DON'T PRINT, EMAIL!


Your own Letterhead

This is especially for you, Brian :)

Using Publisher, open a new letterhead template. Create a letterhead using your current address with school email. Make it personal by adding something that represents you.

Informational Newsletter

Choose a topic, research it, find the two opposing sides of that topic, read about them then write about BOTH SIDES in your own words or using proper citation in your newsletter. This website may be helpful, yet controversial... Your topic might not be included here, either.

Make sure you have a place to site your sources used. You should use NoodleTools then copy and paste that into a small space on your newsletter.


Click here for some ideas to research and write about in your newsletter. Please remember you need to have

Your OWN "Baseball" Card w/ Publisher

Use a camera to take your photo (or use one from your photobucket or flicker page). There are some baseball card samples from the Excel activity.

Your card needs to have a front and back. The size is 2 inches by 3 inches.

The information on the back of the card should be a mini timeline of your life so far. These are your "stats".


Crossword Puzzle using Excel

You are going to create an Interactive Excel Crossword.

Choose 14 computer words. Please open Excel to get started.

Now, you are ready to create your crossword.

Once you are done with your crossword, email your template to 2 other students in your Computer Apps class. You will also need to complete 2 that get sent to you.

Interactive Crossword Puzzle
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Graph & Explain Your Survey Results

In a class you conducted a survey using 3 questions. Please create an Excel worksheet displaying your results. Please create a chart to show your outcome.

Please use a chart you have not already used.


Weight & Age on Different Planets

Calculate your weight and age on other planets in our solar system.

Open a new Excel spreadsheet. You will be using 2 worksheets: 1 for weight on each planet and 2 for your age.

To figure out your weight, use the equation in Excel. Don't forget to ask me to show a quick shortcut once you have created the equations once :)

To figure out your age, click here to get some help with that. The last paragraph will be a big help. However, I am not going to do it for you... think about it and complete the request.

Create a graph for one of these worksheets. Print out 1 graph.


Baseball Statistics

You are the owner of a baseball team.

If you were absent, you need to pick your team from the box. Ask other students for some direction.

Draft includes:
Total Roster Size: 25 (13 Batters, 9 Pitchers & 3 Bench)
Batters (13): C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF, OF, OF, OF, OF, 2B/SS, 1B/3B, UTIL
Pitchers (9): P, P, P, P, P, P, P, P, P
Bench (3): BE, BE, BE

Create an Excel workbook with each players' career statistics. DO NOT include the Batting Average or the ERA for pitchers.

Follow the instructions below to complete the spreadsheet.


You will have different column heading for the pitchers.

batting_averages_in_excel.doc
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Speadsheet Wordsearch

Click here to see the clues you will need to complete the wordsearch that Ms. B has.


Weight On Other Planets

Use Excel to create a spreadsheet to find your new weight on different planets in our solar system.

Go online to find the gravity on each planet. Using a website, find out how to calculate your weight on all other planets.

You will need: your weight, the gravity on all the planets and the equation for calculating you new weight.


Excel - Apply it!

UseIntegrated Computer Applicationsworkbook, page EX-14. Please open a new workbook, format it as asked in EX-14 and create the worksheet shown on EX-14.

Follow numbers 2-7, then move on to 1-3 on page EX-15. #3 says to print, but please email me instead.


EXCEL!

Do the Tech Terms to become familiar with Excel vocabulary. Once you have completed the Tech Terms, use the internet to get the most recent census information. You will need this information for your Excel document.
Directions are provided below.


Excel Census
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Look Up Tech Terms - week 9

Look up the terms below. They have to do with Excel, which is what we are moving on to studying

Tech Terms EXCEL
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View PowerPoints (and take the quiz)

Use my flashdrives to drag 2 PowerPoints and the quizzes that go along with them to your desktop and complete them. Print out your quiz with the answers so the author can grade it.


Role Play PowerPoint

Choose one of the three choices below. Open the document below for more information. This will be presented to the class.

This will be presented to the class on the Friday following vacation. Be prepared because we are moving on.

1. Design and create a portable media player presentation
2. Design and create a campus orientation presentation
3. Design and create a wellness program presentation



Role Play Specific Info
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School Map
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Role Play Rubric
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Training PowerPoint- you will view PP's from 2 other students

This Training PowerPoint is designed to stand-alone. All your information should be included on your 7+ slides.

7+ slides explaining your training/sharing topic of choice (choose a topic your would like to share with someone).

Create a 10-question quiz based on your Training PowerPoint. Use Word, the quiz will be digital.

More information below:

Training PowerPoint Directions
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Training PowerPoint Rubric
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PowerPoint Introduction

Create a PP on your favorite book, movie, TV show or band. (Use the rubric below as a guide). Create 5 slides of information. Include graphics that support your topic.

You will be presenting your PP to the class.

Cite the websites you used on the actual slide that has the information. Use 10 pt. font along the very bottom of the slide.


Word Cumulative Assessment

We are done with Word, about time, right? :) However, before we move on to PowerPoint, you must show what you know about Word as of now.

Complete the completed list of requirements using information about a person in history. Use the internet to gather the information needed to complete the list.

Good Luck and NO, you cannot ask the teacher for help. Use the Help menu if you don’t remember how to do something. All of these requirements have been covered at some point in class by others or myself.

Word Cumulative Assessment
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Video Conversion Site - Zamzar

For your 7 slide training PowerPoint, either video or music is needed. To download a video for your PP, use the site above to convert it. Save it as a .WMV file. This process will take a bit of time and you will need your lhshounds email account.