Day 4

Today all grades will begin creating thier vocabulary lists (see below) Each class will begin with 5 vocabulary words and each student will be responsible for keeping and maintaining thier own list. There will be a test at the end of the cycle on all vocabulary learned. I will put the words up using the LCD projector, some words will have a piture to illustrate them or a video. Next we will begin working in Word
We will watch a brief PowerPoint on Word 2007. All Grade 7 & 8 students watch the video just to make sure we are all using the same termilogy. Next Grade 7 & 8 students will work with me on a group project. This project generally takes 2 days to complete.
Grade 7 students will work on creating and formatting tables using The Colors assignment. Grade 8 students will work on creating and formatting tables, bullets & tabs using The Tabs & Bullets assignment
Grade 6 Students will begin working with Paint to create a drawing of themselves & try to be as detailed as possible. Thet will save it to thier H drive in the computers 6 folder.

Grade 8 Vocabulary

A website is a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are addressed relative to a common Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
A web page or webpage is a document or resource accessed through a web browser. When webpages are stored in a common directory they become a website.
A web search engine is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. The search results are presented in a list and are commonly called hits. The information may consist of web pages, images, information and other types of files.
Hosting company a service that allows individuals and organizations to make their own website accessible via the World Wide Web.
A web feed (or news feed) is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content.

Grade 7 Vocabulary

Byte- computer memory, 8 bits make up one of these
Nibble - half of a byte or four bit
Queue – a list of jobs waiting to be processed
Ram – a collection of small memory chips inside the computer that make a program run faster
Twitter – a social networking & micro blogging service that enables users to send and read updates known as tweets

Grade 6 Vocabulary

Cpu – the internal operating unit or brain of the computer
Close – removing a document or window from the screen
Cursor – the short blinking vertical line that marks your place in text
Disk drive – floppy disk drive reads & writes data to a small circular piece of metal-coated plastic similar to audio cassette tape
Escape – most often means to stop.