No new assignments this week, this week is for gaining more understanding of topics raised earlier in the course and completing outstanding assignments.

Week Five -    Tuesday - Thursday  (August 7, 8, 9)        (no class on Monday)

Tuesday: Websites continued (weblinks yet to be posted)

Wednesday: Additional topics particularly Social Media (weblinks/handouts yet to be posted)

Thursday: Final Day of classes  - time to finish outstanding assignments

Assignments are attached to this posting and include the following:

• Photo Editing Assignment (plus an example of a completed assignment)
• Creation of Webpage Assignment

July 30 - August 2 The topics this week will include:

Monday: Classtime to finish outstanding Microsoft Office related assignments

Tuesday and Wednesday: We will be using the website Pixlr, which is a free website and is similiar to Photoshop.  It is found at the following web address:  http://pixlr.com/    Check out the Assignments posting for Week Four  assignment details. The following website: http://ictpublish.com/pixlr/ has detailed video tutorials on using this website (highly recommended).

Thursday: Introduction to web page construction (not as tricky as it sounds!)  - primarily using the Weebly website (or other similar site based on student's needs/preferences, consult instructor). This topic will continue into Week Five.    

Available for download are the assignments for the week are attached. Next Monday's class June 30) will be an opportunity to work on outstanding Microsoft Office (or similiar software/websites)  projects. The weeks projects include

• A Microsoft Excel assignment (or other spreadsheet package, (e.g. Google Spreadsheet or Open Office, etc).
• A Microsoft PowerPoint assignment (or other similar presentation package, e.g. Google Presentation or Open Office, etc.).

These assignments can be done individually or in a small group.  These should be submitted as an attachment to dcrofton@sd62.bc.ca or to dermottcrofton@gmail.com (or shared with dermottcrofton@gmail.com. Assignments can also be sent to me my contact form on my website http://www.dermottcrofton.com/

Week Three: Monday - Thursday (July 23 - July 26)

Monday - Tuesday Excel 2010:  http://www.gcflearnfree.org/excel2010 Monday we will be conducting an overview of spreadsheet computing Tuesday we will be working on on the spreadsheet assignment (see Week Three assignments for details)  

Wednesday - Thursday PowerPoint 2010:    http://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoint2010 Wednesday we will be investigating presentations Thursday we will be working on the presentation assignment (see Week Three assignments for details) 
    GCF Learn Free link to the topic of digital photography : http://www.gcflearnfree.org/digitalphotography/1

Miscellaneous (useful links):

• Open Office (Apache) download page:  http://www.openoffice.org/download/   T his is a free version of Microsoft Office (without all of the "bells and whistles")

• Hotmail (skydrive) online versions of MS Office programs:  http://www.gcflearnfree.org/officewebapps    A link to information about Skydrive which offers people with hotmail accounts a free version (albeit pared down) of some of the popular Microsoft Office programs.

• Google Documents/Drive:   http://www.gcflearnfree.org/googledriveanddocs  A link to information about the Gmail/Google - an online version of spreadsheet, word processing, presentation software.
• GCF Learn Free Website: The topic of digital photography

Enclosed are assignments for Week Two   Note: email assignment is a pdf file  -  can't be completed online  :(

MS Word 2010: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/word2010  : Check out lessons 1-7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 19, 21

GCF Learn Free article about Google Documents (and Drive) http://www.gcflearnfree.org/googledocsdocuments

Introduction to Gmail: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/gmail

Brief visual of Cloud Computing: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/windowsliveaccount/1.3

Introduction to Hotmail's cloud computing: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/officewebapps

Brief visual of Cloud Computing: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/windowsliveaccount/1.3 

Website discussion of internet topics: (relevant for internet assignment)

• http://www.gcflearnfree.org/internetsafety
• http://www.gcflearnfree.org/internet101

 http://www.wikipedia.org/

http://www.dermottcrofton.com

http://www.google.com

 http://wordpress.com/

HTML Tutorial | PDFConverter.com

Reference Cards for Excel 2010, Word 2010, PowerPoint 2010 and Windows 7

Complete the attached assignment(s)   Either: a) Printout and submit to the WestShore Centre (care of Dermott Crofton) b) Save and send as an attachment to dcrofton@sd62.bc.ca

Course runs from July 9 - August 9, 2012  Official start time is 12:30 - 3:00 pm Monday through Thursday    There is a statutory holiday on August 6 (Monday)

A link to the Ministry of Education's information about the learning objectives for Information Technology 10

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/pdfs/applied_skills/1996infotech810.pdf

Course outline is also enclosed...