May 19, 2008
Creating Your Portfolio
This is what you need to do to make your portfolio:
- Step 1: Organize all of your work. Each thing that you did in class should be in its own folder. Delete old copies of files that you aren't using anymore.
- Step 2: Convert all of the files that you can into .pdf format (Powerpoint, Word, etc.). You DO NOT need to convert web pages, video, or photoshop/paint drawings. Use Neevia for the conversions, OR, just Google "convert pdf free"
- Step 3: Save any Photoshop or Paint drawings as .jpg files.
- Step 4: Make your portfolio using Notepad to write the HTML, or using one of the templates in Microsoft Publisher.
- Examples:
-- Click here to see a sample I made for you
-- Sample2
-- Sample 3
-- Sample 4 (crazy computer teacher)
Posted by Mr. Calkins at 05:42 PM
March 11, 2008
Web Page Assignment
Web pages are DUE March 19th (last computer class before March break)!
Web pages must include the following:
- Title Graphic: this is the image that you made in Photoshop with your website title and a background.
- Title Graphic should be CENTERED.
- Background: your website should have a background image or color.
- Names: First name and last initial of the student(s) who made the site.
- Description: Describe what you are selling or what your service is.
- Images: at least 3 images, or a slideshow (or both).
- Text: Use the Paragraph tag and/or lists to give details about your service. For example, you could list out the jewelry that you are selling, or describe the different kinds of hampsters that you are explaining.
- Use the FONT tag to make key words different colors.
Web pages should NOT:
- Do NOT include any personal information or photos of yourself (I will be posting your website live on the internet).
- You may have ONE game ONLY if it is related to your topic and educational.
Submittal
You will submit the webpage by zipping it and emailing it to me using Gaggle.
Posted by Mr. Calkins at 05:39 PM
March 04, 2008
Create Web Photo Album
Go to Google Picassa to upload your photos.
Posted by Mr. Calkins at 05:22 PM
January 15, 2008
What is the Internet
Speed Test
- Click Here to see how fast your computer is.
Peter Packet
- Click Here to start Peter Packet.
Posted by Mr. Calkins at 04:43 PM
January 10, 2008
Typing Test
Go here to do a typing test.
Posted by Mr. Calkins at 03:44 PM
Upload My Favorite Things
To upload your Powerpoint document, go to Google Docs.
Posted by Mr. Calkins at 03:42 PM
January 08, 2008
Online Notes
Jottit is an online notepad that lets you save web addresses and also take notes that you can access from anywhere.
- Go to: http://jottit.com/
- Type a note or paste in a web address (URL)
- Click "Create a Site"
- Go to Settings (upper right)
- Click "Give your site an address"
- Type in a name that you will remember (like your first name and initial, for example "michaelb"
- Click "Change Address"
- To see your note, go to the name.jottit.com (for example, michaelb.jottit.com)
- To add more web addresses/notes to your note, click the Edit button in the lower right.
Posted by Mr. Calkins at 08:12 PM
December 12, 2007
Assignment: Build Your Own Computer!
Due: First class after Christmas.
I would like you to design your DREAM computer - if you could build any kind of computer that you liked, what would it be like? Get some old magazines or catalogs and cut out pictures (ask your parents first) of all of the computer parts that we talked about in class:
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- CPU
- RAM
- Hard Drive
- Chip / Processor
- Printer
- CD/DVD drive
- etc.
Paste all the pictures together on a sheet of paper.
If you want to be really creative, and you have a computer at home, you can do the assignment in Powerpoint or another image editing program, and print it out before you come to class.
Posted by Mr. Calkins at 02:42 PM
December 04, 2007
Parts of a Computer
Click on the following links:
- Computer parts (Novice)
- Computer parts (Junior)
- Matching game
Posted by Mr. Calkins at 05:54 PM
File Management
Do the following exercise:
- Create a folder with your full name (first then last) inside the Shared Docs folder on your computer (you may have done this already).
- Open Word and type your name on the page.
- Save the file as “Computer class.doc” in your personal folder in your Shared Docs folder.
- Open up My Computer and find the file that you just made.
- Rename it to “Charlie Brown.doc”.
- Create a new folder inside your personal folder with the name: “Snoopy-your first name” (like, Snoopy-Andrew).
- Create 3 folders inside the new folder: name them 1, 2 and 3
- Copy the Charlie Brown file into each of the 1,2 and 3 folders.
- Delete folder 3.
- Tell me when you are done so that I can check your work.
Posted by Mr. Calkins at 05:45 PM
Mouse Exercise
Click on the following links:
- Mouse Exercise #1
- Mouse Exercise #2
Posted by Mr. Calkins at 05:41 PM