BUSINESS APPLICATIONS

What Is a Stock, Anyway?

Follow the link and read the article. Think about what kind of stocks you would buy if you had a money to invest. Tomorrow you will research 3 stocks and pick one to "buy" in our stock market game.

Go to USAToday Election Coverage make an Excel spreadsheet with the total vote counts of 3 states that have had both Republican and Democratic primaries. Make a list that has the state followed by the TOTAL vote per state by party affiliation.
You will need to use a calculator to do the totals

THIS WEEK'S ASSIGNMENTS

Select from one of the four news artlicles at the Growing Up Online Website. Write a summary and your reaction to what you read. (200 words)

Class Handouts 2007-8

• This week you will begin the creation of a website based on the current presidential candidates.

  Part 1: Research one candidate

  Part 2: The Election Homepage

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• PART 1: Complete this Excel worksheet on idioms based on your own idioms or ones you find interesting at The Idiom Connection's website.
• Send me an email so I can send you assignments (jhernandez@nyise.org).
• PART 2: Using the Our Favorite Idioms Template presentation [filename: idiomtem.ppt]. Add at least 5 pages of your own idioms. Use the class camera to illustrate or draw or locate your own illustrations. If you still need more ideas of what idioms to use open this word document for a list of 180 idioms.
• Your final projects will be published at the school's website and shared with other classes and teachers.
  
  
• Excel is an Electronic Spreadsheet Program (Word Doc.)
  • Spreadsheet Basics
  • Modifying A Worksheet
  • Formatting Cells
  • Formulas and Functions
  • AutoSum Keyboard Alternative in Excel

• Online conversion tools for Adobe PDF documents
• Reading: Using Tables in Word
  • Statistics Table
    
    
• Reading:Word: Headers & Footers Demystified
• Watch Video on headers and footers
• Microsoft Office
• Complete transcription of handout if not completed already and review Word Self Assessment 1 and determine 5 items to work on.

SOFTWARE CHEAT SHEETS

• Word Format Commands
  
  
• MAGic software Keystrokes
  • Freedom Scientific MAGic Training
    
    
• Word Document: Basic Jaws Commands

Activities from 2006-7

Microsoft Movie Maker

• Watch Introducing Windows Movie Maker .
• Watch Grandpa's skateboarding movie.
• Watch Dad's talent show masterpiece

USB Key Superguide

• Web Link to Article on USB keys.
  (PC Magazine)
• U3 view the video here
• U3 Read this article
• Quiz - write answers on a separate piece of paper

WiFi

1. How WiFi Works
2. CNETonline course: Wireless basics

Kurzweil 1000 online Manual

Scanning Photo Basics

PC Protection 101
Proceed to website or download
word documents below.

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  Anti-spyware
  

$tock Market

Curriculum Book

Lesson: Then and Now

What is Technology?

Explorer Shortcuts 1

Explorer Shortcuts 2

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