MS Excel Boot Camp

Everyone,

Welcome to the first day of work in Excel.  Today we will be opening MS Excel and learning how to navigate around the basics.  On your own, if you want more information, you can follow the link to MS Excel Training and learn about this powerful program at your own pace.  Good Luck!!

- Mr. S

Stock Market Investment Game Day!!

Everybody:

Here is your chance to take $1,000,000 and make a killing in the stock market.  First, read the following article on Investing Basics.  Second, please create an account at the following link: INVESTOPEDIA and start investing your money in the stock market.  We will be watching each other's progress.  You may invest in any company you like.  Do your research well, and watch the money add up.  I will be awarding prizes for the best account managers before the Christmas break.  Good Luck.

- Mr. S

Create and Avatar & Blabberize

Good Morning Class!!

Spend some time finding out what an Avatar is....Write 1-2  paragraphs on what an Avatar is and how it is used online.  Use the website below to create your own avatar and show it to me before class ends today!

http://www.voki.com/create.php


Next....

Create a Blabberize project.  Take any picture and add some text and have fun with this too..
Post both to your website....

Have Fun With This,

Mr. S

E-Portfolio Creation Day

Hello Everyone,

In preparation for the holiday week, today there is a simple assignment.  Please find in your email or on your computers all the files you have created for this class so far.  You will create a new page on your weebly.com website and label it "E-Portfolio".  Please upload all of the documents you have created for this course thus far. Please divide the screen in half and post all of your documents in the order that we completed them.  The following list of documents is what I expect to see when I evaluate your site:

• MS Word Resume
• MS Word Cover Letter
• MS Word Term Paper
• MS Word Letterhead
• MS Word Sales Flyer
• MS Word Business Card
• Inspiration8 - City Exploration Map
• Inspiration8 - Web Page Map

When you are finished, email the link to your website for verification and your time is your own!

- Mr. S

Inspiration Webpage Map Project

Here are the instructions to complete the Web Page Map Project.

Step 1:  Pick a webpage you like.  Anything, just remember the more complicated the bigger and more intricate the project.

Step 2:  Sketch and outline of the webpage on scratch paper.  Just outline the major points of the home page.  Make notes of links, advertisement blocks, and other parts.  Get as detailed as possible, but I am not looking for specific content, just a layout of the home page.

Step 3:  Open Inspiration8 on our classroom laptops.  Open FILE, Open TEMPLATES, Open PLANNING and choose WEB SITE Plan project.  Drag the items you want to use to describe each section of your map and place descriptions inside. (See example of my map of the RandomActsOfLiteracy.weebly.com site to right.)

Step 4:  Once finished, please save your work (EXPORT) as a JPEG (GRAPHIC) file to your desktop.  Send the file to me using your Gmail account.

Grading:

3 points - Design and Creativity
3 points - Accuracy and All Elements Present
4 points - Grammar and Accurate Layout

Good Luck,

Mr. S

City Exploration Collaborative Project (INSPIRATION)

Hello Everyone:

Over the next two days you will create a web for a city in the United States. There is an example of what your completed project should look like to the right.   Click on the picture to the right to see my example. You will be responsible for creating an identical web to the one described

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 use my template to get started, or start from scratch.  If you want, you may select all of my formatting, hit copy, paste to a blank document and work from it if you like.  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

Sales Flyer & Business Card Assignments

Business Technology Students:

Here are the instructions and grading rubrics for the Sales Flyer and Business Card Assignments.  You are to create these projects based on the local business idea you had last week for the letterhead.  Your local business is the same business we will create financial, marketing, and other reports for later this year.  We will also be working on a layout of your store/business and deciding how to place your products and services to get the best response from customers.  I also want you to know that your final project, Business Plan, will be based on this business.  For the two projects listed above, here are your instructions:

Sales Flyer Project:
   Using a MS Word template you will create a 1-page Sales Flyer for your business.  Include the name, weebly website, and your email.  Use our School's address and contact information (listed below).  Make sure you are creating a flyer that will use at least one picture, 2-3 paragraphs of text, and some design elements that you used in creating Letterhead.  When you are finished, email the flyer to me at hscribneruchs@gmail.com.  You will recieve up to 10 points for this project if you follow the instructions above.

Business Card Project:
     Using MS Word,  select a business card template that you like.  Make the business cards have the same design elements as the Letterhead you created last marking period.  You should use the contact information of the School (see below) and your name, title (CEO, President, whatever), your email, and your weebly website account.  Be creative and save your final draft and email it to me for up to 10-points toward your 2nd Marking Period grade.  Good Luck!!

University City Promise Academy (HS)
3601 Filbert Street
Philadelphia,PA 19104
Phone: 215-387-5100
Fax: 215-387-6263

We will begin using Inspiration next week!!

-Mr. S

Letterhead Assignment

Everyone:

The object of the next few lessons is to create a viable small business in West Philadelphia.  You will create business documents, financial forms, a marketing plan and ultimately a business plan for this company.  You may create any kind of business you want.  Here are the criteria:

1.  The business must be a sole proprietorship (One Owner - You)
2.  The business must be legal and non-offensive. (Nothing Illegal, Violent, or Offensive)
3.  You will create a web page on your weebly.com page for it.

To Create Letterhead:

     1.  Open MS Word
     2.  Click Windows Icon (Top Left Corner)
     3.  Select NEW
     4.  Type "letterhead" in search box
     5.  Select One of the Templates To Use
     6.  Customize the Template with your Company Information.
     7.  Use the School Address and Phone/Fax
          3601 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA  19104   
          Phone:215-387-5100  Fax 215-387-6263
     8.  Finalize and Save
     9.  Attach a copy to an email to hscribneruchs@gmail.com

Good Luck!!

 - Mr. S