
• Complete, Save, Print, turn in today of on Tuesday,  October 6

We will lister to “We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel as we look at a movie which depicts images of the lyrics from the song.

• Prior to our next class, Read Excel, Chapter 2 pp. 66-118
• Review Chapter summary on page EX 118–what questions do you have regarding Excel Chapter 2 ?

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CINS 101 Tuesday/Thursday         Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Quote for Tuesday, 9/ 22    Teachers are communicators; they review the past, enrich the present and teach the future.

1. Review Technology Terminology –Test on Thursday, September 24
2. Today IT Hardware quiz—in class
3. ALL WORD ASSIGNMENTS turned in by 9/24
   1. In order to receive points for any Word assignments they must be turn in by Thursday, 9/24

For Today’s Word Assignment, please visit Blackboard Class Sessions.                                                                            These files will be needed for theLanguage Institute Assignment.

• Assignment_SC_Word2013_C3_P1a
• SC_Word2013_C3_P1a_FirstLastName_1
• SC_Word2013_C3_P1a_FirstLastName_2
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CINS Tuesday/Thursday                      September 24, 2015

Quote for Thursday 9/23   Teachers open the door, but you enter by yourself.      Chinese Proverb.

1. IT Technology Terminology Test –in class
   1. Students must score a 90% or above.
   2. Students may retake the test if necessary to obtain the 90% score.
   3. Grade information will be posted as soon as possible.
   4. Complete Discussion Board #3 by Sunday, September 27

Prior to next class: Read Excel, Chapter 1 pp. 1-53

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CINS Tuesday/Thursday               Thursday, September 17, 2015

Quote for Thursday 9/17   If we teach as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.     J. Dewey

1. Create a Wordle—directions will be given in class.   http://www.wordle.net/create
2. Turn in from 9/15

Turn in class work from Tuesday ( if not turned in on Tuesday).

• Assignment: Word Chapter
• SC_Word2013_CS_C1-3_P1a_FirstLastName_1.docx
• support_SC_W13_CS_C1-3_P1a_bench.jpg
• support_SC_W13_CS_C1-3_P1a_recycling_globe.png
• Assignment_SC_Word2013_C3_P1b-1.docx

• Complete, Save, Print, Turn-in for Tuesday, September 22, 2015
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CINS 101 Tuesday/Thursday Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Quote for Tuesday, 9/ 15               We need to educate our students for THEIR future, not our past.  A. C. Clark

• Turn in assignment :  Your Turn #1 Parts 1 and 2
• Review Discussion Board #2 for this week.
• Review Technology Terminology and review questions
• Review  IT pp. 1-40 and review questions

Begin  Word Chapter 3 pp 137-188 and review questions

In Class Assignment:  Begin each assignment by placing your name and the title of the assignment in the footer.

• Chapter 3—Download the following files from Blackboard Class Sessions
  • SC_Word2013_C3_P1b_FirstLastName_1-1.doc  
  • support_SC_W13_C3_P1b_basket-1.png 
  • support_SC_W13_C3_P1b_gift-1.png  
  • Assignment_SC_Word2013_C3_P1b-1.docx  
•  Complete, save, print and turn in

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CINS 101 Tuesday/Thursday                      Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Quote for Tuesday, September 8     There is no failure except in no longer trying. ~Elbert Hubbard

1. Turn in assignments from 9/3–Apply knowledge; Virtual Reality and Cybercrime Paper Draft

• Complete Discussion Board Assignment #2 Responding to at least two class members by midnight Sunday, September 13, 2015. Clarify which Technology Terminology Terms need clarification. Respond to two students to assist in clarification of terms which are unclear to your classmates.
• Review Technology Chapter IT. Read IT pp 1-40.
• Review Technology Terms IT p 37—Prepare for Technology Terminology Test will be given in class on Thursday, September 24.

 2.  In Class Assignment:

• Begin assignment by placing your name and the title of the assignment in the footer.
• WD 135. Consider This: Your Turn. 1. Create a Research Paper about Laptops, Tablets and Desktops. Using the file Your Turn 2-1 Computer Notes, (located in Blackboard, Class Sessions).
• Use the instructions in Lab 1, pp. 128-130 to guide you as you complete the instructions in Your Turn #1. Use the Chapter Summary WD pp. 123 as a guide.
• Using the concepts and techniques presented in this chapter, organize the notes in the text in the file, rewording as necessary, and then create and format this research paper according to the MLA documentation style. Be sure to check spelling and grammar of the finished paper.
• Once you have finished the assignment for the Your Turn 2-1 Part 1, create and label another section on the paper for Your Turn 2-1 Part 2—Respond to the questions stated in Part 2.
• Complete, Save, Print and Turn in (turn in today or complete and turn in on Tuesday, 9/15
• Prior to September 10—
• Complete the assignment in Your Turn #1 Parts 1 and 2
• Review Technology Terminology and prepare any questions

• Read IT pp. 1-40 and prepare any questions

Previous Assignment     WORD:  · Read Word 1-55—Please read prior to coming to class on August 26/27

• In class—turn in completed Bassist Word Activity.
• Review Technology Terminology
• In Class Complete WD, p. 63 Item #2 Design and Create a Hot Air Balloon Rides Flyer

• Please follow the directions for including your name/file name on this assignment –handout provided in class on day 1
• Files for this assignment will be located in Blackboard under Class Sessions
  • Two pictures called Hot Air Balloon 1 and 2 or you can use your own digital pictures.
  • Using the directions on page WD 64
  • Please be certain to include concepts and techniques presented in this chapter to create and format the flyer (pg WD 64)
• Complete, Save, Print and Turn in today

• Explain Discussion Board (Blackboard Activity)
  • Introduce yourself.
  • First posting by September 2
  • Respond to at least two postings
  • Reveal you “lie” on Sunday, September 6, 2015
• Exit Slip #2
• Prior to coming to class on Thursday, September 3, Read Word Chapter 2 pp. WD 66-123.
• As you read this assignment, review and prepare any questions that need clarification

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August 25        Quote for the day:  Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.

• Intro to CINS 101
• Review Course Materials
• Find Online Resources
• Review BlackBoard
• Word Activity
• Exit Slip #1

Interactive US map http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

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August 27    Quote for the day:  I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb

Please visit Class Sessions on Blackboard for updated information.

WORD:   Read Word 1-55—Please read prior to coming to class

• Read Word Chapter 1                                            WD p.1-53                                        Record questions for further discussion

In Class we will review the Word Menu

• Read Word p. 1-55
• Review Chapter Summary WD p.54
• In class: Log on to cengage.com/ct/studentdownload
• Open Word
  • Go to WD p. 55—Apply Your Knowledge. Follow the directions from the textbook to complete this assignment.
    • Open the document, Apply 1-1 County Park Flyer Unformatted from the Data Files for Students. The document you open is an unformatted flyer, Follow Steps 1-25. You are to modify the text, format paragraphs and characters, and insert a picture in the flyer to create the flyer shown in Figure 1-74 on page WD55 of the textbook.
    • Complete, Save, Print and Turn in
  • To Turn in on September 1—Complete Lab 1—Puppy for Sale WD p. 58-60
    • Log on to cengage.com/ct/studentdownload
    • Follow the instructions on WD p. 59-60
    • Complete Steps 1-21
    • Complete, Save, Print and Turn in
  • In Class on September 1—Complete WD p. 63 Item #2. Design and Create a Hot Air Balloon Rides Flyer
    • Log on to cengage.com/ct/studentdownload
    • Follow the instructions on WD p. 63 Item #2. Design and Create a Hot Air Balloon Rides Flyer Part 1
    • Complete, Save, Print and Turn in today

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