Assignment #2 - Current Event Report

Read this article and this article and comment. Minimum 3 paragraphs. USE YOUR OWN WORDS - you may quote no more than 2 sentences. Italicize any quoted material.

Format document:

1. Use a sans serif font for entire document, except where otherwise specified.
2. Font size for the entire document - 14 points
3. At least one instance where you format each of these:

• Double-underlining
• Strike-through
• Small Capitals
• Font Color
• Highlighting
• Superscript or Subscript
• Character Spacing 

4. Include a hyperlink back to the source article somewhere in your document.
5. Remember to include all information required for any assignment you submit. Format all three of those lines as bold AND use a serif font.
6. Using your Badin e-mail ONLY, send your finished document as an attachment.

This assignment is due no later than Friday, February 5.

Extra Credit - ask a parent to read one or both of the same articles and then YOU should add his/her impressions at the end of your document, on a separate page.

For Week of February 1

Monday (short) - we'll finish character formats with more on fonts, effects, positioning, background, and toss in hyperlinks if we have time.
Tuesday - Sending e-mail attachments and continue Paragraph formats with line spacing and indentation
Wednesday (vision/hearing testing) - Keying practice and baseline test
Thursday - continue indentation and begin lists
Friday (short) - continue lists -ordering and formatting

Note (2) assignments for this week.

For Week of January 25

** order of posts "flips" this week - newest post will always be at top **

Here's what we'll be studying this week:

• Use of Template drive files
• Movement/Select with keys and mouse
  
• Undo/redo
• Directory structures
• Introduction to class programs & processes, including:
  o Firefox (link for free program download)
  o OpenOffice (link for free program download)
  o Introducing OpenOffice Writer
  o Window structure
• Formatting vs. editing
• Format categories - Character, Paragraph, Page
• Character formats - fonts, effects, positioning, background
• Hyperlinks
• Keyboarding speed test

Assignment #1 - "Who Am I?"

• Send me an e-mail, introducing yourself.
• Minimum 200 words. More specific details will be explained in class.
• Remember to include a description of how you have implemented, or could implement, technology in your coursework.

Assignment is due Monday, January 25.

Welcome to Integrated Technologies I!

Hi! This post CONTAINS NO ADULT CONTENT.

It has been online for 12 years, and is contains a welcome message from a TEACHER to STUDENTS in my class.

Republishing now as this is the only way to trigger an appeal.

ORIGINAL CONTENT BELOW:

This page is the nexus for your Integrated Studies class this semester, you should plan on checking here often for new material. Here's what is planned for our first week together:

• Your seating assignment
• Class rules and expectations; required materials; information to include on all submissions.
• Meet "BecomeTheBest.com"
• Fire drill procedures
• Badin's "Responsible Use of Technology" Policy reviewed with students--Signed forms must be returned by January 22 or risk demerits!
• How to log into your computer and onto Badin's server
• Using your Badin e-mail
• Use of Template drive files
• Your Notebook