cis1blh Mrs. Havekost
William H. Taft High School  
http://www.nisd.net/
 
Hi!  The class page we will be using has been activated so you can review for the Semester Exam.  From now on go to:

www.quia.com/pages/havebcis1.html

See you in class on Tuesday and have a safe and fun weekend/holiday.

WELCOME TO YOUR CIS I or (BCIS I) CLASS PAGE FOR MRS. HAVEKOST.

Read the following and keep fresh in your mind ALL Term:
**Makeup deadlines are 1-2 days after you return.

**DUE Date deadlines are firm; ALWAYS turn in what you have to turn in at the deadline.  Let me be the judge of what I fully expect to be completed.  Remember:  Even a 30% is better than a Zero.

**Continue your Startup Routine each day.


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MONDAY - JANUARY 14, 2002
Video:  "Thinking Machines"
Video handout due by end of block.
Last Retake during class of Computer Lab Rules; further retakes to 80% before school.
Lawrenceville Text:  Ch. 1 continue chapter notes.
Quia Activties for Chapter 1.

TUESDAY - 1/15/02
MTPro - Continue where you stopped.
Video Presentations: "Intro. to Computers"  1st 7 min.
                     "Computer Revolution"  21 min.
       
Chapter 1 - Vocabulary and Chapter Notes.
            Quia site review.

TEST: Ch.1 Vocabulary on Wednesday. 1/16/02
TEST: Chapter 1 Concepts on Thurs. 1/17/02(MOVED TO FRIDAY)

WEDNESDAY - 1/16/02
MTPro - Continue.
Ch. 1 VOCABULARY TEST
Review - Chapter 1 Concepts Test.

THURSDAY - 1/17/02
MTPro - Continue
Ch.1 CONCEPTS TEST - STUDY in Class from Text and Quia

FRIDAY - 1/18/02
MTPro - Continue
Take Ch.1 CONCEPTS TEST

MONDAY - 1-21-02 - MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY - TEACHER/STUDENT HOLIDAY.

TUESDAY 1-22-02  Begin Chapter 2 - Windows Operating System
Focus on Vocabulary and chapter concepts.
Practice quia activities for Ch.2
Read, review 2 documents in Windows 95 folder.
Path: Students on Taft"M"/STUDENTS/Handout/Windows 95.
You may print these two documents .

WEDNESDAY - 1-23-02 
Continue and Conclude Ch. 2 Windows 95

THURSDAY - 1-24-02
TEST Ch. 2 - Intro. to Windows
Due:  Windows 95 Review Sheet
Chapter 3 Intro. to Word 97 - Quia

FRIDAY - 1-25-02
QUIZ -  Ch. 3 Vocabulary
PROGRESS REPORTS / Parent Signatures

MONDAY  1-28-02
TopTen.doc for Open House

TUESDAY 1-29-02
Complete TopTen.doc and Print to Color 45
Update Notes.doc

WEDNESDAY - 1-30-02
Chapter 3 Exercises
Print your Notes.doc & Turn in.

THURSDAY - 1-31-02
Conclude Chapter 3

FRIDAY - 2-1-02
Chapter 3 Test: Objective & Production
Begin Ch. 4 Practices

MONDAY - 2-4-02
Chapter 4 Exercises 1, 2, 4, 7, 14. Print, staple in order and turn in what you have complete by the end of the block.  As always, no late turn in if you were in class.

TUESDAY - 2-5-02
Chapter 5 Exercises 4, 5 Print & Staple in order what you have finished by end of the block.

WEDNESDAY - 2-6-02
Chapters 4 & 5 Vocabulary Review - Quia class page.
Newsletter:  "Top Stories on First, Last Name"
Keep track of your one and only handout for this activity.
Remember:  Deadline:  Monday 2-11-02 by end of block
                      Grade Weight:  2 daily grades

THURSDAY - 2-7-02
Vocabulary Quiz:  Chapters 4
Continue Newsletter rough draft w/out formatting.

FRIDAY - 2-8-02
Vocabulary Quiz:  Chapters 5
Format and Insert Graphics on Newsletter.

MONDAY - 2-11-02
Complete Newsletter: "Top Stories on First, Last Name"
Internet Tutorial:  Study for Internet Driver's Licence Test
    Link to Schools/High Schools/Taft/Techology/Internet 101:Student Tutorial  Preview/Read/Have questions ready for class.  There will be an Internet Test announced.  All students must take for CIS I class.  This means ALL will be taking the test, even if you have the Internet sticker on your I.D. It will just be an easy "A" for you.

TUESDAY - 2-12-02
Deadline: "Top Stories Newsletter" -- Color printed.
Begin your Single-fold Valentine Card. 
   *Use the Handout for reference; listen and take notes on
     verbal instructions.
Print Valentine1.doc (the front ONLY today).

WEDNESDAY - 2-13-02
Continue/Complete Valentine.
Print Valentine2.doc ONLY today.  You will team and coordinate printing from the Color45 or the Optras.
Suggestion:  List who is sending to print and where and put the Valentine2.doc's in that SAME order for each printer.  You will ALL need to COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER WITH THE GOAL IN FOCUS.
When you are finished printing, show it to ME.
Then, take it with you when you leave class.
THEN---for 15-30 minutes work the INTERNET STUDY GUIDE and INTERNET WORKSHEET.
This is valuable time to prepare for the Internet Driver's Licence Test.
Resource: Internet 101 Tutorial link in Taft/Technology webpage.
INTERNET DRIVER'S LICENSE Test - (this)Friday, February 15.
Re-read Monday's note regarding the Internet Test.

THURSDAY - February 14
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! ! ! !
Finish Internet Study Guide and Worksheet during Warmup time.  There should be a Crossword Puzzle handout, too.
Begin Personal Business Letters:
Read and follow information in the handout: Example-Personal Business Letter given to you in class.
Key the Letter with correct Page Setup and line spacing.
SAVE as: PBL_Example.doc-Your Name.  Remember:  I am checking the Filename & Path for the correct filenames.
Print and turn your handout over and WRITE the letter parts and spacing on YOUR printed PBL_Example.doc.
Keep it AND the Example handout for now in your class organization folder/notebook.
Do the same thing with the MEMO_Example.doc handout.

Friday - 2-15-02
Internet Test
Key PBLetter Examples

Monday - 2-18-02 President's Day - NO School

Tuesday - 2-19-02
TAAS 1st & 2nd Block
3rd Block =  3rd  MTPro / PB Letters / Practice T.W.
4th Block =  4th

Wednesday - 2-20-02
TAAS 1st & 2nd Block
3rd Block =  1st
4th Block =  2nd   MTPro / 3' T.W.

Thursday - 2-21-02
TAAS 1st & 2nd Block
3rd Block =  2nd  MTPro / 3' & 5' T.W.
4th Block =  3rd  MTPro / 3' & 5' T.W.

Friday - 2-22-02
Regular Schedule
PBL Packet
2nd DW6 3' T.W. Choose 1 of 5 for grade
3rd DW5 3' T.W. Choose 1 of 5 for grade

Monday - 2-25-02
Finish PBL Packet: Turn in PBL_P-172 & 173. Stapled.
MTPro - Accuracy/Speed
DW4 5'TW Log 1 Diagnostic
         Log 4 Open Screen
         Choose 1 for 5' T.W. Grade
Begin:  GOALS.doc Activity to work toward Resume.
        ClipArt inserted is NOT required; but look through it to jog your brainstorming process.

Tuesday - 2-26-02
Finish GOALS.doc Activity
Save GOALS.doc as GOALS_Resume.doc to modify into Resume rough draft.

Wednesday - 2-27-02
Begin Resume rough draft: GOALS_Resume.doc
Internet Legal students (if you have fulfilled District and Curriculum Internet access requirements:
Internet site viewing as class on Resume websites.
Students who have not fulfilled Internet access requirements:  Open text to Ch. 18 and follow my verbal instructions.

Thursday - 2-28-02
Complete GOALS_Resume.doc

Friday - 3-1-02
Add ClipArt to GOALS.doc
Print GOALS.doc to Color 45 and GOALS_Resume.doc to B/W Optras.

Monday - 3-4-02
RESUME.doc (final Resume layout/format)
Transfer information from GOALS_Resume.doc to Resume.doc
Print Resume.doc and Turn into class box.
Begin Semester Exam Review - Lawrenceville Text and Quia class page.

Tuesday - 3-5-02
DTP Production - Double Daily Grade.
Semester Exam Review

Wednesday - 3-6-02
  Semester Exam Review - Quia Class Page & Lawrenceville Text.

Semester EXAM Schedule / Regular Bell Schedule:
Thursday  3-7-02   
             Exam    1st Block
             Exam    2nd Block
             Review  3rd Block
             Review  4th Block

Friday    3-7-02  
             Review  1st Block
             Review  2nd Block
             Exam    3rd Block
             Exam    4th Block

END OF SEMESTER

BCIS I (CIS I)

MONDAY 3-18-02
PowerPoint - Introduction
Chapter 16
View Examples of PowerPoint
Add PowerPoint information to Notes.doc
 
TUESDAY 3-19-02
Chapter 16 Practices - PowerPoint
Complete all Practices.  Save.  Do NOT Print Practices today.

WEDNESDAY 3-20-02 -- bring 1 young childhood picture to be scanned asap for your upcoming Resum/Autobiography.ppt.

1.  Chapter 16 Exercises 2 and 3 only. Print both Exercises (6 Slides per Handout).  Due in class box by end of block today.

Remember:  In your Practices and Exercises, file names in ALL CAPS are documents that are provided as startup (ReadOnly) documents for you to save into your Student Folder and complete the practice or exercise from.

2.  Elements of an Effective PowerPoint Presentation
Pick up a copy of the "Elements of a Successful (Effective) Presentation" handout at the Printer table.  This is YOUR copy to keep (i.e. PUT YOUR NAME ON IT).  Do NOT leave it behind at your work station, in a book holder, or on the floor.

Guidelines to Completing "Elements of a Successful Presentation":
Create in the Outline View
Bulleted Phrases
5-10 slides
1-4 clipart
No animation or sound
font size 30-36.

This PPT slideshow should represent and communicate the guidelines stated in the handout you are working from as well as all spelling, grammar and punctuation rules.
Your focus is on creating a succint/bulleted presentation.  Conversational communication / words would be added in the actual presenation of the slideshow.

Deadline:  Thursday, by the end of the block. 
Print what you have completed in Outline View and turn in.  

THURSDAY 3-21-02
  POWERPOINT - Ch. 16
Complete "Elements of a Successful Presentation"
Print and turn in:  6 slides/handout

Begin:  "Resume" PowerPoint presentation based on the guidelines in "Elements of a Successful Presentation"

SLIDES:  Personal Information, Career Objective, Education, Skills, Extracurricular Activities, Commuity Involvement, Work Experience, References, Self Expression(make sure it is appropriate).
Similar Background on each slide.
Animations:  1-2 per slide; go with mouse click.
Graphics/ClipArt:  1-2 per slide.
WordArt:  1-5 uses total.
Font: Appropriate size; no >2 font types in the presentation.
Handout Footer:  Your Name; include date.
Print 6 slides/handout.
Due:  Tuesday, March 26

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Have you clicked on the "View Calendar" link?
I would like suggestions for appropriate dates to include.

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FRIDAY 3-22-02
Meet Deadline for "Elements of Successful Presentations"

MONDAY 3-25-02
Chapter 16 Vocabulary - Do you know them.  We need to have a Vocabulary Quiz soon.
Chapter 16 Concepts/Questions - We will have a test this week.
Study and Review from the Quia class page Activities
AND your text Questions.

Continue Resume.ppt
Follow instructions above and refer to Resume Rubric (you have your own copy).

TUESDAY 3-26
Complete Resume.ppt.
Follow Print Instructions above.

WEDNESDAY 3-27
Vocabulary Quiz
Chapter 16 PowerPoint Test

Begin Excel Spreadsheets - Chapter 7 "Introducing the Spreadsheet"
All Practices
Vocabulary
Review Questions

THURSDAY 3-28
Ch. 7 Spreadsheet Exercises:
Begin March/April Spreadsheet Calendar Activity
Handout combined with class instruction.


FRIDAY 3-29  Easter Holiday
MONDAY 4-1  Easter Holiday

TUESDAY 4-2-02
Ch. 7 Spreadsheets
1.  Copy existing Worksheets into WORKBOOK named "Workbook-Your Name".
2,  Rename Sheet tabs in your new Workbook.  This will be the only Workbook you will open.  It will have MANY worksheets as you complete Practices, Exercises and Activities.
3.  Complete March/April Calendar Activity. This Activitity should ALSO be copied into a new worksheet in your ONE Workbook.
4.  Chapter 7 Exercises.  Complete the following.  DO NOT print until I give you the details and the go ahead.
Exercise 2   Squeaky Clean Cars 
Exercise 3   Swim Meet
Exercise 4   Student Stats
Exercise 5   Coral Employees
Exercise 6   Dive Log
Exercise 8   Balance Sheet

You will continue these Exercises on Wednesday.
You should be FINISHED with these by the end of class on Wednesday.

LOOKING AHEAD:
***You will see many of these Exercises again in Chapters 8 and 9 to edit.
IF YOU NEED TO COME IN BEFORE SCHOOL TO STAY CAUGHT UP, LOOK AT YOUR SCHEDULES AND ARRANGE FOR IT.

***Thursday - Chapter 7 Vocabulary Test.

***Friday - Chapter 7 Test.


WEDNESDAY - 4-3-02
Continue Ch. 7 Exercises.

THURSDAY - 4-4-02
Chapter 7 Vocabulary Test.

Review Chapter 7 Test - Quia Activities.
Review Chapter 8 Vocabulary & Concepts-Quia Activities.

Ch. 8 Practices

Chapter 8 Exercises:
Exercise 2   Squeaky Clean Cars 
Exercise 3   Swim Meet
Exercise 4   Student Stats
Exercise 5   Coral Employees
Exercise 6   Dive Log
Exercise 8   PROFIT (shared file for you to copy and paste into your Workbook.xls and modify as you complete the Exercise).

FRIDAY - 4-5-02
Chapter 7 Test
Complete Chapter 8 Exercises
Chapter 8 Test - Monday 4--8-02

MONDAY - 4-8-02
chapter 8 Test.
Begin Chapter 9-----way behind!
REDO / Correct  Chapter 7 Exercises!

TUESDAY - 4-9
Chapter 8 Practices - because most of you skipped doing them.
Chapter 8 Exercises as instructed in class and above.

WEDNESDAY / THURSDAY
Ch. 8  Exercises should be getting very close to being
completed.

FRIDAY 4-12-02
Fill in your Ch. 8 Log sheet truthfully and turn in by cutoff time.
Ch. 8 Quiz (ss problem)
Study Ch. 8 Test is on Monday 1st thing.

MONDAY 4-15-02
Ch. 8 Test
Begin Ch. 9 - Practices overview the book, Quia Activities.
  You have resources; you need to learn it.

TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY - THURSDAY - FRIDAY 4-16 thru 19:

Chapter 9 Practices and Exercises
Charts and Spreadsheets

MONDAY 4-22
Print Excercises as instructed in class.  Turn in stapled in order.

TUESDAY 4-23
Chapter 10 Advanced Spreadsheet Techniques
Practices 1 - 4 together with Presenter.
CHOOSE fx and VLOOKUP fx.
Print PAYROLL with columns hidden, formulas, VLOOKUP table cut>paste to Column L.  Print and turn in.

WEDNESDAY  4-24
Practices 5 - 6 together with Presenter.
Exercises as instructed.

THURSDAY  4-25
Chapter 9-10 Test.

FRIDAY 4-26  BATTLE OF FLOWERS Parade - NO SCHOOL

MONDAY 4-29
Portfolio - startup (postponed - needed time to do review activity - spreadsheets - Skittles Project.

TUESDAY 4-30
Chapter 12 - Introducing the Relational Database
Notes - Startup sheet
Database.ppt presentation - reinforce introductory database terms and Chapter 12 overview.

WEDNESDAY 5-1
WARMUP:  Open your Notes.doc.  Go to the end of your document (in which should have at least 5 or more pages by this time in the term) and insert a page break.  This will enable you to begin on a new page of the document to transfer the information you wrote down from yesterday's introduction to database.

You should have Notes in your Desktop Publishing Section on how to bring in a page break.

Key in the fill-in statements and add any notes you may have taken as well.  Note clarifying questions to ask about after the Warmup time.  Because this will be the time for you to also clarify any notes you may have taken that are confusing or you may have forgotten.  Insert the time from the header/footer toolbar as an added 4th line of your header.

Print ONLY the page(s) you keyed relating to database notes from instruction/discussion yesterday.  Turn into the box by the end of the class block

VOCABULARY/TERMS TEST - FRIDAY - - THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW TERMS - I SUGGEST THAT YOU WASTE NO TIME AND GET YOUR RESOURCES WHILE IN CLASS TODAY - PRINT - STUDY.

Chapter 12 - database.ppt
Practices only as instructed.

THURSDAY 5-2
Continue Database as instructed and on the white board.










































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FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 16
Test/Quiz on Database from Quia class page.
Chapter 12 Exercise 3 and 6 DUE.  Print Queries from Table according to steps (h) and (j) in text.

Chapter 13 Exercise 3 and 6 DUE.  Print Queries from Table according to steps (f) and (h) in text.

              * * * * * * THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY BREAK * * * * * *

MONDAY - NOVEMBER 26
BALANCE OF ACTIVITIES & PROJECTS FOR THE TERM:
* E-MAIL accounts set up through n2mail.com
* POWERPOINT
* PORTFOLIO Project
* HTML & WEB PAGES
* FINAL EXAM REVIEW through QUIA Class Page sites

Activities: 
Chapter 16 Practices
Handout "Elements of a Successful Presentation" w/PPT presentation
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TUESDAY - NOVEMBER 27
POWERPOINT - Ch. 16 - complete Practices
PORTFOLIO Handout with startup instructions
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WEDNESDAY - NOVEMBER 28

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THURSDAY - NOVEMBER 29

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MONDAY - DECEMBER 3
"Resume" Presentation Due
Begin Web Pages - HTML Code
FRIDAY - DECEMBER 7
Begin "My Personal Web Page" - Netscape Composer
MONDAY - December 10
Portfolio Due.
Web Page due:  Monday December 17
Review for Final Exam - Objective Questions.
Use quia class page for review.
   


My Quia activities and quizzes
BCIS I Chapter 2 Vocabulary
https://www.quia.com/cm/8560.html
BCIS I Chapter 4XP Vocabulary
https://www.quia.com/cm/8646.html
BCIS I Chapter 5XP Vocabulary
https://www.quia.com/cm/8647.html
BCIS I Chapter 5 Vocabulary
https://www.quia.com/cm/8731.html
BCIS I Chapter 2 Vocabulary
https://www.quia.com/jg/238666.html
BCIS I Computer Terminology
https://www.quia.com/jg/150581.html
EXCELxp Chapter 10 Vocabulary
https://www.quia.com/quiz/237905.html
Useful links
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