MS VISIO2003 Introduction Week!!

Good Afternoon Business Technology Classes/Interns:

Welcome to the first day of MS Visio 2003.  This is an design platform that will allow you a use a great deal of powerful tools to create projects, layouts, and graphical designs.  It is a basic design program with a ton of bells and whistles and seamlessly interacts with the rest of the Microsoft Office Suite of programs we have already worked with.  I am including a link to a basic instruction site online from the University of Texas.  It is a handy site if you want to go through a complete tutorial.

http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/office/visio/

Tomorrow we will be learning how to use this program to ultimately design and price a construction/remodeling project.  Today you will be able to get started on your own, looking around the program and checking out some of the templates.  Please go through the first couple of pages on the training site listed above to get started.  I would like you to use today's class to finish you COMICLIFE assignment first, then start into the Visio program.

You might also be interested in the following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c4d6f3d5-1b4a-4a6b-ad12-197b8e2a0c61&DisplayLang=en
This site is the official Microsoft link for educational shapes in Visio.  You can use any of them in your math or science classes to show angles, shapes, 3d shapes and a whole lot more!!

Thanks for such a good response from the MyWebspiration assignments and the Comic Book Pages!!

Mr. S

ComicLife Biography Project

Ok Everyone, 

Glad to hear we had a good time yesterday working with Blabberize and byfunky.com!!  Today you will choose an African-American Historical figure from my list and create a 1-2 page comic book page about that person's biography.  Include where they are from, what significant contributions they have made, and why they are a prominent historical figure.  You must collect pictures to go with your story and then use ComicLife to create the comic book pages.  We will work on one together in class today and your story is due by the end of class tomorrow.

You will be graded on the following basis:

3points - Accuracy of Historical Facts
2points - Grammar and Spelling
2points - Creativity and Layout
3points - Turning it in completely and on time.

Good Luck and Have Fun!!  Final Projects should be submitted in JPEG format by emailing me at my school address.  I will compile them and you will see them all Monday during class. I will also require a separate 1 page, 12-font, double spaced paper from you that will be about some of the facts about 2-3 other figures from the presentation Monday.  Get to work!!

Mr. S

Check Out This Link on Tuesday (FEB 22nd, 2011):

http://blabberize.com/

Also, See Below Post for your assignment for today while I am gone!     See you soon!!

Mr. S

Photo Editing Day

Hello Classes!!

I know you all miss me so much that you cannot stand it, but I will be back tomorrow.  In the meantime, please use this extra day to work on the MyWebspiration assignments that are currently due.  In addition to that work, please use today to check out the following website:

http://www.befunky.com/

Please upload pictures of yourself, from Google Images, or another source and make yourself familiar with all the cool ways to transform you pictures into artwork.  You can also us Microsoft Picture Editor for basic cropping and adjustments, but I would like you to use this tool to really get creative.  Send me a copy of your best work, and I will give you credit for the photo collage project you might have missed.  If you did the photo collage, I will make sure that you get extra credit for sending me your work.  Good luck!!  See you all on Wednesday!!
Mr. S

President's Day Vacation - Sarasota Comics!! Enjoy!!

City Exploration Collaborative Project (WEBSPIRATION)

Good Afternoon:

Over the next two days you will create a web for a city in the United States.  I have shared this document with everyone that is currently on the Favorite Color document.  If you have not signed up for an account on mywebspiration.com you will not be able to complete the assignment. Click on the picture to the right to see my example.  You will be given a note card today with your city on it.  You  will be responsible for creating an identical web to the one described and linking it to the US Symbol in the middle.  Please include the following data:

City Facts:  Year Founded, Longitude, Latitude, Population, Area, Time Zone, and Mayor's Name.
Also include major industries, professional sports teams, colleges, historical places, museums, and weather information.  Each place you list will need to have a link to the website that corresponds to it.  Weather can link to any local news station, but other links must be the official sites for those places, not some other site or advertisement.  You can select all of my formatting, hit copy, paste to a blank document and work from it if you like, but you must repaste your changes into the document.  You must also work on your web in a separate document while you are assembling it and paste the final layout into our collaborative document.  If you have any questions, just ask or email me a question.  This project is worth 10 points toward your Marking Period grade.  Good Luck!!  Mr. S

MyWebspiration Buddy Team Collaborative Project

Good Afternoon Everyone:

You are getting more comfortable with MyWebspiration now.  Now I want you to open your account on the site and with a partner (as assigned in class - if you did not recieve a partner, please ask around and complete the assignment, or email me and I will assign you one.)  you will fill out the Venn Diagram template from two separate computers.  Do NOT WORK ON THIS ASSIGNMENT ON THE SAME SYSTEM!!  The whole point of this project is to collaborate online.  Open the VENN DIAGRAM template under the English and Language Arts section of Sample Documents.  Go to the Collaboration heading and Invite your partner to share the form.  Fill out the following survey (Separate Sheet Of Paper):

Business Technology Class – Mr. Scribner (235)

VENN DIAGRAM WORKSHEET

MY FAVORITE STUFF

Student:                                                                                              Date:

Address:

Favorite List:

            Color:

            Food:

            Car:

            College:

            Class:

            Past-Time (Hobby):

            Club:

            TV Show:

            Career:

            Old TV Show:

            Movie:

            Old Movie:

            Number (1-10):

            Subject in School:

            Teacher:

            Restaurant:

            Store:

            Music:

Time:

Vacation Spot:

Block in Philly:

Pet:

Historical Place:

Dessert:

Dinner:

Breakfast Cereal:

Sports Teams

            Football (PRO):

            Football (College):

            Basketball (PRO):

            Basketball (College):

            Baseball (PRO):

            Other Sports Team:

Musical Artist:

Computer (Windows/Apple):

Once You Have Completed this survey, add all of your answers (keep them short) to your side of the Venn Diagram.  Have your partner enter all their answers on the other side and find answers you have in common to populate the middle.  Finally, download the document in MS Word and email me the final paper.  Work together and have fun with this!

Mr. S

MyWebspiration Favorite Color

Today we will be working on collaborating together.  While you are finishing your MyWeb project from yesterday, please email me your MyWebspiration username and I will be able to share the document "favorite color".  You can then add your personal bubble, change it to your favorite color, and add your name.  Be sure to link it to the center bubble and you are done.

Turn in your MyWeb project by downloading your finished project to MS Word and email it to me at hscribneruchs@gmail.com.

Great Work So Far!!

Mr. S

MyWebspiration Basic Training

This is an easy, fun way to collaborate online and organize projects, papers, or anything else you need to outline or create a plan for.

Start by going to the website:  http://mywebspiration.com
Sign Up for a free account and create your first document.  Your MyWeb should look similiar to the picture to the left.  4 Areas surrounding your name with 3 Past (Below), 3 Present (Right), 3 Future (Top), and 3 Skills/Talents (Left).  Make sure each section is a different color, and they are linked similiarly to my example to your center bubble.  Each section should be an experience or something you are involved in, or may want to do in your future.  Use this assignment to "play" with all of the tools and techniques in this software.  I want you to feel comfortable creating projects and ultimately collaborating on them together electronically.  Have Fun!!  Mr. S 

Newsletter Project Competition

All B-Tech Students:

Thanks for being so "on-time" with your recent Post Card Projects.  I am truly impressed with the responses to kick off the Third Marking Period with a bang!!

The next project we are working on is a Newsletter Project in MS Publisher.  The teams are as follows:
     7th Period:  Team Leader is Ms. Fagan    TOPIC:  Teen Fashion
     8th Period (Men's Team):  Team Leader is Mr. Cephas     TOPIC:  Men's Health & Fitness
     8th Period (Lady's Team):  Team Leader is Ms.  Fields     TOPIC:  Teen Pregnancy

DO NOT FORGET TO USE "DESIGN THINKING" STRATEGIES!!

Your Grading Rubric for this project is as follows:

  Project is worth 100 Points Total, broken down as follows:

     30 Points for Overall Layout, Creativity, and Content
     30 Points for Spelling, Grammar, and Completeness
     30 Points for Team Management and Review
     10 Points for Ranking in Order After Review

Each Newsletter requires at least 1 original story, 1 opinion column, 1 story from a referenced source, 1 bullet list of referenced facts, and at least 2 photos or graphics about your topic. Please also include a list of who worked on your team and their specific contributions and roles in your group. 

Please think about this project and how you work together as a team because we will be starting our Marketing Plans next and you will be working in smaller, more flexible teams.  GOOD LUCK!!

Mr. S

Predictive Test Survey FEBRUARY 2011 - All Advisories

Please click on the link below and enter your responses.  Thanks, MR. S

Predictive Test Survey