{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"1928583","dateCreated":"1196798159","smartDate":"Dec 4, 2007","userCreated":{"username":"pkeohane","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/pkeohane","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1206028743\/pkeohane-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/gr6.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/1928583"},"dateDigested":1532285533,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Lesson 3 Microsoft Word Lesson","description":"I think this is probably our most important lesson, should we extend this to one part every class?  Present a document in the front of the class and have students show how they perform different formatting features of Microsoft Word.  <br \/>\nWhich are the most important:<br \/>\n1. Highlight<br \/>\n2. Cut, Copy and Paste<br \/>\n3. Change font style, color and size<br \/>\n4. Alignment<br \/>\n5. Print<br \/>\n6. Save<br \/>\n7. <br \/>\n8.<br \/>\n9.<br \/>\n10.<br \/>\nSome of these can be grouped together.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"1930097","body":"Part of 'Save' might include Save As, since you can then copy one file to another name. Plus you could have them save to different locations, e.g. desktop, My Documents, network location, external media.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n-Allison","dateCreated":"1196805681","smartDate":"Dec 4, 2007","userCreated":{"username":"carona","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/carona","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1227150761\/carona-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"1930845","body":"The new Tech Literacy Standard for word processing by end of grade 8 indicates that the students will be  using intermediate features in word processing applications (e.g., tabs, indents, headers and footers, end notes, bullet and numbering, tables).  Can we develop a pre assessment to see what the students know for basic formatting or assign a homework assignment for them to work on for these skills<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u2022  Change Font and Size <br \/>\n\u2022  Apply Font Styles and Effects <br \/>\n\u2022  Change Text Color <br \/>\n\u2022  Highlight Text <br \/>\n<br \/>\nAnd then focus on teaching more intermediate skills?<br \/>\n\u2022  Adding Tables<br \/>\n\u2022  Create a Table <br \/>\n\u2022  Enter Data in a Table <br \/>\n\u2022  AutoFormat a Table <br \/>\n<br \/>\n\u2022  Set Tabs <br \/>\n\u2022  Change Paragraph Alignment <br \/>\n\u2022  Indent Paragraphs <br \/>\n\u2022  Add Borders and Shading <br \/>\n\u2022  Apply Styles <br \/>\n\u2022  Create Lists <br \/>\n\u2022  Change Spacing Between Paragraphs and Lines","dateCreated":"1196808622","smartDate":"Dec 4, 2007","userCreated":{"username":"robys","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/robys","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1202793136\/robys-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"1943247","body":"As part of pre-assessment of students Microsoft Word skills I pass out a list of words and students are to type it exactly as the paper is.  <br \/>\nThe skills they need for this exercize are ablility to: <br \/>\n      1. change font style, size and color<br \/>\n      2. Center a Heading<br \/>\n      3. Save As in the H:drive<br \/>\n      4. Print<br \/>\n      5. Bold<br \/>\n<br \/>\nMaybe we should make a list of skills students should have before we go furthur in planning this lesson.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSomehow I think Cut, Copy and Paste; Italics and Underline also needs to be included.","dateCreated":"1196879239","smartDate":"Dec 5, 2007","userCreated":{"username":"pkeohane","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/pkeohane","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1206028743\/pkeohane-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"947767","dateCreated":"1189188637","smartDate":"Sep 7, 2007","userCreated":{"username":"pkeohane","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/pkeohane","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1206028743\/pkeohane-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/gr6.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/947767"},"dateDigested":1532285534,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Lesson 1","description":"The 3-2-1 activity needs to be more specific or another activity that is more specific, students are all over the place with this one.  I will show anyone that wants to see the results from my first two classes this year.<br \/>\nThe language in the Pre-assessment piece needs to be more specific also, a check off list may work better.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"945813","dateCreated":"1189172422","smartDate":"Sep 7, 2007","userCreated":{"username":"pkeohane","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/pkeohane","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1206028743\/pkeohane-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/gr6.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/945813"},"dateDigested":1532285534,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Lesson 2 and 3","description":"Kathy, thank you I like your ideas.  The students need the basics for Word and to realize there are several ways to use the editing tools, no one way is right or wrong. I know typing the tip of the day can be boring, but it was a way for me to be sure students understood the skills.  Maybe using a few assignments similar to the one that you suggested as DO NOW when students first come into the classroom will help assess their skill level with Microsoft Word.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSandra, as far as TTL assessment, it needs to be done in one of the first classes.  Many of the students may be at a high level within TTL but do not have proper technique and should not have been moved to a higher level.  Last year, I moved most of the students down one or two levels and some I moved down a few levels<br \/>\n<br \/>\nPeggy","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"944461","dateCreated":"1189135168","smartDate":"Sep 6, 2007","userCreated":{"username":"mayk","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mayk","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1202793136\/mayk-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/gr6.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/944461"},"dateDigested":1532285534,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Lesson 3: Another idea","description":"Another idea:<br \/>\nTarget several, but not all of the skills and have the students create a &quot;Top Ten&quot; List of things they like to do.<br \/>\n1. Put the items in a table, one to each cell<br \/>\n2. Bold the two they get to do most often<br \/>\n3. Italicize the two they get to do the least","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"944341","dateCreated":"1189133592","smartDate":"Sep 6, 2007","userCreated":{"username":"mayk","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mayk","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1202793136\/mayk-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/gr6.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/944341"},"dateDigested":1532285534,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Lesson 3 Pre-assessment","description":" As a first step: <br \/>\nPre-assessment can be created by adding check boxes with the skills being assessed at the bottom of the Microsoft Word Assignment that students are asked to type. Students trade papers and peer edit by comparing the paper they have to the one the teacher handed out(or displayed on an LCD, Smartboard )and checking off the boxes for achieved assessed skills:font type, size, color, bold, spacing, alignment. <br \/>\ne.g.:<br \/>\n\uf0a0 Font   \uf0a0 Type  \uf0a0 Size \uf0a0Color \uf0a0 Bold, etc. <br \/>\nSo that paragraph has become the pre-assessment.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"931545","dateCreated":"1189022092","smartDate":"Sep 5, 2007","userCreated":{"username":"robys","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/robys","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1202793136\/robys-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/gr6.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/931545"},"dateDigested":1532285534,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Aggregated Keyboarding Data - Grade 6 - 9\/5\/07","description":"<strong>Grade 5 Benchmark<\/strong>: Demonstrate keyboarding skills (using Type to Learn, <strong>completing lesson 8<\/strong>, master the home row position).<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNumber of Students completed lessons 1-7: 121<br \/>\nPercent of Students completed lessons 1-7: 40%<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>Number of Students completed lesson 8: 18<br \/>\nPercent of Students completed lesson 8: 6%<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>Grade 6 Benchmark<\/strong>: Continue to develop keyboarding skills, with proper placement of body and hands, and with 80% accuracy, type all letters, spacebar, right shift, enter, left shift, period (.), apostrophe (\u2018), !, ?, comma (,), semicolon (;), quotation marks (\u201c) and hyphen (-) (Type to Learn - complete Lesson 16)<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNumber of Students completed lessons 9-16: 106<br \/>\nPercent of Students completed lessons 9-16: 35%<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNumber of Students beyond lesson 16: 56<br \/>\nPercent of Students beyond lesson 16: 19%","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"930255","dateCreated":"1189002884","smartDate":"Sep 5, 2007","userCreated":{"username":"robys","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/robys","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1202793136\/robys-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/gr6.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/930255"},"dateDigested":1532285534,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"New students FY08","description":"29 new grade 6 students were enrolled by the first day of school.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"744392","dateCreated":"1184193663","smartDate":"Jul 11, 2007","userCreated":{"username":"robys","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/robys","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1202793136\/robys-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/gr6.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/744392"},"dateDigested":1532285535,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"PowerPoint Presentations","description":"Could the PP be uploaded here?  Or... can they be uploaded to MassONE (perhaps in VHD for Peggy and Joe's classroom)??","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}