January 8 - Welcome Back Year 7

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Welcome back Year 7. I hope that Santa was good to you and that you are relaxed and ready to start Term 2. We have lots of fun in store for you, so let's get started.

1)Learning to type is an important skill to know. Nowadays students use computers and programs like Microsoft Word to do their homework and write essays. Blogging across the curriculum is becoming commonplace and you are expected to already "know" how to type. Well, typing is a skill like any other and in order to get good at it, you must practice. A fun online typing course is located here: http://freetypinggame.net/ Let's use this site and practice each time we meet for 15 minutes.

2) Next, let's continue with the second Microsoft Word tutorial. It is located here: http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC102276801033

I have headsets for you to use. Remember that these tutorials are part of the Investigate portion of the Design Cycle. In order to properly/efficiently use Microsoft Word, it is imperative to learn how it works;-)

3) Remember to reflect upon this lesson in your Process Journal (blog) after every class.

If you have any questions, just raise your hand!

December 14

Happy Holidays Year 7

Because you are involved in the Assembly today and you have been such good kids and we only have 1 period today, you can have a FREE period:-)

Remember, keep the noise level down.

I'm wishing you a very happy holiday no matter what you do and a wonderful 2008!

December 11

Year 7

Let's do a little review:

1. Log in to your blog account.
2. Click on New Post - It's a good idea for you to have a new post open so you can reflect on the work you are doing throughtout the class.
3. Answer this question, "What is the primary reason that we created our IT blogs?"

In this class you will become proficient using Microsoft Word 2007 and we need to become familiar with the vocabulary associated with this new tool. Some of the vocab we will use today: office button, ribbon, tab, group. Microsoft has great tutorials to give us all the information we need to be successful with their products.

4. Let's get started with Word 2007. Our first tutorial is located here and will provide basic knowledge about getting started.

5. When you are finished, please reflect on your blog/process journal.

December 7 - Museum Visit

No IT classes today for Lanuage A Yr 7's due to your field trip.

Have a wonderful day.

For the rest of us, well, we'll figure something out;-)

December 4

Welcome Year 7! My name is Ms. Dietrich and I will be your tech teacher. We will explore Word 2007 and practice typing this term. It will be great fun and we will learn a lot! Word 2007 is a useful program and you will be using it throughout the coming years.

This is the place for Year 7 students to get all the information they need to be successful in IT class :-)

All of your assignments will be posted here.

You will need a blog to get started. Your blog will be your Process Journal. An online notebook where you will record and reflect upon your IT work and your IT project. It is a requirement that you post after each IT session (each double-period) you record what you did in class that day. Also record any URL's (web addresses) that you visited during research. (It makes it easier to revisit them ;-)

If you don't have blogs - there's no time like the present to create them. If you do, then we will record the addresses.

We will explore the teacher's blog and all of the information that you can find on it.

We will also visit a site where we can practice typing online: http://freetypinggame.net/ (at school or at home).

Away we go!

November 30

Goodbye Year 7.

I will miss you but have fun as you continue on your carousel.

Até a vista! and Happy Holidays!