Unit 4: Microsoft Publisher & Internet Safety

MSBCS-BCSII-9: The student will utilize desktop publishing software.
MSBCS-BCSII-10: The student will demonstrate an understanding of ethics and potential dangers related to the use of the Internet.

EQ: What is desktop publishing? What are the dangers of the internet?

Agenda for Friday, April 18, 2014:

• Continue working on the PARTY PLANNING PROJECT.
• I will go over the details for the assignments that need to be created in Excel today.
• Here are the skills you need to show for your Party Planning Budget in Excel:
1. Categorize your items and label them by category.
2. Color code your categories by changing the fill color of the cells.
3. Merge/Center a title for the whole spreadsheet as well as the category titles
4. Add border lines to all cells containing information.
5. Expand columns/rows so that information fits in the cells.
6. Change fonts and font colors.
7. Apply the currency format to all cells containing money amounts.
8. Make a total row for each category.
9. Add the total for each item AND each category using a formula.
• Here's a pdf example of what the shell of your spreadsheet (without information) will look like... PARTY PLANNING BUDGET EXAMPLE

Agenda for Thursday, April 17, 2014:

• Please make sure you've turned in your publisher flyer to Edmodo!
• Finish your brainstorming session with your group and turn in your google doc link OR padlet link to Edmodo.
• Here are all of the details for the project: PARTY PLANNING PROJECT - I will go over these in class! It's a lot but we have a lot of time to work on this so don't get overwhelmed! :)

Agenda for Wednesday, April 16, 2014:

• Your Publisher Flyer is due TODAY. Please turn that in to Edmodo!
• When you get finished, you will need to get in a group of 2-3 for the next project. You can choose to work by yourself if you want to but I wouldn't recommend it.
• When you get your group, one of you needs to create an account with www.padlet.com. You will create a padlet wall in order to brainstorm ideas for a PARTY! You will collaborate online by adding information to this padlet from your separate computers. For the next two weeks, we will be working on a project surrounding the ideas you come up with for this party so make it good!!  Things you need to come up with are listed on the board.

Agenda for Tuesday, April 15, 2014:

• Continue working on your Publisher Flyer about the consequences of spreading rumors online. See the agenda from yesterday for specific requirements. 
• Turn it in to Edmodo when you are finished.
• THIS IS DUE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY 4-16 AT THE END OF CLASS! :)
• If you finish before the end of class, see Mrs. Jones for the next assignment.

Agenda for Monday, April 14, 2014:

• If you have not turned in your Career Flyer that you created in Microsoft Word, please turn that in to Edmodo before you start this next unit. 
• Go to the following website:  www.nsteens.org.  Click on Videos and find the video called “Mike-Tosis.” If you do not have your own headphones or earbuds, you can borrow a pair of mine.
• Think about the following questions while watching the video:  1.  What rumor were the students spreading about Allie in her daydream?  2.  What technologies were they using to spread the rumor?  3.  Why did the rumor spread so fast? 
• Using Publisher, create a flyer about the consequences of spreading rumors online.  You can use the following website:  www.netsmartz.org to research information to use on your poster.  On the website, you should use the Tweens section to gather your information.  THIS IS DUE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH! :)
• The following is what you need to incorporate into your Publisher flyer: 

1. Do NOT use a template – Use either the Portrait or Landscape 8.5X11 Blank Page to start
2. Change Page Color and Scheme Color to match what color scheme you want to use
3. Insert WordArt Title 
4. 5 tips about the affects of spreading rumors online 
5. Pictures to go along with your topic -  Use Clip Art and Non-copyrighted pictures
6. Add a border to your document 
7. Shapes – change fill and outline colors
8. Text Box
9. Change Fonts and Font Colors
10. Turn this in to Edmodo when you are finished.

• After you are finished with your Publisher flyer, go back to the NetSmartz website and check out the other videos, under the real-life stories section.  There are also Internet Safety and Cyberbullying games you may play.