Thursday, February 28, 2018

Today in class:

-- Please work silently and independently throughout the hour.

-- We will study the new Midterm Exam Study Guide on Quizlet for the first 10 minutes of class.

-- Today's assignment must be handwritten on paper. Using the material we have studied this semester, please make up and write down 20 of your own fill-in the blank questions.  Number them 1 through 20. Then add 5 bonus questions, based on the research assignments we have done this semester. Number them 21 through 25. Be sure to include both the question and answer for all questions.

-- Today's assignment is due at the end of the hour, before leaving class today. Not turning it in before leaving will result in a grade of zero.

-- Once you have completed and turned in today's assignment, please study the Midterm Exam Study Guide on Quizlet for the remainder of the hour. The midterm exam will cover material from the beginning of this calendar year, and there will be a hands-on portion of the exam.

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Today in class:

-- We will study vocabulary on Quizlet for the first ten minutes of class.

-- We will discuss the upcoming midterm exams, next Thursday and Friday, March 8-9. Odd hour tests will be on Thursday, and even hour tests will be on Friday. The test will be worth 20% of the nine weeks grade.

-- Then we will discuss formatting numbers in Excel.

-- Then we will discuss applying conditional formatting to numbers in Excel, beginning by watching the following video:

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Today in class:

-- We will study vocabulary on Quizlet for the first ten minutes of class.

-- We will discuss midterm exams coming up March 6-8.

-- We will update our Excel stock trackers with current prices for our stocks.

-- We will update our Excel stock trackers using what we have learned so far.

-- Because we have been able to move through the formatting material a little more quickly than expected (Nice job!), we will also view an introductory video on sorting in Excel 2010:




-- Then we will sort the stocks in our stock tracker alphabetically, using what we have learned.

Monday, February 26, 2018

In class, we will:

-- Study vocabulary on Quizlet for the first 10 minutes.

-- Discuss our new vocabulary.

-- Watch the following video on formatting in Excel:




Then we will do some hands-on practice formatting in Excel.

Friday, February 23, 2018

Today, in class:

-- We will study vocabulary on Quizlet for the first ten minutes of class.

-- We will take our second vocabulary test on Excel functions.

-- We will study our new vocabulary for ten minutes.

-- Then we will learn about using Skype for international educational collaboration.

-- Then for today's class assignment, please write down and turn in your top five choice for suggested class projects using Skype. Please be specific, for example, "Skype with a coder for MineCraft."

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