LEARNING GOAL: The Language of Office TechnologyStudents will understand all basic terminology of office and internet technology and be able to speak the language when working within a computer classroom.
LESSON OVERVIEW: Today is a day with no excuses. As a class, we have had two days of review and almost 20 lessons dealing with the language of Office Technology (Learning Goal #1). At this point, it is time to show what you know and prove the level of your knowledge. This will be a fairly quiet class period and you will be given almost 60 minutes for testing if you need it. Those who finish early will be doing quiet activities on the computer as you will see below.
DAILY SCHEDULE (85 MINUTES): PART 1: SOLO WORK (10-20 Minutes) PART 2: CLASS DISCUSSION / NEW MATERIAL (30-50 Minutes) PART 3: DAILY ACTIVITY (10-20 Minutes) PART 4: CLOSING (5 Minutes) PART 5: HOMEWORK
PART 1: SOLO WORK Step 1: Find your assigned computer Step 1a: Classroom helper pass out name tags Step 2: Log on to your assigned computer Step 3: Go to and log on to your typingweb.com account Step 4: Begin your next typing practice lesson Step 5: Remember, you are trying to reach at least 15 WPM on each of the Beginner Lessons (all 9 of them)
PART 2: MID-SEMESTER EXAM (65 Minutes) Step 1: Turn off your screen and gently flip your key keyboard on top of your CPU Step 2: Complete the MID-SEMESTER EXAM (paper based exam)
PART 4: CLOSING Step 1: Classroom helper collect and put away name tags Step 2: Close all open applications (Microsoft Office applications, web sites, etc.) Step 3: Gracefully shut down your computer Step 4: Turn off your display Step 5: Push your chair under the desk and pick up any trash
PART 5: HOMEWORK
Homework #8 is a writing assignment related to Lesson 1.18.
Create a new Journal page text box on your Weebly Website and write a new journal entry (Journal Topic #7 - described below). This Homework assignment may be hand written and subsequently typed into your Weebly Website during class.
Journal Topic #7 (HW #8): "My Thoughts About Learning Goal #1"
For this writing assignment you are to write a description of your Thoughts About Learning Goal #1. Specifically, you should describe:
Have you learned anything new or is it all information you knew before?
If yes, what kinds of things have you learned?
Are you finding that this class challenges you or is it too easy?
What are some areas that you still want to work on from Learning Goal #1?
This writing assignment should be a minimum of three paragraphs in length.
This homework writing assignment is to be completed by Wednesday, March 8, 2017.