Dear Parents,                                                                                                                August 2011

Welcome Back!


5th - 8th GRADE COMPUTER LAB SUPPLIES - 2010-2011
1 2-Pocket Folder 2 Pencils (NO PENS)
Loose Leaf Paper or 1-subject notebook 2GB USB/Flash drive (this will be kept at school)
 

 

~ PLEASE REPLENISH YOUR SUPPLIES AFTER CHRISTMAS ~

How to make Good Search your Default Search Engine

 

 
   
  How to Make a PowerPoint Quiz
   
  Windows Movie Maker part 1
Windows Movie Maker part 2
   
 
   
 

Word 2007 part 1
Word 2007 part 2
Word 2007 part 3
Word 2007 part 4

   

Typing Monster - number keypad game
Fun to Type
- typing games
Sens-lang free online numeric keypad tutor
TypingTest games - practice letters, keypad, or just homerow

  TenKey test
  MS Office Tutorials
Create a Pictograph in Excel 2007

 

 

Ergonomics - Students are expected to use home row at all times and to use the proper finger for each key. To type comfortably, students should keep their wrist flat/straight, feet flat on the floor, eyes level with the text on the screen, sit up straight, and their thumbs resting on the space bar.

It is critical that students practice typing at home in order to achieve their goals. Several students are not practicing on their own; please make sure that your child is practicing WITHOUT looking at their hands/keys.

Please have all students practice typing on this site: http://freetypinggame.net/default.asp or in another typing program. An excellent program is Type to Learn. You can download a 30-day free trial of this at www.sunburst.com.

“Wall of Fame”

Top of the Class (7th & 8th) Miranda
1st place Ben
2nd place Emily
3rd place Spencer & Angela
Great Job!

 

Pictorial PowerPoint Project (Class of 2009):

           

REMINDER: All students are given space on the network (P drive) for their assignments/projects. Students must save their work to this drive in order for it to be there the next time they login. If they save it anywhere else, all of their hard work will be lost.

 

 

Did You Know?

Have you ever inserted a picture into Word and just couldn't get it to go where you wanted it go?

After you have inserted your picture, be sure the picture is selected, right-click on the picture and go to Text Wrapping. On the fly-out menu, click on Tight. Of course, this may vary in different versions of Word. If you find that this doesn't work for you, Google "Text Wrapping in Word"!

Have a safe and happy summer!

God Bless,
Mrs. Emily