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**Fri, Jan 13**
After you finish the quiz, make sure the following are complete for the week. 1. HTML - with links and graphics (may not show up, gray box or X is OK) uploaded to your wikispace or e-mailed to me at mburgess@brandon.k12.mn.us. 2. Use one of the online editors (listed on Tues's wiki) to create a page about something that relates to your school year - it can be an activity, sport, class, etc. I will be in your class one day next week and will check those then, but today will be the last day you have to work on it. 3. Post your Friday discussion. 4. If completely finished, you can go to the Web 2.0 sites listed below - some are graphics, some photos - just a lot of different Web 2.0 tools available to everyone on the Internet. (My 8th grade class has been studying Web 2.0 all week and these are different sites they chose to use.) Most of them you have to sign up or join, but the directions are easy to follow.

Have a great day - be sure to get to know Krista. Marcia will be turning the work points into me today - remember the importance of staying on task, etc.

__Web 2.0 Tool demos__ http://www.signgenerator.com http://www.gickr.com http://www.spaceyourface.nasa.gov http://www.geogreeting.com http://www.buildyourwildself.com http://www.addletters.com http://www.picknic.com http://www.quibblo.com http://www.sumopaint.com http://www.taggalaxy.de http://www.vuvox.com http://www.jamstudio.com http://www.wordle.com http://www.doppleme.com http://www.ahead.com http://www.piZap.com http://www.comicmaster.org.uk http://www.flipbook.com

Tues, Jan 10
Graphics - tag galaxy [|Tag Galaxy]

HTML tag explanations

Image Source, Link codes

online web page editors

[|www.weebly.com] [|www.yola.com] sites.google.com [|www.homestead.com] [|www.wix.com]

Wed, Jan 4
Did Santa bring you any of these?

[|Top Electronic Gifts]
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language [|HTML Info] [|Tags chart]

[|PPHS] [|BHS]

[|You Tube tutorial 1]

Mon, Dec 19
Continue with 3A, 3C. If you were absent on Fri, be sure to post a discussion today. Grading sheet for 3A is below.

Fri, Dec 16
Continue to work on 2C, 3A, 3C.

Christmas Carols Trivia Where would you go to hear Silver Bells? A death metal concert. What color is Christmas without you? Blue? Probably Chartreuse CHRISTMAS ISNT A COLOR... definitely ohio. Where do the hopes and fears of all the years meet? The U.N. What helps make the season bright? Light bulbs Who danced with the silk hat on his head? Michael Jackson

Tues, Dec 13 - Wed, Dec 21
Work through Wed, Dec 21. Complete 2A, 2C from last week. Complete personal or home budget from last week. Assn this week - 3A. Assn next week - 3C.

Mon, Dec 12
We will be working on Excel for most of this week - today's lesson is 3A, using an IF Statement and Conditional Formatting - it involves a Payroll spreadsheet to schedule workers, complete instructions 1-29.

Thurs, Dec 8
Upload 2A when finished. Look at additional templates for home, personal budget - create a budget for yourself or a fictitious financial situation - be sure to include data. Look at directions for 2C, freeofficetutorials.com - assignment on Friday.

Wed, Dec 7
1. (freeofficetutorials), review objectives of 2A, Joe's Computer Store. 3. create a spreadsheet (new workbook called Excel 2) for your small business focus that is similar using the same format and formulas. __Weekly assignment__ Using a template from the OFFICE website (link from last week), create a personal budget worksheet. The Personal category seems to have the best examples - you can use data that is current, or you can project data in the future, either 5 or 10 yrs.

Assignments from last week If I Had a Million spreadsheet //Grade sheets from 1A-1E will be handed back today - if you have questions, e-mail me at mburgess@brandon.k12.mn.us or post a discussion on the wiki.//

Tues, Dec 6
Today's assignment 1. discuss "Encyclopedia" article. 2. (freeofficetutorials), watch as I demo 2A, Joe's Computer Store. 3. create a spreadsheet (new workbook called Excel 2) for your small business focus that is similar using the same format and formulas.

Weekly assignment Using a template from the OFFICE website (link from last week), create a personal budget worksheet. The Personal category seems to have the best examples - you can use data that is current, or you can project data in the future, either 5 or 10 yrs.

Assignments from last week 1A - 1E being grade currently If I Had a Million spreadsheet

Mon, Dec 5
Let's take a few minutes and look at the templates available in the link on Fri's post. Article - please read today, we will discuss tomorrow, if discussion indicates understanding, we will not have a quiz.

Fri, Dec 2
Hopefully, you are looking at the wiki - we are having tech problems on our end. So will someone post a discussion and let me know when you can hear and see me? We will continue to work on the If I Had a Million - might need to hurry up the shopping, should finish in a 1-2 days.

Thurs, Dec 1
Work on If I had a Million - remember that you need to reference the large expenditures - on a Word document, what is the website and location of your house, where are you buying your vehicles?, etc.



Wed, Nov 29
Complete Excel 1E. Finish $1,000,000 spreadsheet - use these directions Review Excel 1A-1D.

Tues, Nov 28
We will finish 1D together - and work on 1E (Excel - freeofficetutorials).

Mon, Nov 27
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break - it sure seemed to go fast. We're going to be continuing this week on Excel. Today's assignment is 1D (freeofficetutorials.com) - this assignment uses a projection for sales, expenses in upcoming years. We will do this assignment together.

Mon, Nov 21
Short week - but a great opportunity to do some concentrated work on Excel. I'm not hearing too many questions, so we'll keep working independently unless there is a small group that want to do the assignments with me step-by-step. Remember all the worksheets will be part of one workbook which you will submit on Wednesday. 1A, 1B, and 1C should be complete at the end of today - please upload your workbook then.

If you're done with those, we're going to go shopping tomorrow and Wednesday and you'll be spending a million dollars, so you can start window shopping on the Internet.

Thurs, Nov 17
So I'm back - if I talk, I cough, if I cough, I can't breathe, if I can't breathe, then. . . . . . anyway, thanks for your patience during this - I seriously rarely get sick. So I'll talk today as long as I can - and then we'll go from there, hopefully, finish with PPT, and then maybe continue with Excel.

Wed, Nov 16
Welcome to today's episode of Gray's Anatomy, featuring M Burgess. I'm still home sickk, I hate this!! It started out with a sore throat, lost my voice, then started coughing!!! Went to the Dr on Tues - and the oxygen in my blood is low because of the upper respiratory stuff - ish, ish, ish!! I'd rather be in school than home sick. Is that enough whining???

Anyway, there are still some items left to do on Powerpoint but I want to be there - so we're going to start Excel, because it's really easy, and then when I'm back, we'll take 1-2 days to finish Powerpoint, and then back to Excel.

Excel is a spreadsheet - Office refers to it as workbook and worksheets. The power of a spreadsheet is in the ability to calculate and organize both numerical and alphabetical data. When I'm there, we'll talk about all the possible uses in different occupations.

So today - you can go to freeofficetutorials.com - and you will complete Excel 1A. 1A is a checkbook register, and you will use the data in the directions (complete through instruction #25.)

I asked to have an iPad brought into the classroom - so Spencer and Jared, I'm going to give you directions to set up the Facetime accont and then we can have video connection through the iPad. Will you send me a discussion so I know you're ready for the instructions?

I did correct 1C and posted your grades on your pages. If you want to do additional work on those to improve your grade, you can do so AFTER you complete 1A in Excel.

Mon, Nov 14
Continue w/kiosk powerpoint, freeofficetutorials.com 1C Demo of multimedia, audio, and hyperlinks in PPT

Thurs, Nov 10
Finish PPT 1C, adding graphics and action buttons to a kiosk environment.

Tues, Nov 8
Discuss eBay China and gadgets. Read Supercomputer article

Grades are posted - if you have questions, etc., contact me on the discussion board or e-mail. Remind your parents that I will available for conferences on the system from 4-8 on Wednesday, Nov 9. Watch games. In powerpoint 1C, we will be working with hyperlinks and action buttons - complete through instructions 1-15.

Fri, Nov 4
Discuss articles Look at game templates Multimedia elements in powerpoint Work on business powerpoint

Thurs, Nov 3
Discuss articles Continue with PPT 1B, game templates, and business powerpoint.

Wed, Nov 2
Read the following articles - will discuss on Thurs. Continue with Powerpoint 1A, 1B - please turn peer evals into office, 1A should be complete by Thurs (both 1A and 1B should be uploaded to your wiki page -remember to use your name in the title of the document.) Addtl end-of-quarter points - create a game using powerpoint templates (4 game templates are on the Handouts, Files page) - it can be for one of your classes or for this class. Please send me a post today if you are planning on working on this so I can set class time aside to do so.

Tues, Nov 1
Discuss Trivial quizzes. Continue working on Powerpoint 1A, 1B.

Monday, Oct 31
How did computers technology develop? What is the history of the computer we use today? Looking at this development is helpful in understanding the power of computing in our lives today. We won't devote a lot of classtime to this topic - but I would like you to take the following trivia quizzes - they have interesting info. We will have a discussion by the end of the week about this info. [|Random Stuff] [|Computer Facts] [|Basic Computer Terms] [|Computer Viruses] [|Computer Security] [|Kinda fun - Emoticons]

I hope you enjoy this info - it's interesting to go beyond just "using" the computer every day. We will continue to work Powerpoints 1A, 1B on Tuesday - have a great day with Krista.

Wednesday, October 26
Discuss robotic arm article. We will continue working with Powerpoint assignments on freeofficetutorials.com. 1 - Review 1A (with Mrs. B) 2 - Eval sheet, peer review 3 - Continue with 1B (adding charts, graphics, tables) //Remember when completing the exercises, remember to include your business info - you will be ahead in the final project if you use your business info now.//

Tuesday, October 25
freeofficetutorials.com, Powerpoint 1A discuss robotic arm article

Monday, Oct 24
Are you ready to start Powerpoint? I need a starting point, what have you done in the past? Please post a discussion today (Home Page) on what you skills you are OK with - and where you'd like to do additional work.

I have entered grades for your logos, graphics, and brochures - it was really fun to see what you created and the elements of desktop publishing you incorporated. I'll send the grading sheets over tomorrow. If you have not turned in your brochure, you will start to lose points after today - if you don't have time on your own, I can come over after school today and work with some of you - we'll talk during class today.

Article - [|Article, Robotic Arm]

My demo - how to use the table feature in Word, Word 1F Discuss article Review for quiz, Wed, Doc Formats Finish graphics, logo, brochure
 * Tues, Oct 18**

Mon, 17
Short week!! And. . . . .. Week 7.

Please read.

Can you. . . .add document elements including cover pages, table of contents, headers and footers, and bibliographies?

Word Lesson 1F - Tables

Fri, Oct 14
The Distance Learning System is down. Read the assignment below and then go to the discussion board so we can talk. Please read this article - and in your Fri discussion post, summarize it in 1-2 sentences. I'll be checking your pages for these assignments - business logo, graphics assn, and business brochure.

Thurs, Oct 13
Graphics, logo, brochure due on Fri Prepare for testing next week - skills list on syllabus Article extra pts - post discussion or Word document - 2-3 sentences on article/articles Use document processing tools below

Wed, Oct 12
Web 2.0 Word Processing resources [|Writer] [|Zoho Writer] [|Springnote] [|Open Office] Continue to work on business logos, graphics assn, and brochure.

Mon, Oct 10 - Tues, Oct 11
I printed out a progress report for you - x means I excluded that grade for you, a dot means I haven't entered any score (absence, etc.). If you have any questions, send me an e-mail at mburgess@brandon.k12.mn.us, or mrsmaryburgess@gmail.com

Turn in 1 page of handwritten notes (could have used on quiz). Post a 2-3 sentence discussion on any article where you did not answer the questions correctly - turn your quiz back in and I will add the points from the discussion post to the quiz. I think we will take time right after discussion each article for you to take notes - that might help, and we will take the quiz after 4-5 articles so they are more recent. If you have other ideas, let me know.
 * Quiz on articles** - we will discuss today. If your score is low, here are some options.


 * Today's assignment** - Word 2C - we will look at the lesson overview together. You will use the template to create a brochure for your business.

Graphics and logo are due on Wed - use time today to complete.

Fri, Oct 7
A quick reminder on discussion posts - once you've read a message from me, you do not need to keep it; if there is no reply, go ahead and delete it. Remember, today is a Fri post day - include in your Fri post a short description of the business you will be using for the business documents unit. (Some of you have already done this, thanks.)

Whoops - my fault - when you upload files to your wikis page - be sure to include your name in the title. A file called "PPHS Flyer" will be replaced each time someone uploads it, so every document you want graded needs to have your name in the title :)

Log in to gmail - I have shared a document with you. Each of you needs to add a sentence to the story - so the first person one will write I am going from BHS to PPHS and I am bringing apples, bananas (get it, ABCs) and put your name in paranthesis.

Thurs, Oct 6
Quiz on September articles - students can use one page of hand-written notes (turn in notes with quiz). Continue to work on Wed's graphics assignment - upload to wiki page when finished. Using Word Art and and a graphic, create a logo for your business case study.

Wed, Oct 5
Reminder - Quiz on articles, can use one hand-written page of notes.

Still waiting for the following, gmail accounts - Stephen, DJ, Kyle, Cory, Sam

Work day - continue working on graphics assignment below. Pick a business (or make one up) that you will use for several desktop publishing assignments. In a Word document, create 1-2 Word Arts with the name or partial name that will be incorporated into a logo. Find another 8 graphics that will be used in documents for your business - clip art, cartoons, simple symbols, etc. In the Word document, copy and paste each graphic - one of the graphics will be the original graphic. Graphic #2 will be the one you have changed using various formatting options for pictures and graphics. Describe the tool or command you used to change the graphic. Look at my document as an example.



Tues, Oct 4
We will be working on the gmail - google docs site - watch my demo.

Graphics - watch my demo. You may add widgets from widgetbox.

The following students need to post a discussion on the PPHS home page - did not receive their Fri post - Brady, Kyle, Spencer, Dylan

The following need to finish or upload the Parkers Prairie HS flyer (read assn directions on Wed) - Megan, Cory, Spencer, Miranda, Taylor

The following have these addtl assignments due Harlee - 1D Cory - 2A Kyle - 1D, 2A DJ - 1D, 2A

Mon, Oct 3
The following students need to post a discussion on the PPHS home page - did not receive their Fri post - Brady, Stephen, Bryce, Cory, Kyle,Spencer, DJ, Dylan, Myranda, Taylor, Harlee. The following need to finish or upload the Parkers Prairie HS flyer (read assn directions on Wed) - Megan, Stephen, Stephi, Cory, Spencer, DJ, Miranda, Myranda, Taylor, and Harlee. The following have these addtl assignments due Cory - 2A Kyle - 1D, 2A DJ - 1D, 2A

Assn - Sign into your gmail account and send me a message at mrsmaryburgess@gmail.com - then I can make a group that we can all work from. If you have finished everything above, go to the link from Fri on Web 2.0 resources - these are all graphics, animation, etc. sites that are free on the Web. See what you think of them.

Adding widgets to your wikipage - Go to Widget Box, sign in as mrsmaryburgess, password - widgets. Click on widgets tab. Widgetbox Gallery (middle of page, Find widgets). Click on Education tab at right. Look through widgets - click on one you want to choose. Get Widget. Copy the embed code. Go to your wikipage. Edit, click on Widget (small TV in the middle), media type="custom" key="10701678" width="170" height="170" Other HTML, paste, save.

Fri, Sept 30
Online resources Web 2.0 resources mrsmaryburgess@gmail.com

Fri discussion post - if you have not uploaded your Word 1D report or Word 2A document, you must post a discussion telling me they are not complete. Also, send me a post of how the week went - computer problems, etc. so that they can all be resolved for next week. Just a reminder - the student agreement form specifically states - only software, website directed by instructor for classroom purposes, no mobile devices, food, etc. - won't be my call, set by administrators, CMETS. Set up a g-mail account today - I will demo google docs which we will use next week. Also, we will have a Quibblo quiz next week on all the articles we've read - you can take one hand-written page of notes to use on the quiz. Remember, it will be general concepts, not specific tricky details.

Thurs, Sept 29
If finished, you can go to this graphic site - http://www.wordle.net. There is a gallery to view of various items that have been created - and you can click Create and add your own words. Discuss articles. Finish 1D, 2A, personal flyer.

Wed, Sept 28
Read the following articles to discuss on Thurs. Complete Word, Lesson 2A - flyer for restaurants. Upload to your wikipage, it will be graded. Create a similar flyer with a banner (at top with graphics, border, and shading), and 2 or more columns. Your subject can be Welcome to PPHS, or an election banner for you to run for MN State Student Council.

(Reminder - some of you have uploaded Word 1D Report to your wiki page, I'd like to check it off by the end of the week, if you have finished, please put it on your wiki page - if not, once finished with Word 2A, complete the report. There will be some work time on Thurs and Fri to complete it also.)

Tues, Sept 27
freeofficetutorials - Word, Lesson 2A. You will be opening a document with text and adding a banner on the top, using columns, borders, shading, etc. When finished, upload to your wiki page. It was fun to see all of you in person on Monday - I think it's a little hard to feel comfortable with a camera/monitor, etc. - I feel the same way. Just be sure that you let me know any concerns or questions you have - just come up to the camera or send me a message on the wiki.

Correction on Word 2A - On 2nd Instruction 6, delete the instructions. Instruction 7, go to Borders and Shading - under Shading, choose a Fill color.

I'm here!!!
There's a lot I want to do with desktops, etc. with you today. If we have time to start an assignment, it will be on freeoffice Word, Lesson 2A.

Fri, Sept 23
Finish Word 1D Report. Upload to your wiki page. Check the discussion on your wiki page for your grade on the mail merge. If you did not upload the Word1BMerge to the wiki page, please post a discussion explaining - and then I will reply.

Thurs, Sept 22
I have sent the 10 year reports back to you - I would like to talk to each of you to make sure you understand how it was evaluated. Red corrections are format - light purple corrections are content. Of the 15 pts, 5 were Format, and 10 were Content. I enjoyed reading the reports - it helps me know a little bit more about each of you - I'm confident many of you will have the experiences you mentioned.

Wikispaces - on your pages, we will upload the Word1BMerge file you created on Wed to your page - and I will correct it from there. We will also go to the WidgetBox and add elements to your page.

freeofficetutorials - Word 1D Reports - we will watch the overview together - and then you can complete the Step-by-Step tutorial.

**Wed, Sept 21**
Finish Word L1B **-** Mail Merge.

**Tues, Sept 20**
freeofficetutorials.com **-** Word, L1A

**Mon, Sept 19**
Letters -Stephen, Bryce, Cory, Spencer, Dylan, Natalie,Shalen, Brady, Myranda, Rodney, DJ, Sam, Kyle Reports - Stephen, Myranda, DJ, Harlee, Taylor Marry Burgess

www.freeofficetutorials.com, Word Lesson 1A Read the following articles Labels for Education website [|Sweepstakes]

**Fri, Sept 16**
I will show you how to add bookmarks to Delicious. Sign up for www.freeofficetutorials.com. Reports, letters handed in. (If not finished, post a discussion to me so I know you need additional time.) Take quiz on Quibblo (PPHS Computer Fundamentals Quiz 1) (To take quiz, sign in Quibblo - type mburgess in upper right search box, choose Find Users. When my profile loads, lick on the name mburgess under the picture, go to quizzes created, and choose your quiz.) When finished with quiz, you will e-mail me the results. Click on Share This, Post Your Results as a Status Update, More Services, E-mail. Enter my e-mail mburgess@brandon.k12.mn.us, your e-mail and send.

Thurs, Sept 15
Go over results of survey on Quibblo - quiz on Friday. Wiki pages - how to add things to it. Sign up for Delicious - how to use.

Wed, Sep 14
Please log into Quibblo - I will give you instructions on how to find the survey I have ready for your class. If you have not added a page to the wiki, do by the end of the hour today. Tomorrow we will look at how to use those pages. Delicious demo - sign up for Delicious.

Tues, Sept 13
We are going to create a Quibblo account today. Go to quibblo.com Become a Member. Use your first name, last initial or last name as the username - this is necessary so when you take quizzes for me, you will credit for them. Password - up to you E-mail - it does have to be an active e-mail that you can access, a confirmation is sent to the e-mail to start using Quibblo Once you have finished, go to your e-mail, in the message from Quibblo, click on the link to confirm At this point, you will be taken to the Quibblo site to create your profile - a lot of the info is not necessary, you can click on "Skip this Step".

Mon, Sept 12
I have not snowmobiled at Yellowstone - my son and husband go, but they do not think my SkiDoo (380) is for mountains. So I simply ride on the DATA Trails or in northern Minnesota. I have kayaked several times in Washington State, north of Seattle, by the San Juan Islands. I loved seeing the starfish - they were so colorful laying on the shore. Also, lots of seals! And I have been to one Broadway Play, Hair Spray - very fun! Tomorrow, I will try and pick out your falses! Thanks for posting your discussion and letting me your progress on the letters, reports - I need that info from, Stephi, Bryce, Cory.

Read and discuss 3 articles, Mpls Sunday Trib. Article 1 Article 2 Article 3

Download Report, Letter Formatting Guidelines. Review report, letter. Work time - reports, letters. We will go through the process of each student adding a page to the wiki.

Fri, Sept 9
We will review the MLA report format together. Finish reports, print?. If not finished, send me a post that you need addtl time on Monday. Next assignment - personal letter. 2 - Look at letter format - write letter to Leslie Frazer, Vikings Coach (Mall of America Field, 11th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55415) - Governor Mark Dayton (Office of the Governor, 130 State Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155) - or your favorite entertainer (you will have to google the address). The letter must be at least 3 paragraphs. 3 - Save in your documents - we will save on your wiki page when finished - I will check them there.

Thurs, Sept 8
1 - Continue working on the rough draft of your 1-pg report - 4 paragraphs, 2-3 sentences in each paragraph - My Life in Ten Years. We will format today in MLA format. 2 - Look at letter format - write letter to Leslie Frazer, Vikings Coach (Mall of America Field, 11th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55415) - Governor Mark Dayton (Office of the Governor, 130 State Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155) - or your favorite entertainer (you will have to google the address). The letter must be at least 3 paragraphs. 3 - Save in your documents - we will save on your wiki page when finished - I will check them there.

Wednesday, September 7
1 -- Log in - PPHS account. Go to Internet browser - pphs2ndhour.wikispaces.com. Join. Create an account. Your username should be your __firstnamelastinitial.__ Choose your own password - use a gmail, hotmail or other e-mail account. No on creating a wiki, Join. On the next window, Request Membership, click Request Membership (a message is not necessary). As soon as I receive your request, I will approve it and you will be a member of the wiki. (We will talk on Thurs about the privileges members have.)

2 -- On the wiki, go to the Handouts page - download the syllabus, look closely at the course objectives. Download to view the student agreement to review. Remember the agreements are due back before Fri.

Hi Parkers Prairie High School!
et me tell you a little about myself - I am Mary Burgess, the distance learning instructor for Computer Fundamentals at Parkers Prairie High School. I will be broadcasting from Brandon High School where I am employed as a full-time teacher. Both schools are using a Cisco Tandem video system which allows us to send audio, video, and digital info over the Internet to remote sites.

We will be looking at the syllabus and distance learning agreement today in class. If you have any questions, I can be reached at 320-834-4084, ext 118 or mburgess@brandon.k12.mn.us. I look forward to getting to know each of you and hope that we can have a learning experience that has value and is meaningful for you.