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PowerPoint Unit – Day one “Bad PowerPoint is Really Bad!”

teacherdunn — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:35:29 +0000

Today we’re going to start the PowerPoint unit. PowerPoint is a very powerful (no pun intended!) piece of software, a tool to help you in a presentation. But…if you create a bad PowerPoint, it can be very bad indeed.

First off, let’s do a search for “Bad PowerPoint” on Google. You’ll find lots of useful information there.

Next, as a class we’ll see a video from a comedian who mocks PowerPoint presentations. Download Video: Posted by jmcmahon at TeacherTube.com.

Weekly News Quiz

teacherdunn — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:36:18 +0000

Computer Tech students, see this link and take the Weekly News Quiz, based on last weeks news events on Student News, click there for the articles. Copy/Paste into Word and save as 11_16quiz_yourlastname

For fun, take the Thanksgiving Quiz too!

Phoenix hands out first citation for texting while driving

teacherdunn — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:29:10 +0000

Computer Technology students, please read this article and then create a Microsoft Word document that answers these questions:

1. Explain why it is/is not a good idea to text message while you are driving a car.

2. Does California have a similar law? If not, should they?

3. Is this law going too far in terms of being overly “protective” or getting into drivers business? Explain your answer please.

Save your document as Texting_yourlastname and put in your H: drive.

Parents as Cyberbullies

teacherdunn — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:39:19 +0000

A disturbing article here led me to another, longer article here, regarding parents in Missouri who went too far. My Computer Tech classes need to read both articles and then comment on a Quia survey to complete the assignment.

The gist of the article is that a young 13 year old girl meets someone she thinks is a local boy, on MySpace. Her parents keep an eye on the communications but after some time, he breaks off the relationship, posts mean/nasty things about her and she’s devastated. She then commits suicide.

And as crazy as it seems, the “boy” was created by the parents of another girl, who used to be friends with the 13 year old. Apparently they thought it was a good idea, a way to support their daughter.