Thursday and Friday, Dec. 18-19

Web Design Studio: Send email to clients, update client report, update weekly timesheets.
Web 1: Update image map home page as needed, turn in missing projects, imaging editing in FW.
Intro to IT: Work on Visibooks Excel spreadsheets
Intro to Business: Catch Me If You Can, Financial fraud, Ponzi (pyramid) schemes

Wednesday, Dec. 17

Intro to IT: keyboarding, begin Excel books
Intro to Business: HW: what is financial fraud? a Ponzi scheme? Who is Mader?
Web 1: Export, upload, and link your new graphics home page (image map home page)
Web Design Studio: individual and client projects

Tuesday, December 16

Web 1: Create graphic in Fireworks that will be a basis for your image map home page
Web Design Studio: Client and personal projects
Intro to IT: Complete Excel spreadsheet for Lessons 1-20, create graph, create new sheet with calculation for improvement on skill analysis tests.
Introduction to Business: Complete Excel spreadsheet with weekly pie charts, create a sheet with all 5 pie charts, create a summary page with a summary pie chart.

Monday, Dec. 15

Web 1: Introduction to using image maps (ice cream example), begin to create new image-map based home page
Web Studio: Client projects, update and share google doc for this week's time sheet.
Intro to IT: Using Excel to process your keyboarding data
Intro to Business: Complete the evaluation and email the document to Mrs. Sanchez (for negotiation unit)

Friday, Dec. 12

Web 1: Complete and publish FW #2 assignment (Text on a path)
Web Design Studio: Client projects -- turn in weekly timesheet (Google docs)
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, work on Career Research projects -- format and turn in on shared folder
Introduction to Business: Negotiating Unit with guest speaker Dana Cradeur

Thursday, Dec. 11

Web 1: Complete upload of FW Vector masks, test and review. Begin demonstration and practice with text on a path
Web Design Studio: Client projects
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, work on Career Research projects -- print handout
Introduction to Business: Negotiating Unit with guest speaker Dana Cradeur

Wednesday, Dec. 10

Web 1: FW Vector masks --review, create assignment and upload
Web Design Studio: Client projects
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, work on Career Research projects (add final links, review directions)
Introduction to Business: Negotiating Unit with guest speaker Dana Cradeur - continued

Tuesday, December 9

Web 1: FW Vector masks --Intro to topic, create sample graphics in class
Web Design Studio: Client projects
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, work on Career Research projects
Introduction to Business: Negotiating Unit with guest speaker Dana Cradeur

Dec. 2-4

Web Studio: Work on client projects, send updates
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, work on research for Career project, class discussion about careers
Web 1: Turn in FW #1, begin work on using text in Fireworks
Intro to Business: Negotiating -- being on an administration or student team, preparing worksheets, turn in packet on Thursday.

Monday, December 1

Web 1: 3rd -- intro to Text vector graphics in FW, 7th: upload FW1, peer review, test, begin text (if time)
Web Design Studio: client projects, start new timesheet for week and share with Mrs. Sanchez
Intro to Business: Negotiating -- review terms, start a negotiation.
Intro to IT: Begin Career Research project

Monday and Tuesday, November 23-24

Web 1: FW #1 assignment. Create graphics, export and put on a Dreamweaver page. Upload and test.
Web Design Studio: Client projects, send an email to clients explaining status with link to design.
Intro to IT: Make revisions and print final copy of External hardware how-to guide, complete self-evaluation.
Intro to Business: Negotiations, read Ch. 2 (finish) over break

Friday, November 21

Web 1: More on Fireworks graphics. Combining shapes.
Intro to IT: Work through each others' tutorials -- make comments, give compliments and suggestions.
Intro to Business: Negotiating: Read details in preparation section, work with group to come up with list of items to negotiate for a change in our classroom.
Web Design Studio: client projects, complete weekly timesheet.

Thursday, November 20

Web 1: Learn to use Fireworks graphics! Creating shapes, using fills and strokes.
Intro to IT: Work through each others' tutorials -- make comments, give compliments and suggestions.
Intro to Business: Watch the rest of "A Word on the Economy", turn in notes, assign: read first 4 pages of Ch. 2 in Negotiating book
Web Design Studio: client projects.

Wednesday, November 19

Web Studio: Work on client projects
Intro to IT: Work on group projects -- final version should be in shared folder
Intro to Business: Update spreadsheet, view "A Word on the Economy", pick up Negotiating text and read Ch. 1 (homework)
Web 1: Turn Career PPT into an HTML document, upload career project and update Table 3

Tuesday, November 18

Web 1: Upload table 3, review and test.
Web Design Studio: Client projects, update time sheet
Intro to IT: proof client projects, meet with Mrs. Sanchez
Intro to Business: update expenses, Ch. 5 chapter questions, discussion of lemonade partnerships

Monday, November 17

Web 1: Review of Google Boys video, work on career research power point file.
Web Design Studio: Client projects, update timesheet and client report
Intro to IT: keyboarding, work on client projects
Intro to Business: Review of Google Boys video, review basic business structures (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation), enter weekend's expenses, print weekly expense report, begin new expense report.

Wednesday - Friday, November 12-13-14

Check with Mrs. Sanchez!

Tuesday, Nov. 11

Remember our veterans!
Web Design Studio: Client projects, update reports and timesheets.
Web 1: Creating nested tables as home pages
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, work on group projects
Intro to Business: Stocks -- quick review warm up quiz, then go over gains/losses, update daily expenses

Monday, November 10

Intro to IT: keyboarding, work on group projects. Turn in revised project outline
Web Design Studio: Client projects, update this week's timesheet, update client reports
Web 1: upload and test tables 1, tables 2
Intro to Business: Update weekly expenses, print spreadsheet, set up sheet for this week, view video on stock market.

Thursday, November 6

Web Design Studio: Client projects, update timesheet and client report on Google docs.
Intro to Business: Complete Lesson 2 and 3. Lesson 2 -- return to teacher, Lesson 3 -- write in a document and save to print until Monday.
Webmaster 1: Work on Table 1 and Table 2 assignment
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, create project outline on handout.

Wednesday, November 5

Web 1: Go through using tables in Dreamweaver, set up for Table 1 and 2 assignment on Thursday.
Intro to Business: Stocks -- Go over "story" questions, look at McDonald's stock prices
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, group work to figure out how to use various external devices
Web Design Studio: Client projects, update timesheet and client reports

Tuesday, November 4

Election Day!

Intro to Business: Update spreadsheet for new week, enter Monday's expenses. Set printing preferences. Read story about McDonald's and stock ownership. With your table, create a definition for a stock.

Intro to IT: Keyboarding, update portfolios, create a "plan of work" for this project

Web Design Studio: Google maps for fun, work on client projects, update online timesheet and client report.

Webmaster 1: review setting up remote site, update your home page with date and time, "clear out" online geocities sites, begin tables in DW.

Monday, November 3

Intro to Business: Update spreadsheet of expenses for last week, print and turn in. Indicate most surprising purchase and how you could cut back your spending, if needed.
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, get into new groups for "external harware How TO" guide. Select the project your team will work on.
Web Design Studio: Client projects, set up a shared google doc to track weekly time worked, and use a google doc to indicate client project progress and questions.
Webmaster I: uploading to our paid host sites (arpamaster.com). Upload new master index page, and DW #1 assignment

Wednesday - Friday October 29-30-31

Web Design Studio: Creating client projects (various groups), turn in weekly timesheet, client communication.
Webmaster 1: Begin work in Dreamweaver -- how to set up a site, use various features, complete DW #1 assignment, check for old work from Q1.
Intro to IT: keyboarding, working on input/output devices, learning about external computer devices
Intro to Business: Work in NEFE book -- Unit 2 and 3, create Excel spreadsheet to track daily expenses, create formulas to total expenses by category, day, minimum and maximum amounts, etc. update daily.

Tuesday, October 28

Intro to IT: pre-test on computer hardware, software, keyboarding, handout on hardware and software -- highlight and make notes
Web 1: Re-introduction to Dreamweaver. practice creating sites, folders, files.
Web Design Studio: Client and personal projects. Turn in Q1 report (if not turned in yesterday) -- send via email to Mrs. S's gmail account
Intro to Business: update daily expenses on Excel spreadsheet, go over final topics in Unit 2, take home evaluation on Unit 2.

Monday, October 27

Intro to IT, Intro to Business, Web 1: updating your class portfolio, checking grades, turning in any missing/forgotten work.
Web Design Studio: Q1 reflection report. Complete and send as an attachment to Mrs. S.'s gmail account.

Tuesday - Friday, October 21-24

Sorry -- I didn't keep up with the blog last week.
Intro to Business: Work on Excel spreadsheet for tracking budget, work on Ch. 2 in NEFE
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, Complete and turn in Visibooks PowerPoint tutorial, turn in Name Game PowerPoint
Web 1: Uploading choice Nvu project to the web, introduction to DW, creating a project to explain how web servers work.
Web Design Studio: Complete Senior Center sites, upload, send email to client, begin personal projects

Monday, Octiober 20

Web 1: Set up a hosting account at geocities, use page builder wizard to create a sample page, send Mrs. S. an email with URL (3rd period only)
Web Design Studio: Senior Center web sites -- review client emails, critique sites
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, work on PowerPoint Visibooks tutorial
Intro to Business: Ch. 2 -- budgeting, update expenses.

Wednesday - Friday, Oct 15-16-17

Web 1: Web Host Assignments (PowerPoint, Ch. 4, Web Host)
Web Design Studio: Work on Senior Center web page
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, PowerPoint tutorial (Visibooks)
Intro to Business: Work on Ch. 1 Objective Assignment in groups (assigned by Mrs. S.), Chapter 2 info.

Tuesday, October 14

Web Design Studio: Work on Senior Center. By Friday, complete sample site with sub pages, create a sample email to Mrs. Sanchez to explain project to client.

Web 1: Finish AUP video, download materials for "Web Host" subject area, go over instructions for Wednesday and Thursday.

Intro to Business: Update expense sheet, get into groups, go over projects for Wednesday and Thursday.

Intro to IT: Finish AUP video, go over PowerPoint Visibooks tutorial, get started with Visibooks.

Friday, Oct. 10

Web Design Studio: Share feedback with peers from review yesterday, work on Senior Center site design
Web 1: AUP policy, make up work time
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, AUP policy
Introduction to Business: UW meeting, make up work

Thursday, October 9

Web 1: P3: Jeff Bezos biography P7: No class for pep assembly
Web Design Studio: Peer review of initial designs for Senior Center
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, take 2 timings -- print summary -- work on PowerPoint, if needed
Intro to Business: Go over Ch. 1 quiz from NEFE -- make corrections as needed, set up portfolio for saving papers

Wednesday, Oct. 8

Web 1: Complete "choice" project. Save on your Z: drive for uploading to a web site next week.
Web Design Studio: Work on client projects. Upload sample Senior Center site to your ebronc site, send Mrs. S. an email with link
Intro to IT: Work on final photo editing, ,adding photos to your Name Game PowerPoint.
Intro to Business: review the business cycle, finish up Ch. 1 in NEFE Financial Planning, take practice quiz

Tuesday, Oct. 7

Web Design Studio: Work on Senior Center site
Intro to Business: Work on NEFE Ch. 1 -- planning and budgeting
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, inserting images and saving as a PPT 2007 file
Web 1: Turn in personal links (7th), begin work on "choice" project, view video on creating and using named anchors in Nvu.

Monday, October 6

Web 1: Complete personal links page, turn in (3rd period)
Web Design Studio: Work on Senior Center site
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, copy down 21 photos of classmates to name game folder, crop, edit
Intro to Business: Financial Planning -- work on Ch. 1.

Friday, October 3

Web Design Studio: Complete weekly timesheet, print and turn in. Work with partner(s) on Senior Center Web Site, send list of questions to Alicia's email.
Web 1: Finish intro to using tables, setting up internal links to new pages, begin "links" project
Intro to Business: Turn in projects, complete self-eval, or take quiz, finish Unit quiz
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, editing photos for Name Game PowerPoint

Thursday, October 2

Web 1: How is NVU different than "Basic" HTML? More on NVU -- adding tables
Web Design Studio: partners -- work on Senior Center site
Intro to Business: Begin NEFE -- Financial Education
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, complete clip art on Name Game PPT

Wednesday, October 1

Happy October!
Web 1: Intro to NVu -- a WYSIWYG web design program
Intro to IT: keyboarding, organize folders, work on creating slides for the Name Game PowerPoint program
Intro to Business: End of Chapter 1 exercises
Web Design Studio: Select partner, begin work on Senior Center program

Tuesday, September 30

Web Design Studio: Create a web photo album, create an email to client and send to Mrs. Sanchez
Intro to Business: Apple case study, answer and discuss questions
Intro to IT: Setting up a PowerPoint for the Name Game assignment
Webmaster 1: Complete Chapter 1 reading guide, go over old assignments as needed, HTML hangman

Monday, September 29

Web 1: Chapter 1 Reading Guide
Web Design Studio: Editing and exporting photos in FW
Intro to IT: Take pictures of your group, place three photos of yourself on shared folder
Intro to Business: The Global Economy -- challenges for the future (pp 20-22 in text)

Friday, September 26

Web 1: Complete Internet History video, set up grade portfolio
Web Design Studio: Teton Valley Mustard
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, editing photos, copying to the shared folder
Intro to Business: What is the CPI? How is it calculated? go to bls.gov/CPI.

Thursday, September 25

Web 1: Internet History video, turn in notes
Web Design Studio: Work on TVM mustard site, upload
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, downloading pictures with a USB cable from the camera
Introduction to Business: Government's role in the Economy

Wednesday, September 24

Web Design Studio: Working on TVM -- adding more pages, applying the CSS
Web 1: History of the Internet: key ideas and terms, ARPA, demand access, distributed control, fishnet networks, packet switching
Intro to IT: keyboarding, cameras -- taking pictures of your group
Introduction to Business: Pick topic for Chapter 1 Evaluation, reading in Chapter 1, view video on Macroeconomics concepts (continue from yesterday).

Tuesday, September 23

Web Design Studio: TVM - CSS upload new version of CSS with a link to the actual CSS file
Intro to Business: Macroeconomics -- discuss what type of evaluation will be done for Unit 1
Intro to IT: Turn in lab 1507 printer projects to shared folder, creating shortcuts to shared folder, keyboarding, finish HIstory of Computer video
Web 1: Turn in HTML projects, peer review (beta test), fix problems, turn in projects on flash drives for final grading

Monday, September 22

Web Design Studio: TVM -- CSS
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, setting up your portfolio folder, recording scores, filing
Intro to Business: Supply and Demand -- 4 laws
Web 1: WOrk on HTML project

Friday, September 19

Web 1: Work on HTML Project
Web Design Studio: Work on CSS for Teton Valley Mustard
Intro to Business: More on economics, supply, demand
Intro to IT: keyboarding, video: History of Computer video, take notes

Thursday, Sept. 18

Web 1: Work on HTML project
Web Design Studio: Create a table without formatting for TVM, upload to the web
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, watch more history of computers (video), take notes
Introduction to Business: Needs, Wants, Supply and Demand, the equilibrium price

Wednesday, September 17

Intro to Business: What is communism (planned economy) Socialism? Watch video, take notes
Intro to IT: Keyboarding practice, History of Computers (watch video, take notes)
Webmaster 1: Partner projects -- make corrections, completions, initial grading review
Web Design Studio: Teton Valley Mustard -- share peer reviews, work on design

Tuesday, Sept. 16

Web Design Studio: critique mustard site samples
Intro to Business: the "isms, capitalism, communism, socialism, planned economy, mixed economy, free market economy
Web 1: "tag" posters
Intro to Information Technology: Keyboarding, History of Computers -- video

Monday, September 15

Web Design Studio: Upload TVM home page graphic and banner for 2nd page
Introduction to Business: Name Game, quick check card
Introduction to Information Technology: Name Game, Test Inspiration project (partners)
Webmaster: Name game, turn in partner projects

Thursday and Friday, Sept. 11-12

Web 1: Work on "partner project."
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, "How to Set Up a Printer" project in Inspiration
Web Design Studio: Work on Teton Valley Mustard project
Introduction to Business: Levi Strauss, Activity 2 and Evaluation Activity (Hershey's, Wrigley's, pencils)

Wednesday, September 10

Web Design Studio: Begin Teton Valley Mustard sample designs
Intro to Business: Levi Strauss -- activity 1 -- turn in group answer sheet
Download activity 2, review resource types
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, work on printer tutorial in Inspiration
Webmaster 1: Turn in E-Z Accounting tutorial on a flash drive, work on "HTML scramble" activity

Tuesday, Sept. 9

Web 1: Adding images, changing height and width.
Web Design Studio: Upload an image map home page
Intro to Business: Begin Levi Strauss case study
Intro to Information Technology: keyboarding, work on Printer set up guide in Inspiration

Monday, September 8

Web Design Studio: Upload sample site to web host, test, work on image map home page replacement graphic
Web 1: Adding internal and external links to your E-Z Accounting page. Download "money" images.
Intro to IT: Setting up a printer, keyboarding, create a how-to guide for setting up a printer.
Intro to Business: Review resources using "clicker" activity

Friday, September 5

Web Design Studio: Fireworks review, create a graphic as basis for image map
Web 1: Continue w/ E-Z Accounting, 3 more pages
Intro to IT: Keyboarding, setting up your SW Keyboarding account, printing reports
Intro to Business: Create an illustration of a vocabulary word or key concept from pages 3-4-5 of text. Test clicker system

Thursday, Sept. 4

Web Design Studio: Review -- editing photos
Web 1: Begin creating the E-Z Accounting web site in HTML
Intro to Business: More on Developing a Business Mindset. Compare and contrast capital-intensive and labor-intensive businesses.
Intro to Information Technology: logging on, keyboarding A-L

Wednesday, September 3

Web Design Studio: Review site set up, linking multi-page sites
Introduction to Business: What is business? Creating a poster, reviewing posters, come up with a group definition (see mrssanchez.com)
Webmaster 1: Setting up a class folder, create our first web site
Intro to IT: Setting up a class folder, take a keyboarding test, review alphabet

Tuesday, September 2

First day back!

All classes: We went over school procedures and policies, classroom rules, emergency procedures such as earthquake and fire drills, and handed out various forms. Please return the forms by Wednesday for extra credit, or later for regular credit.

Welcome!

It looks to be a GREAT year! My schedule this year includes:

P1: Web Design Studio
P2: Introduction to Business
P3: Webmaster 1
P6: Introduction to Information Technology (IT)
P7: Webmaster 1

Please check out my web site at: http://mrssanchez.com for detailed information on each course.