7th Grade Keyboarding

What Kind of Computer should I Buy?

The most common question I get is what kind of computer should I buy? What most people don’t realize is that this is a very loaded question. There are so many variables that come into play. And your assignment is to become competent in answering this question with facts and information. It is an ever changing world, and I want you to become a person who will at least know where to go get the information to make logical and wise decisions in the computer world.

Your assigment is to create a Powerpoint presentation on how to decide on what kind of computer to buy. You will need to know what questions to ask to help the people get the computer they need and want. This is going to be a fairly indepth assignment, so it will take a lot of effort on your part. You might check the internet for Computer Buying guides there are even some videos on the subject. The objective will be for you to produce a simple yet detailed powerpoint on how to choose the right computer.

Some resources are:

http://www.viewz.com/shoppingguide/compbuy.shtml

http://www.css.msu.edu/PC-Guide/

https://helpdesk.its.uiowa.edu/demo/buyingguide/

http://www.laptopadvisor.com/

There are thousands out there. So please use many different resources to create your PowerPoint. Make sure you keep track of where you got your resources you will be adding a bibliograpy slide at the end of your presentation.

MR. G

Menu for Restaurant

Welcome To your 7Th Grade Blogspot for Our Computer Class. If you ever have any questions on what you missed in Computer class you should be able to always find it here. You should book mark this page.

For our First Blog project you will be creating your own restaurant.

Here is a list of things you will need for you, to complete your restaurant Menu.

1. Name
2. Hours of Operation
3. Location or Locations (Chain of Restaurants)

4. History (Established in 1808, by the Smith Family from Scotland...)
5. Slogan (Example: "Eat Fresh!, Subway")
6. Fake phone Number, fax, Website, and email.
(Phone: 503-555-1212
Fax: 503-555-1213
www.myrestaurant.com)

7. What Kind of Payment to you take? Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Checks, Cash, Paypal etc...?

8. Menu Sections: Only if they apply to your style of restaurant, Breakfast, Appetizers, Specials, Lunch, Dinner, Dessert, Beverages: No Alcoholic beverages, Beer, Wine, Margaritas, etc. (Non-alcoholic versions not allowed as well)

9. Menu Items: Name, description and cost,

10. Pictures of items if you wish. It will help improve your score.

When finished you will save to the public folder

P:\Junior High\Mr.G\7th-computer Class-07-08\Menu's

If you have any questions please don't forget to ask me.

-Mr. G

Word Processing Formatting

Greetings Ya'll,
We will have a worksheet that will explain today's assignment on Word Processing formatting. Please make sure you follow all directions.
-Mr. G

Brochure for Geography

Greetings Class,

The front of the brochure should include (Country name, flag, map and student name). Inside the brochure should include information and pictures related to the History, Government, Religion, Geography, Climate, Economy, Culture, Tourist attractions, etc of the country they have chosen. Use MS Publisher To create your brochure. Please use the Tri-fold Template in the Template menu.
If you haven any questions on what it might look like check the example that the teacher has. Thank you and please remember.

Assignments due:

Website first
Then Binary Code
Then Brochure

-Mr. G

Binary Code?

01000111 0 01101111 01101111 01100100 -

01101101 01101111 01110010 01101110 01101001 01101110 01100111 ,
(Good Morning)

What is Binary Code you ask? What are all these 0’s and 1’s? Well that is your first assignment. Well this is your first assignment. Please read the information on Wikipidia about Binary Code and then write a summary about it.


Wikipidia Binary Code


Read and Summarize and share a document with me via gmail called

BinaryCode-yourname:


Once you are done learning about what Binary Code is, please write a complete Sentence in Binary code. Please use proper capitalization, but don’t worry about punctuation for now. After you create this sentence in Word and next time your class mates will be trying to decode what you are saying.


Please separate each word with a “-“ and separate each letter with two spaces.
Thank you.

Binary Code Reference

-Mr. G

Career Project

Greetings Class,

Our Math today is going to be on Personal Finance. You will each be given a career with your job description and how much you make.

What you have to do is find the following information.

1. You are currenlty out of a job, find a place that will give you one in Portland, Oregon (prefer the West Side of Portland if that's what you want.)

2. List what are the requirements/Qualifications for that job.

Type of College Degree
Years of Experience
Physical Demands
Travel required,
Type of hours worked
Resume?
References (What are references? Talk with your parents about this. Ask them if it is important to have references.)
And any other requirement they ask for:
3. Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. Answer with at least full sentences.

Explain why job is secure?
Explain if my job is full time or seasonal?
Who will be my boss or who will manage me?
What type of work environment will I be working in?
With the hours of my Job can I watch my Children's Basketball games?
Will both my wife and I have to work in order to support our family? Please Explain.
How long do I plan on staying at my current job?


4. For questions 1 and 2 please use the following websites to search for job opening in our Area. You should find a job with one of these websites below.

Please note: don't sign up for any service and do not fillout any personal information on any of these websites. Beware of strong advertising that is how these websites make extra money.



www.jobdango.com

www.monster.com

www.portlandjobfinder.com

www.oregonlive.com/jobs/



5. Once you have found a job that you think you want to "apply" for copy all the information into a Gmail document. Make sure you Answer all of the questions above before submitting it to me online. I believe this is going to be a really fun assignment, please make sure you ask either myself or your parents if you need a little extra help with anything. There are going to be some big words you might not understand, please make sure you use a dictionary to find out what they mean.



Happy Hunting,

Mr. G

Sell Your Product! With Html?

Happy Holidays!
So how many of you guys have favorite websites? Well, now that you understand HTML. It is your chance to make your very own website. The requirements follow:
It must be written entirely in Notepad.
It must have Product Name, Description and Your Company Logo.
You must have at least three pages on this website. (All pages linking to eachother)
Home, About, FAQ (frequently Asked Questions.)
Make sure all pages link to each other.
This product must provide some benefit to the customer.
It must be school appropriate
Must have all information needed to make an actual purchase or download of the product.
(Fictional telephone, address, email is ok)
Please make the website easy to read and make sure you check your spelling and grammar.

Please check with me once you have decided on your product to get it approved.

Have fun with this use Gmail to upload notepad if you wish to take this home over Christmas break.

-Mr. G