8th Grade Applications

8th Grade Applications
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This is a survey class designed to introduce students to a variety of different areas in Technology including a review of Keyboarding

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Intro to the Class				Clean up My documents folder Mariemont Website Scavenger Hunt Class Web Page VPN
Keyboarding Grading Scale	Timed Writing Test Free Typing Game	Typer Shark Typing Games	All typing Games Focus Typing Practice	There will be a review of keyboarding skills for the first part of the school year.
Vocabulary Review:	Students will use the On-Line practice vocabulary test for their book.
Word 2007 Guided Discovery Report	Using the skill you already know, transform a plain looking document into a stylish one using the new Word 2007 Ribbons and commands			Park District referendum
Weekly Journals	Add Index			Students will develop their writing skills while developing a greater understanding of Microsoft Word. Set your Journal up like this example. Writing topics will vary. MSWord skill will include: Hyper linking, cross-reference link, bookmarks, Table of Contents, Index and other features.
Intro to Windows Operating System				Students should take noted using the Study Guide Outline as each topic is covered in class. There will be a test at the end.
Leadership Project - Part II Webpage
Teach-a-Topic	Sample_Presentation on RSS Feeds			Teach-a-Topic Directions \| Student Topics
Computer Jigsaw				In groups of 4 you will pick a topic and become an "expert" by answer the given questions from the Internet. Then you will creating a PowerPoint presentation and teach your fellow group members your topic.
Computer Video				Watch the video "Technology at Work; Part I" on the P drive folder. While watching, answer the questions form the study guide (Lab 11)
Computer Monitors Take the Quiz				Open the Study Guide for Computer Monitors. Got to the web site, read and answer the questions on the study guide.
Claymation Project				You will be using Microsoft Moviemaker and the pictures from the P: Drive Teacher Folder and the scripts students have written to create a slide-show presentation.
Current Event Article				A short presentation in class on technology Article. Print out the article and turn in after your presentation. It can be a newspaper or magazine article or from the Internet How To Guides \| Hardware Reviews \| Software Reviews \| Current News \|
Sculptures of History				8th Grade project, work in Computer lab Mid-January
Excel Review				A review of the basic excel features leaned in the 7th grade Plus new commands to increase you knowledge.
Excel: Eagle Lake Budget
Time Management Project	Blank Worksheet
NBA Fantasy League	Group, conditional Formatting, customizing charts
Happen'in House Excel Project	Directions Example
Cool Car Excel Project
Link Word and Excel	Think about your plans for the summer. Create a budget in Excel showing your expenses and your contribution. write a letter in word convincing your parents to give you the difference. Link the Excel spreadsheet into the letter. Also link a graph
Robots	Read the following articles article 1, article 2, article 3 and article 4. Then share with a partner what you have learned about Robots. Video: Gecko inspired Robots You both should read about computer smarts, then test yourself with 20 questions and have a conversation with Alice the computer
Word Outline	Learn how to use the outline feature in Word. This will help with your SOH Report
Create Macros in Word
Internet Safety				I-Safe video on copyright, mal-ware, predators and other topics. In groups of 4 you will pick a topic and become an "expert" by answer the given questions and doing your own research. Then you will creating a PowerPoint presentation and teach your fellow group members your topic. Topics: Online Predators; Cyber Bullying; Illegal Downloading; Spam; viruses; Online Scams; Identity Theft; Plagiarism
Web Design				Use FrontPage to create Websites Leadership Project - Part II
Fireworks				Create graphic for your website
Alice				Introduction to programming
Vacation Project
Final Exam Practice