10th Hour - 8th Grade Keyboarding

January 2011

All assignments must have: 
Name (first and last), Hour, Date/Time 
(Keyboard assignments will also need date/time at the end)
Example          Tom Smith                                        
                    Hour 2                                       
      04/25/2011 02:07:57 PM 

Lessons are subject to change

January 3: 

Seating Chart, Classroom Rules, Check to make sure your login works, Supplies needed for class: Planner, notebook and folder

Review how to get to my webpage TechKidz.com, Review AUP

January 4:  

Check to make sure Printer is set

Introduction to Micro Type 4:

Rules for program:  Back  space can not be used.  Timed tests are 5 minutes long. We are working for accuracy. Should not print a lesson that has more than 4 errors  (87%)

Grading:  Must complete at least 1 lesson per week.  Each build skill is worth 30 points- One off for each error,  Printing: print to AR 700 , pick up your paper and grade it.  Make sure to circle each error.  Errors not circled will count as 2 off. Turn in on the wall.

Begin working on Alphabetic Lesson 1

January 5:

Micro Type 4

January 6:

Set Margins, Font 

January 7:

Review Quiz   must follow directions    should be completed by the end of class

May use notes

January 10

Micro Type

January 11:

Quiz on Margins and font   --  may not use Notes

January 12

Micro Type

January 13:

Micro Type

January 14

Micro Type

January 17:   No School

January 18:   Micro Type

January 19:  Micro Type

January 20

Quiz on Margins and Font

January 21

Micro Type

January 24:  Micro Type

January 25: Micro Type

January 26:

Type Pringle Paper

January 27:

Micro Type

January 28:

Micro Type

January 31

Find and replace using pringle paper

Highlight

review saving files --  no punctuation,  short names ( no sentences)

Feb 1-4   

No school

February 7th

Micro Type 1-20    and Key Champ for those finished

February 8th

Skills  Memo

Margins: Top 2 inches,  Left 1 inch,  Right 1 inch, Bottom 1 inch

Line Spacing Double     Single except where marked DS    on master

Subject in  All in CAPS

Double space   (DS) between paragraphs

Key master copy  -  teacher will check then keep  ( 2 pages)

February 9th

Key 3 Memo     1, 2 and 3

Be sure to double check your copy against original and use spell check

February 10th

Micro Type 1-20   and Key Champ for those finished

February 11th

Micro Type

February 14

Finish Memo from last week

Micro Type

February 15

Micro Type

February 16

Tabs practice

Feb 17

Tabs practice

Feb 18

Micro Type

February 21 -- No School

February 22--Business Letter  master

Set Margins - Top 2, Left 1, Right 1, Bottom 1

Type the letter  Keep original for notes

February 23 -- Finish Business Letter

Micro Type

Key Champ

February 24 -- Micro Type

Key Champ

February 25 --  Micro Type

February 28-Micro Type

March 1--Practice Business Letter and Memo   may use notes

March 2 -- Finish Business Letter and Memo packet

Micro Type

March 3 -- Timed Test
Session 20 
30C  5 minutes
34 wpm  
9 errors or less
Micro Type A-G

March 4 --  No Class

March 21 - Letter 3,  Letter 4  memo 4

March 22--  no class

March 23-- no class

March 24-- work on letters

March 25 -- Session 25   timings 37c  and 42b

Timed test  -- 5 cyclone bucks for score of 34 wpm  with less than 10 errors...   ( -1 wpm for each error)

Monday March 28--go over letters and memo

Review tabs

Micro Type  and Key Champ

Tuesday March 29

Game day for those that completed the timing with 35 wpm  after subtracting errors    and no more than 10 errors

March 30th

timing 37c  42b

Finish A-G and Key Champ 1-6

March 31 

Timing 19e

Skillbuilder A - G    Key Champ 1-6

April 1

Report Format with References   finish on Monday

Monday, April 4th

Open Report Master file

Use hanging indent on References...   format ... Paragraph....  Indentation... special  .... hanging...

Tuesday, April 5th

Key References with hanging indent

Review... spell check... find and replace.... Move ...   Highlight..

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Technology lessons are connected to the NETS standards that have been adopted by the State of Illinois 

Performance indicators for the technology standards have not yet been adopted by the state.