Monday, September 13, 2010

Dear Class:

I hope you enjoyed the weekend!

Always start the class by doing two things: Go to my web page and then to my blog with this information. Secondly, please open up your student account on the DDHS server. If you do not remember, go back to my web page and in the side bar, just down from the link to this blog, there is an area that shows you how to connect to the server. Make sure you have this open so you can save the below vocabulary to it.
(Where to save your documents: Your documents will be saved on the fileserver for this school. That fileserver can be logged on by going to “Start”, right click on “My Computer” and click on “Map Network Drive”. You will enter in “Z:” For your address, it will be \\10.52.254.110\ and then the last two number of the year you will graduate and then your last name first, first name last (I would suggest right clicking after selecting your year and name and “copy” it. When you enter this address, it will then prompt you for your id and password. Paste in the above and then enter your student number for the password.)
Create a folder entitled "Information Technology"

I want to make sure you have a gmail e-mail account. Even if you already have one, I want a new one. You are required to have a gmail account since we will be looking at how to use gmail documents. So, you need to create an account using ddhs...then your name.gmail.com. For example, if your name was Joe Brown, your account would be ddhsjoebrown@gmail.com.

After everyone has finished creating a gmail account, we will look at PowerPoint on Into to IT. Info Tech PP link

We will look at attaching files. When to ZIP a file and when not to and about compression and how to log on the server.

Rather than a link, I want you to copy the below website and then paste it into we web address box. To do so, triple click the line or select manually, hit control+C to copy and then create a new internet window and paste it in, either by holding the control key and pressing V or right clicking the mouse and click "paste".
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/file-compression.htm

This is an exercise and can be used to determine your grade by awarding points to those with it on their screens!

Now, please open up a word file. Put your name, the class, and the class period in the upper left hand margin. Please define the following terms and save them on your server account with the file name “last name first vocabulary”.

RAM
CPU
DVD burner
TV tuner card
Video Card


Make a folder entitled “Vocabulary”.

We will have a discussion on these terms. These terms will be part of the vocabulary that you will have to know for a test. There will be 20 total words that you will have to define as well as the information from the timeline you will work on today.

Furthermore, the first 13 words will be incorporated into a “virtual computer” that you will have to use the internet to search for each item, price them, and give me a final tally of what you “spent” on the hardware.

Introduce students to parameters of a search.

http://hs.ddouglas.k12.or.us/ Go to the high school web site and then to the library link. We will be looking at the searches there.

Ethics PowerPoint Link