6th graders are starting on an Internet Safety project using Microsoft's PowerPoint. They are learning how to change the font color, size, and style. They will also know how to insert clip art and pictures into slides and how to animate and transition the slides.  
 
They will be working on this unit until fall break. 

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8th graders are still studying about business practices. We are finishing up Entrepreneurship and are moving on to Personal Finances. This is always a fun unit to teach because so many students are completely unaware of how the 'real world' operates financially! Several activities we do give the kids a good idea of what adults go through; balancing a checkbook, using credit cards (with an explanation of interest and how much it costs), paying bills, etc. 
 
A fun game we do that is associated with this unit is called "On Your Own". Students are always amazed at how hard it is to actually live independently! 

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6th graders will have a test over the Internet video notes taken in the past few class periods. 
 
'A' day test is Thursday, 'B' day test is Friday. 
 
The following information/terms will be covered on the test: 
 
 
1. Why is the Internet considered a global network? 
2. Who owns the World Wide Web? 
3. Who invented the Internet? 
4. What are some ways you can connect to the Internet? 
5. ARPANET 
6. ISP 
7. TCP-IP 
8. Server  
9. What is a web page? Web site? 
10. Web author 
11. Webmaster 
12. WWW 
13. Domain name 
14. What are some common domain names? 
15. URL 
16. Browser 
17. Hyperlink 
18. HTML 
19. Search engines 
20. Bookmark 
21. Download 
22. Upload 
23. Bandwith 
24. DSL 
25. FAQ 
26. Email 
27. Netiquette- give examples 
28. Internet safety 

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6th graders are starting a unit on the Internet and Internet safety. After watching a video about how the Internet operates, students will take a test on the vocabulary from the video and will have to be able to identify the parts of a web page. 
 
The final activity for this unit will be to make a PowerPoint presentation on Internet Safety rules. 

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7th graders are still working in Microsoft Word. We are learning how to create and format tables and outlines the easy way - by letting the computer do all the work! 
 
We'll do some more with graphics and create a timeline and then start working on a web page. 

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8th graders are studying about businesses. Even though this is computer class, new state standards actually call the class "Business and Computer Science". We will be learning about entrepreneurship, marketing, business networking, risk management, and other business topics. 
 
There are many online resources to help with this topic. Some of them, which include games, are: 
 
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/games/ (which includes a game called "Financial Football") 
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/mad_money_flash.html 
http://www.escapefromknab.com/ 
http://www.bos.frb.org/peanuts/indexnosound.htm (if you're more into baseball than football) 
http://www.mysavingsquest.com/ 
http://www.classbrain.com/cb_games/cb_gms_bag/lemonade.html 

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