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Tuesday, 6/15/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  No more classes for seniors.  Good luck in college!

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:  Presentations using PowerPoint.  Students presented their Project 3 to the entire class.  Good luck on your finals...have a nice summer...see you next year!

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Monday, 6/14/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  No more classes for seniors.  Good luck in college!

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:  Presentations using PowerPoint.  Gave students the entire class to work on Project 3.  Homework:  Complete Project 3 by Tuesday, June 15th.

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Friday, 6/11/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  No more classes for seniors.  Good luck in college!

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:  Presentations using PowerPoint.  Gave students the entire class to work on Project 3.  Homework:  Complete Project 3 by Tuesday.

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Thursday, 6/10/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  No more classes for seniors.  Good luck in college!

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:  Presentations using PowerPoint.  Demonstrated master slides and rehearse timings.  I handed back (and went over) the Excel test.  Assigned Project 3-PowerPoint; Create an 8-slide presentation on this topic; “History of your first name”.  This assignment is due and must be presented to the class on the last day of the quarter.   Homework:  Complete Project 3.

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Wednesday, 6/9/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  No more classes for seniors.  Good luck in college!

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:  Presentations using PowerPoint.  Demonstrated how to insert music from a CD, grouping two images, ordering and free-form custom animation.  Homework:  None.

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Tuesday, 6/8/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  No more classes for seniors.  Good luck in college!

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:  Presentations using PowerPoint.  Demonstrated how to run a show, new presentation from the auto-content wizard, slide sorter view, re-arrangement of slides, inserting clip art from a file, custom animation and transitions.  Homework:  Bring in a music CD.

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Friday, 6/4/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  No more classes for seniors.  Happy Graduation and good luck in college!

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:  Spreadsheets.  Test on spreadsheet functions.  Homework:  None

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Thursday, 6/3/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  No more classes for seniors.  Happy Graduation and good luck in college!

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:  Spreadsheets.  Covered the pmt function and then I went over the solution to the function_review file.  Homework:  None

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Wednesday, 6/2/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  No more classes for seniors.  Happy Graduation and good luck in college!

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:  Spreadsheets.  Covered column and pie charts.  I showed the first command in the function_review file.  Homework:  complete the function_review file.

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Tuesday, 6/1/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  No more classes for seniors.  Happy Graduation and good luck in college!

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:  Spreadsheets.  Covered count and counta functions.  Also showed formatting and auto-format.  Homework:  None.  

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Thursday, 5/27/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  No more classes for seniors.  Happy Graduation and good luck in college!

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:  Spreadsheets.  Covered relative copy and selecting cells.  Homework:  None.  

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Wednesday, 5/26/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  No more classes for seniors.  Happy Graduation and good luck in college!

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:  Spreadsheets.  Covered function notes on year, month, day, left, right and mid.  Homework:  None.  

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Tuesday, 5/25/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  No more classes for seniors.  Happy Graduation and good luck in college!

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Bishop Lori gave a mass during most of the computer classes, so no computer instruction was given.  The few minutes we had left, I showed the finished videos.  Homework: None. 
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Monday, 5/24/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  Final Exam/Project;  Finished work on the final project.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Spreadsheets.  Covered function notes on date entry, date arithmetic, now.  Homework: None. 
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Friday, 5/21/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  Final Exam/Project;  Continued work on the final project.  Homework:  Complete by 5/24.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Spreadsheets.  Covered formula bar editing and function notes on sum, average, min, max and round.  Homework: None. 
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Thursday, 5/20/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  Final Exam/Project;  Continued work on the final project.  Homework:  Complete by 5/24.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Spreadsheets.  Covered notes on columns, rows, cells, sheets, simple arithmetic, print area and formula auditing mode.  Homework: None. 
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Wednesday, 5/19/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  No Class; Senior Retreat.  Homework:  Complete Final Project/Exam by 5/24.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Film Editing.  I gave all the 10th Graders one more class to complete and turn in Project 2 (make a 3-4 minute video).  Homework: None. 
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Tuesday, 5/18/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  Final Exam/Project;  Continued work on the final project.  Homework:  Complete by 5/24.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Film Editing.  Continued work on Project 2 (make a 3-4 minute video).  Homework: None. 
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Monday, 5/17/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  Final Exam/Project;  Assigned the final project.  Homework:  Complete by 5/24.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Handed back and went over the Word Processing tests.  Film Editing.  I gave them the remainder of the time to work on Project 2 (make a 3-4 minute video).  Homework:  Complete by end of class on Tuesday. 
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Friday, 5/14/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  Multimedia on the Web.  Finished work on Case Problem 1 (pages 473-475).  Homework:  None.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Film Editing.  Demonstrated how to create (export) the movie in WMV format.  I handed out the rubric for the grading of Project 2.  I gave them the remainder of the time to work on Project 2 (make a 3-4 minute video).  Homework:  None. 
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Thursday, 5/13/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  Multimedia on the Web.  Continued work on Case Problem 1 (pages 473-475).  Homework:  Complete Case Problem 1 by May 14th.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Film Editing.  Because of the early dismissal & mass, only one Sophomore class was present.  I gave them time to work on Project 2 (make a 3-4 minute video).  Homework:  None. 
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Wednesday, 5/12/10 (teacher out sick)

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  Multimedia on the Web.  Students were given a lesson of continued work on Case Problem 1 (pages 473-475).  Homework:  Complete Case Problem 1 by May 14th.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Film Editing.  Students were given a lesson of continued work on Project 2 (make a 3-4 minute video).  Homework:  None. 
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Tuesday, 5/11/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  Multimedia on the Web.  Continued work on Case Problem 1 (pages 473-475).  Homework:  Complete Case Problem 1 by May 14th.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Film Editing.  Demonstrated how to add transitions, custom animation on the titles and import pictures.  I assigned Project 2 (make a 3-4 minute video) and gave them 20 minutes in class to start it.  Homework:  None. 
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Monday, 5/10/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  Multimedia on the Web.  Continued work on Case Problem 1 (pages 473-475).  Homework:  Complete Case Problem 1 by May 14th.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Film Editing.  Demonstrated how to trim clips and import audio.  Homework:  None. 
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Friday, 5/7/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  Multimedia on the Web.  Continued work on Case Problem 1 (pages 473-475).  Homework:  Complete Case Problem 1 by May 14th.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Film Editing.  Demonstrated how to put several movie clips together, titles and caption overlays.  Homework:  None. 
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Thursday, 5/6/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  Multimedia on the Web.  I assigned Case Problem 1 (pages 473-475).  Homework:  Complete Case Problem 1 by May 14th.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Word Processing; Part B of test on Word Processing.  Homework:  None. 
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Wednesday, 5/5/10 

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  Multimedia on the Web.  Continued work on the chapter 8 tutorial.  I assigned pages 456-471 for classwork.  Homework:  None.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:   Word Processing; demonstrated headers & footers and gave the Internet multiple choice test on Word Processing.  Homework:  None. 
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Tuesday, 5/4/10 

12thGrade-Web Design Class:   Handed back Chapter 6 tests and went over the solution.  Homework:  None.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:   Word Processing; demonstrated tabs.  Reviewed for quiz on Word Processing.  Homework:  None. 
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Monday, 5/3/10 

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Multimedia on the Web.  Continued work on the chapter 8 tutorial.  I assigned pages 450-455 for classwork.  Homework:  None.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:   Word Processing; demonstrated help, theasurus and translate.  Finished work on Project 1 (Open Movers.doc, 1” margins allaround, double space the entire essay, at the top of the file, insert a pagebreak, Page 1 – cover page; make it look pretty!, email me the completed file (vvodola.tchs@juno.com) with the subject line reading Project 1 & your name.  Homework:  None. 
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Friday, 4/30/10 

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Multimedia on the Web.  Continued work on the chapter 8 tutorial.  I assigned pages 446-449 for classwork.  Homework:  None.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:   Word Processing; demonstrated format painter, indents and footnotes.  I assigned Project 1 (Open Movers.doc, 1” margins allaround, double space the entire essay, at the top of the file, insert a pagebreak, Page 1 – cover page; make it look pretty!, email me the completed file(vvodola.tchs@juno.com) with the subject line reading Project 1 & your name.  Homework:  Complete Project 1 by end of class on Monday, 5/3. 
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Thursday, 4/29/10 

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6 test.  Homework:  None.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:   Word Processing; demonstrated line spacing, page breaks, cut & paste, copy & paste, clipboard viewer, margins, paper size, orientation, alignment, toolbars and bullets & numbering.  Homework:  None.
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Tuesday, 4/27/10 

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6 test was postponed because more than half the class was at AP testing.  Chapter 8; Multimedia on the Web.  Started the chapter 8 tutorial.  I assigned pages 436-445 for classwork.  Homework:  Study for test on Chapter 6 for Thursday.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:   Word Processing; demonstrated [CTRL]/Home, [CTRL]/End, print preview, auto-correct, auto-complete, borders & shading and inserting clip art.  Homework:  None.
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Monday, 4/26/10 

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.  Finished work on Case Problem 3 (pages 343-345).   Homework:  Study for test on Chapter 6 for Tuesday.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:   Word Processing; demonstrated spell check, undo/redo, view zooms, selecting text, save/save as and replace all.  Homework:  None.
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Friday, 4/23/10 

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.  Gave students one more day to complete Case Problem 3 (pages 343-345).   Homework:  Finish Case Problem 3 by Monday @2pm.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:   Test on Internet searching.  Homework:  None.
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Thursday, 4/22/10 

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.  Continued work on Case Problem 3 (pages 343-345).   Homework:  Complete Case Problem 3 by Friday 4/23 at 2pm.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:   Word Processing; test on Computer Literacy, Windows & the Internet.  Homework:  None.
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Wednesday, 4/21/10 

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.  Continued work on Case Problem 3 (pages 343-345).   Homework:  Complete Case Problem 3 by Friday 4/23 at 2pm.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:   Word Processing; I covered word wrap, pull-down menus and auto-save.  We also reviewed the first two weeks of notes for the quiz on Thursday.  Homework:  Study for quiz.
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Tuesday, 4/20/10 

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.  Continued work on Case Problem 3 (pages 343-345).   Homework:  Complete Case Problem 3 by Friday 4/23 at 2pm.

10thGrade-ComputerApplications Class:   I covered Windows & WWW terms:  moving a window, resizing a window, maximizing a window, restore-down, WWW, history list, favorites, home page and attaching files.   Asked Internet Search questions 19-22 from the QTR1 test.   Homework:  None.
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Monday, 4/19/10 

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.  I assigned Case Problem 3 (pages 343-345).   Homework:  Complete Case Problem 3 by Friday 4/23 at 2pm.

10thGrade-ComputerApplications Class:   I covered terms:  file management: new folders, copy & paste, cut & paste, selecting files and viewing files.  Asked Internet Search questions 15-18 from the QTR1 test.   Homework:  None.
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Friday, 4/9/10 

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.  I assigned pages 329-335 for classwork.   Homework: None.

10thGrade-ComputerApplications Class:   I covered terms:  file extensions, keyboard and conversion table.  Asked Internet Search questions 11-14 from the QTR1 test.   Homework:  Purchase of a USB flash drive(min 2gb) by Monday 4/19 .
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Thursday, 4/8/10 

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.  I assigned pages 324-328 for classwork.   Homework: None.

10thGrade-ComputerApplications Class:   I covered terms:  mouse, short-cut menus, disk defragmentor, virus and backups.  Asked Internet Search questions 6-10 from the QTR1 test.   Homework:  Purchase of a USB flash drive(min 2gb) by Monday 4/19 .
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Wednesday, 4/7/10 

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Handed back the results of the grading on the video and school websites.  Chapter 6; Forms.  I assigned pages 321-323 for classwork.   Homework: None.

10thGrade-ComputerApplications Class:   I covered terms:  wordprocessing, network, floppy disk capacity, CD-ROM capacity and DVD-ROM capacity, CPU & RAM.  Asked Internet Search questions 1-5 from the QTR1 test.   Homework:  Purchase of a notebook and a USB flash drive(min 2gb) by Monday 4/19 .
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Tuesday, 4/6/10 - QTR 4, 1st Day

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.   I assigned pages 317-320 for classwork.   Homework: None.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Handed out class syllabus and discussed classroom procedures.  Showed results of Pinnacle Studio on the fishing AVI file. Went on-line to www.quizlab.com to see sample on-line quizzes.  I covered terms:  software, hardware, modem, spreadsheet,  Homework:  Purchase of a notebook and a USB flash drive(min2gb) by Monday 4/19 .

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Thursday, 4/1/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.   I assigned pages 314-316 for classwork.   Homework: None.

10thGrade-ComputerApplications Class:  Presentations using MS-PowerPoint; Students presented Project 3 to their peers in class.

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Wednesday, 3/31/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.   I assigned pages 309-313 for classwork.   Homework: None.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Presentations using MS-PowerPoint; Gave students the entire class to work on Project 3.  Homework:  Complete Project 3 by the end of the quarter and present in class on the last day of the quarter (Thursday, 4/1).

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Tuesday, 3/30/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.  Shorter class period because of the Stations of the Cross assembly.  Handed back and went over the test results on the Chpater 5 test.   Homework: None.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Presentations using MS-PowerPoint; Gave students the entire class to work on Project 3.  Homework:  Complete Project 3 by the end of the quarter and present in class on the last day of the quarter.

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Monday, 3/29/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.  I assigned pages 306-308 for classwork.  Homework: None.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Presentations using MS-PowerPoint; covered notes on rehearse timings.  Gave students most of the class to work on Project 3.  Homework:  Complete Project 3 by the end of the quarter and present in class on the last day of the quarter.

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Friday, 3/26/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.  I assigned pages 304-305 for classwork.  Homework: None.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Presentations using MS-PowerPoint; covered notes on master slides.  Assigned Project 3.  Homework:  Complete Project 3 by the end of the quarter and present in class on the last day of the quarter.

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Thursday, 3/25/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.  I assigned pages 300-303 for classwork.  Homework: None.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Presentations using MS-PowerPoint; covered notes on transitions, custom animation (including freeform), inserting clipart from a file.  Homework:  None.

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Wednesday, 3/24/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 6; Forms.  I assigned pages 291-299 for classwork.  Homework: None.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Presentations using MS-PowerPoint; covered notes on new file from autocontent wizard, placing an image on a slide, sending the image to the back, slide design and inserting music from a CD-ROM.  Homework:  None.

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Tuesday, 3/23/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Test on Chapter 5.   Homework: None.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Spreadsheets using MS-Excel; Test on Excel Functions.  Homework:  None.

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Monday, 3/22/10

12th Grade-Web Design Class:  Collected all work on Project 4.  Reviewed for Tuesday's test on Chapter 5.   Homework: Study for test.

10th Grade-Computer Applications Class:  Spreadsheets using MS-Excel;  reviewed for Excel test (using the functionreview.xls file.  Homework:  Study for test.

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Monday-Friday, 3/15-19/10

No School - Wind Storm Clean-up  

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Wednesday, 3/10/10

12thGrade-WebDesign Class: Seniors off for the day - no class.  Homework: Finish this Project 4 by March 11th.

10thGrade-ComputerApplications Class:  Spreadsheets using MS-Excel; Demonstrated column & pie charts.  I had them all retrieve the Function Review.xls file and showed them what to do with it (fill in cells A5-A21 with the proper functions / answers).  Homework:  Complete the Function Review.xls file for a review in the Monday AM class.

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Tuesday, 3/9/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class: Chapter5; Frames.  Continued work on Project 4 (TCHS Website).  Gave them the entire class to work on it.   Homework: Finish this Project 4 by March 11th.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Handed back the Movie Project (project 2) and went over the grading.  Spreadsheets using MS-Excel; Demonstrated formatting and autoformat.  Homework:  None.

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Monday, 3/8/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class: Chapter5; Frames.  Continued work on Project 4 (TCHS Website).  Gave them the entire class to work on it.   Homework: Finish this Project 4 by March 11th.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Spreadsheets using MS-Excel; Demonstrated selecting cells and the left, right, mid, count and counta functions.  Homework:  None.

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Wednesday, 3/4/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class: Chapter5; Frames.  Continued work on Project 4 (TCHS Website).  Gave them the entire class to work on it.   Homework: Finish this Project 4 by March 11th (two-day extension).

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Spreadsheets using MS-Excel; Demonstrated the min, max and now functions.  Retrieved an unfinished Excel file and re-enforced the autosum command and showed relative copy.  Homework:  None.

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Tuesday, 3/3/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class: Chapter5; Frames.  Continued work on Project 4 (TCHS Website).  Gave them the entire class to work on it.   Homework: Finish this Project 4 by March 8th..

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Spreadsheets using MS-Excel; covered notes on formula auditing mode and print area.  Demonstrated the sum, average and round functions.  Homework:  None.

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Tuesday, 3/2/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class: Chapter5;Frames.  Continued work on Project 4 (TCHS Website).  Gave them the entire class to work on it.   Homework: Finish this Project 4 by March8th..

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Spreadsheets using MS-Excel; covered notes on columns, rows, cells, formula bar (modifications) and simple arithmetic.  Used the last 10 minutes of the class to finish & turn in work on Project 2.  Homework:  None.

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Monday, 3/1/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class: Chapter5; Frames.  Continued work on Project 4 (TCHS Website).  Gave them the entire class to work on it.   Homework: Finish this Project 4by March 8th..

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class: Film Editing using Windows Movie Maker. Gave students time to work on Project 2 (day 3).  Homework:  None.

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Thursday, 2/25/10

12thGrade-WebDesignClass: Chapter 5; Frames.  Assigned Project 4 (TCHS Website).  Showed the example from the Chapter 5 Tutorial on how to get three web pages in a frame.  Gave them the entire class to work on it.   Homework: Finish this Project 4 by March 8th..

10thGrade-ComputerApplicationsClass: Film Editing using Windows Movie Maker. Gave students time to work on Project 2 (day 2).  Homework:  Finish Project 2 in three class periods.

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Wednesday, 2/24/10

12thGrade-Web DesignClass: Chapter 5; Frames.  Had students finish work on CaseProblem 3;pages 282-285 of the textbook. I walked around the room to help themwhen they had problems and graded all work at the end of class.  Homework:None.

10thGrade-ComputerApplicationsClass: Film Editing using Windows Movie Maker; Demonstrated transitions and making a WMV movie.  Gave students time to work on Project 2 (day 1).  Homework:  Finish Project 2 in three class periods.

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Tuesday, 2/23/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class: Chapter 5; Frames.  Had students continue to work on Case Problem 3; pages 282-285 of the textbook. I walked around the room to help them when they had problems.  Day 4 of Case Problem.  Homework:Complete in 5 class periods.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class: Film Editing using Windows Movie Maker;Demonstrated opening & ending credits, editing time on clips, deleting a clip and importing music.  Gave students time to look through many of the 144 film clips to see which ones they plan to use for a project.  Homework:  None.

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Monday, 2/22/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class: Chapter 5; Frames.  Had students continue to work on Case Problem 3; pages 282-285 of the textbook. I walked around the room to help them when they had problems.  Day 3 of Case Problem.  Homework: Complete in 5 class periods.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class: Film Editing using Windows Movie Maker; Demonstrated importing multiple clips into the storyboard and captions.  Gave students time to look through many of the 144 film clips to see which ones they plan to use for a project.  Homework:  None.

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Thursday, 2/11/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class: Chapter 5; Frames.  Had students continue to work on Case Problem 3; pages 282-285 of the textbook. I walked around the room to help them when they had problems.  Day 2 of Case Problem.  Homework: Complete in 5 class periods.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class: Word Processing using MS-Word; Part 2 of test on word processing.  Homework:  None.

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Wednesday, 2/10/10

Snow Day - No School
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Tuesday, 2/9/10

12th Grade-Web Design Class: Chapter 5; Frames.  Had students start work on Case Problem 3; pages 282-285 of the textbook. I walked around the room to help them when they had problems. Homework: Complete in 5 class periods.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class: Word Processing using MS-Word; Part 1 of test on word processing.  Homework:  None.

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Monday, 2/8/10

12th Grade-WebDesign Class: Chapter 5; Frames.  Had students work on pages 270-274 of the textbook. I walked around the room to help them when they had problems. Homework: None.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class: Word Processing using MS-Word; demonstrated tabs.  Reviewed for test on word processing.  Homework:  Study for test.

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Friday, 2/5/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class: Chapter 5; Frames.  Had students work on pages 264-268 of the textbook. I walked around the room to help them when they had problems. Homework: None.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class: Word Processing using MS-Word; demonstrated bullets & numbering, thesaurus, and translate.  I allowed the students to work on (and finish) Project 1; using the movers.doc file, change the margins to 1" all around, add a cover page and double-space the entire essay.  Completed file emailed to me(vvodola.tchs@juno.com).  Told students that the word processing test would be on Tuesday & Wednesday of next week.  Homework:  None.

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Thursday, 2/4/10

12thGrade-WebDesignClass:  Chapter 5; Frames.  Had students work on pages 260-263 of the textbook.  I walked around the room tohelp them when they had problems.  Homework: Complete movie by Friday,2/5.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Word Processing using MS-Word; demonstrated toolbars, alignment, format painter, indents and help.  Assigned Project 1; using the movers.doc file, change the margins to 1" all around, add a cover page and double space the entire essay.  Completed file emailed to me (vvodola.tchs@juno.com) by Friday, 2/5 at 2:00pm.  Homework:  Email me Project 1 by 2:00pm on Friday 2/5.

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Wednesday, 2/3/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 5; Frames.  Had students work on pages 255-259 of the textbook.  I walked around the room to help them when they had problems.  Homework: Complete movie by Friday,2/5.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Word Processing using MS-Word; demonstrated line spacing, page breaks, cut & paste, copy & paste, clipboard viewer, margins, paper size and orientation.  Homework:  None..

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Tuesday, 2/2/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Chapter 5; Frames.  Demonstrated the use of frames vs. the use of tables (from chapter 4) on the whiteboard.  Had students work on pages 245-254 of the textbook.  I walked around the room to help them when they had problems.  Homework: Complete movie by Friday, 2/5.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Word Processing using MS-Word; demonstrated auto-correct, auto-complete, find & replace, page borders, and clip art.  Homework:  None..

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Monday, 2/1/10

12thGrade-Web Design Class:  Had students start editing their movies (using Windows Movie Maker); adding titles, transitions, captions, etc.  Homework:  Complete movie by Friday, 2/5.

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Word Processing using MS-Word; demonstrated pull-down menus, automatic backups, spell check, undo/redo, view zooms, and selecting text.  Homework:  None..

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Friday, 1/29/10

12thGrade- Web Design Class:  Assisted the new students with the Chapter2tutorial.  Had the students show me the initial video recording of themselves talking about their favoriteteacher/class/activity here atTCHS over the last four years to be counted as a project grade.  Homework:  None

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Catholic Vocation Day...no lessons given.   Homework:  None..

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Thursday, 1/28/10

12thGrade- Web Design Class:  Assisted the new students with the Chapter2tutorial.  Had the students continue writing an essay about the videorecording of themselves talking about their favoriteteacher/class/activity here at TCHS over the last four years.  Homework:  Finish the recording of thevideo by Friday, 1/29 (counts asa project grade).

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Quiz on Internet Searching.   Homework:  None..

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Wednesday, 1/27/10

12thGrade - Web Design Class:  Assisted the new students with the Chapter 2tutorial.  Had the students continue writing an essay about the video recording ofthemselves talking about their favorite teacher/class/activity here atTCHS over the last four years.   Homework:  Finish the recording of thevideo by Friday, 1/29 (counts as a project grade).

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Quiz on Computer Literacy.   Homework:  None..

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Tuesday, 1/26/10

12thGrade - Web Design Class:  Assisted the new students with the Chapter 2tutorial.  Had the students continue writing an essay about the video recording ofthemselves talking about their favorite teacher/class/activity here atTCHS over the last four years.   Homework:  Finish the recording of thevideo by Friday, 1/29 (counts as a project grade).

10thGrade-Computer Applications Class:  Asked Internet searchquestions 15-22, from the November 16, 2009 test and reviewed for quiz on Wednesday.   Homework:  Study for quiz..

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Monday, 1/25/10

12th Grade - Web Design Class:  Assisted the new students with the Chapter 2 tutorial.  Had the students write an essay about the video recording of themselves talking about their favorite teacher/class/activity here at TCHS over the last four years.   Homework:  Finish the recording of the video by Friday, 1/29.

10thGrade- Computer Applications Class:  I covered terms:  title bar, close, maximize, minimize and restore down.  On the Internet, I covered terms:  home page, history list, and favorites.  Asked Internet search questions 13-14, from the November 16, 2009 test.   Homework:  None.

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Friday, 1/22/10

12th Grade - Web Design Class:  Demonstrated editing time on a clip, deleting a fram/clip, importing sound/music and transitions.  Also assisted the new students with the Chapter 1 tutorial.  Homework:  Purchase of a notebook and a USB flash drive(min 4gb) and start to think about video recording of themselves talking about their favorite teacher/class/activity here at TCHS over the last four years. 

10thGrade - Computer Applications Class:  I covered terms:  backups, file extensions, keyboard basics, math operators and the conversion of bytes, KB, MB & GB.  Asked Internet search questions 6-12, from the November 16, 2009 test.   Homework:  Purchase of a notebook and a USB flash drive(min 2gb) by Monday 1/25.

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Thursday, 1/21/10

12th Grade - Web Design Class:  Demonstrated importing a couple of saved video clips on a storyboard, captions and titles.  Also assisted the new students with the Chapter 1 tutorial.  Homework:  Purchase of a notebook and a USB flash drive(min 4gb) and start to think about videorecording of themselves talking about their favorite teacher/class/activity here at TCHS over the last four years. 

10thGrade - Computer Applications Class:  I covered terms:  floppy disk drive, hard drive, CPU, RAM, shortcut menus, mouse, disk defragmenter and virus.  Asked Internet search questions 1-6, from the November 16, 2009 test.   Homework:  Purchase of a notebook and aUSB flash drive(min 2gb) by Monday 1/25.

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Wednesday, 1/20/10

12th Grade - Web Design Class:  Handed out textbooks (to new students) and class syllabus.  Demonstrated video capture from a camcorder.   Homework:  Purchase of a notebook and a USB flash drive(min 4gb) and start to think about video recording of themselves talking about their favorite teacher/class/activity here at TCHS over the last four years. 

10th Grade - Computer Applications Class:  Handed out class syllabus and discussed classroom procedures.  Showed results of Pinnacle Studio on the fishing AVI file. Went on-line to www.quizlab.com to see sample on-line quizzes.  I covered terms:  software, hardware, modem, spreadsheet, word processing, network, floppy disk capacity, CD-ROM capacity and DVD-ROM capacity.  Homework:  Purchase of a notebook and a USB flash drive(min 2gb) by Monday 1/25.


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