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= Welcome to 6 Computer Applications Course=



**Important Notice: Seeing as the MS students will not be in the school from Nov. 11 to Nov. 13 our IT classes will lose some teaching time. For students in 6E this means they will lose one period and for students in 6T this means they will lose two periods. It is important that you work on your 6 slide PPT introduction while you are away. When you get back each class will have a bit of time (less than a period) to finalize it and then we will move on to the next level. Some things to consider:**
 * **You can start this in either Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 or 2007. If you don't have either it is possible to download** openoffice.org **for free and create slides there. It is very similar to PowerPoint2003 and each of you have enough experience that you can transfer your knowledge to this program. If you do this try to save it as a Word document.**
 * **There should be 6 pages - 1) Introduction page, 2) Table of Contents, 3) and 4) and 5) information about you, 6) reference page to list any websites you get pictures from**
 * **Use 5 pictures of your family, friends, etc. as well as at least 2 pictures from the Internet or clipart.**
 * **The goal of these slides is to introduce yourselves. How are you going to organize the slides? What information goes on each page?**
 * **Make sure you format background and text to make it look nice.**
 * **Add transitions and animations**
 * **Bring your slides in to class by either putting them on a data stick or emailing them to yourself.**
 * Good luck and take care of yourselves.**
 * 1) Internet Research
 * 2) Formatting Essays Effectively
 * 3) Creating & Giving Effect Power Point Presentations
 * 4) Collages in Photoshop
 * 5) Using Excel Effectively
 * 6) Effective Web Design
 * 7) Creating Videos With Movie Maker

All of the materials can be found in the studentserver but will also be posted here so you can access them at home if you need to, or if your parents would like to see them. Also, once you create something, whether it is a skill building tutorial or an assessed task you will post them to your page within the wiki so your parents can track your work and provide comments if they like.

If there are any questions or concerns about the course please don't hesitate to email me at cwehrle@stmaur.ac.jp.

Day 1
The first day of class we are going to do the following: 1. Discuss the lab procedures and rules 2. Students will set up their own wiki. The order of operations is as follows: 3. Begin the Internet Research unit (if time permits)
 * Give Mr. Wehrle your email address so we can link all of our wikis once they are created.
 * Go to wikispaces.com and create an account.
 * Create Pages for each of your classes as well as a fun page for your own interests. In your wiki make sure that you have your permission setting to "Protected" so that anyone can view but only members can edit pages.
 * Invite your teacher to your wiki and accept his invitation to join his.
 * On your home page post a welcome message onto your wiki and include a link to the Grade 6 wiki page as well as Saint Maur's website. On each subject page write a short description (approx. 3 sentences) of each subject.
 * On your fun page post a picture from the Internet of your favourite food and a link to you your email provider.