Technology Skills Tentative Daily Lessons

Day 1-2

January 4-5

Course Outline, Create Folders; L1-5; Header; Normal/Print Layout; font color; paragraph symbols; zoom; Backgrounds, Font, Size

Day 3-4

January 6-9

WU L5; L 6-10; font, size, backgrounds; Textboxes; Print Preview; Type to Learn

Day 5-6

January 10-11

WU L8; L9-13; WortArt; Toolbars; Page Borders; Home/End; Delete/Backspace; Insert/Num Lock; Font - H2O; x2+y2=c2); MPPRO – set up accounts, drill practice; alphabet

Day 7-8

January 12-13

WU L12; L14-18; Vertical/Horizontal Alignment; Review Toolbars; Bullets/Numbering; Alphabet practice quiz; page breaks; cut/copy/paste; Change Case, PP#1

Day 9-10

January 16-17

TW19E; Alphabet Quiz - Paper; PP#2; Columns; alphabet quiz - typing

Day 11-12

January 18-19

PP#3; TW20D

Day 13-14

January 20-23

Ref Journal; Toolbar Prac Quiz; PP#4; Proof Symbols; Shortcuts; TW25D; 10-Key

Day 15-16

January 24-25

Intro Review, 10-key and calc lesson; Practice Proof. symbols & shortcuts; TW28D

Day 17-18

January 26-27

Intro Test; Margins; Ruler; Introduce Tabs; Tab #1

Day 19-20

January 30-31

Tab #2; Tab #3; TW29E; Newsletter WS; Review Proof symbols & shortcuts

Day 21-22

Feb 1-2

Tab Quiz; Tables – Worksheet; Begin Assignment:  Create table; TW31C

Day 23-24

February 3-6

TW137C; Word Unit Test; Class Schedule Assignment

Day 25-26

February 7-8

Excel PP; Worksheet 1; begin Wendell’s; TW148C

Day 27-28

February 9-10

Complete Wendell’s W.; Freddy’s Florists; begin Pet Sales

Day 29-30

February 13-14

Pet Sales and Fruit Sales, Billy’s and Hawk

Day 31-32

February 15-20

Excel – Objective Test, Nelson’s and Softball Stats

Day 33-34

February 21-22

Excel – creative project Unit test

Day 35-36

February 23-27

Excel - Review Nelson’s and Softball – make corrections; Complete creative projects; if time, begin PBL notes

Day 37-38

Feb 28-Mar 1

Personal Business Letters - PowerPoint for notes; example on p. 13; PBL1 p. 14; format PBL 1 and 2; Introduce

Day 39-40

March 2-3

Format PBL 3; Type PBL 2 page 14; Practice Envelope; Sign, fold, put letters in envelope; Letter to Friend; Print Envelope – sign, fold letter

Day 41-42

March 6-7

Letter Test; PP on Access; Ankeny Schools

Day 43-44

March 8-9

Access – complete Ankeny Schools, Colleges, Lawn Care

Day 45-46

March 10-13

Access – blue sheet and merge letter?

Day 47-48

March 14-15

Access – second merge and extra assignment

Day 49-50

March 16-17

Access – objective test

Day 51-52

March 27-28

PP on MLA; Report 1 p. 145-6; page numbers; hanging indents; title page

Day 53-54

March 29-30

Numbered Items; Report 2 w/ title page; Report 3 p. 152-3 w/ title page

Day 55-56

March 31-April 3

Finish correcting Reports 2 and 3; Report Quiz; Begin Research

Day 57-58

April 4-5

Research Careers; Clip Art

Day 59-60

April 6-7

Research Careers

Day 61-62

April 10-11

Complete Research; PP on Publisher Design; Pizza Flyer

Day 63-64

April 12-13

Publisher – complete Pizza flyer; Lesson 2 – Pizza Invite, start self brochure

Day 65-66

April 14-17

Finish self brochure;  business card, review design principles

Day 67-68

April 18-19

Publisher Quiz – objective; FrontPage – begin assignment 1

Days 69-70

April 20-21

FrontPage – complete assignment 1; correct; begin Assignment 2

Days 71-72

April 24-25

FrontPage – quiz; assignment 2

Days 73-74

April 26-27

FrontPage

Days 75-76

May 1-2

PowerPoint – PPt presentation; Lesson 1 together; begin Self Presentation

Days 77-78

May 3-4

PowerPoint Basic Guidelines; PowerPt – complete Self Pres.; begin presentations

Days 79-80

May 5-8

PPt –Self Presentations

Days 81-82

May 9-10

Finish Self, Work on How To Presentations – begin presenting next time

Days 83-84

May 11-12

Present How To Presentations; Introduce Action Buttons

Days 85-86

May 15-16

Present How To Presentations; Create Action Buttons/Review

Days 87-88

May 17-18

Complete How To Presentations; Finish Creating Action Buttons

Days 89-90

May 19-22

Review and Action Buttons

Days 91-92

May 23-24-25

Finals