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WELCOME to Computer Exploratory Class


 * [[image:welcome.jpg]]Welcome Back! **

__ EXCEL Activities and Lessons __ 1. Excel Basics Read over the basics and then practice using this assignment

2. Personal Budget - Download and complete all the colored cells by adding the appropriate formulas.

3. Excel Activity Calculating Pay 4. Finding and Financing a CAR Use either the manufacturers website, for example: [|www.ford.com] or [|www.blueknobauto.com]

5. Sample Budget or simple budget

EXTRA activities for Excel: [|Pictorial Graphs] or [|Amazing Mazes] or Experimental and Theoretical Probability

__ Microsoft Word Activities and Lessons __ 1. Microsoft Activity - Save in the public folder, using the correct name 2. Drawing in Word - Remember to TEXT WRAP Save as last name_drawing 3. Word Activity 3 - Follow directions on formatting 4. Word Activity 4

5. Adding a TABLE in Word

6. Computer Ethics Save as last name_ethics

7. Plagiarism Save as last name_plagiarism

8. Tips and Tricks for the computer and Internet


 * [|Searching on the Internet]- complete this activity to help you search better on the Internet **

__ PowerPoint Activities and Lessons __

1.PowerPoint Biography 2. PowerPoint Review 3. PowerPoint Tutorial

__ Career Assignment __ 1. [|Career Cruising] 2. Career Presentation 3. Budget - Sample percentages 4. Calculate CAR PAYMENT 5. Create a business card 6. Letter to self 7. Reality Check

Now that you have planned a career, try these games to see how to manage your money:

[|a.Financial Football] b. Moneytopia c. Moneyville d. Papa's Taco (yes it is located on coolmath but only stay on this site or the lemonade stand) e. Try this interactive HANDS on Banking ASSIGNMENT

Hershey PROJECT Movie Maker Basics Movie Maker Guide Movie Maker Resources Prezi basics Prezi intro video for Prezi, may create a free account or use Mrs. Saxton's login: tsaxton@lvsd.k12.pa.us Password: lvcomputers GLOGSTER - register using the following code: 5152DD

__ EXTRAS __ Typing Requirements

__Extra Assignments: __Try these FUN activities listed on the next page. (Easy and fun - Maze and Pictograph) Voki - Create a voki describing your career

Create a comic strip

Creating a bookmarker in Excel

Creating a Newspaper

Spell check and formatting lesson

=Final Project: For this assignment, assume you are the office manager for a new business in your town - Wacky Water Slidz, a water park that has something for everyone. Before you begin, create a logo to represent your business, choose a water park address/phone number, decide on a list of attractions (with creative names), and decide on passes (Youth, Senior Citizen, Adult, Family Season Pass, etc) Have fun with this project! You will complete THREE required items and there are five optional) Click here for the required assignments.=