Procedures

Whiteboard    Minute Points    Breaks    Seating    Assignments    End of Period/Music

Whiteboard

• Your daily emails from the whiteboard will form the foundation of your professional email style which will reflect on you for the rest of your life. These are not text messages -- think of these as practicing communications with your future teachers, bosses, customers, and work colleagues.
• Read the whiteboard first thing and do the assignment before you start any other work.
• It will say optional if it is optional. All other assignments are required. You lose 20 minute points if you don't do required whiteboards.
• First put your answer in Word so you can catch any errors. Then copy and paste to your email program.
• All whiteboard emails need a subject, first and last name, and correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and complete sentences unless the instructions are different. I will grade whiteboards based on content and these criteria.
• The whiteboard is used to communicate with you, get feedback, and test your computer skills such as email and using Word as a tool to catch errors.

Test yourself:

How many minute points do you get off if you don't do the whiteboard?      

Minute Points

• You receive 90 minute points each day.
• You can earn minute points outside of class time (at lunch, before school, after school). Just tell Mr. Winter when to start the timer.
• Hidden prizes can be redeemed for minute points or candy. I assume you want minute points unless you say you want candy.
• If you do not do the whiteboard, you lose 20 minute points.
• If you are absent and excused, you lose the 90 minute points. If you send in the whiteboard outside of class time, you get 20 minute points back.
• Your first unexcused tardy is double the number of minutes late. For the second and rest of your unexcused tardies you lose 90 minute points.
• An unexcused absence counts double -- you lose 180 minute points. Make sure your parents call in your absences to the office.
• If you are not accomplishing your work or are disrupting other students or me, minute points will be deducted.

Test yourself:

How many minute points do you get off for your second unexcused tardy?      

Breaks

• Use the sign out sheet. Sign your name, date, time and other requested information.
• Take a printed hall pass and throw it away when finished.
• Put your return time in when you come back.
• Do not disturb other classmates during your break.
• No more than 5 minutes total.
• Only one break per 90 minute class period (including going to the restroom or a drink).
• Only one person out of room at a time.
• If you do not wish to follow these procedures, you may stay in the class the whole period.
• If you're behind, limit your breaks to as few in number and as short as possible.

Test yourself:

How many breaks?  

Seating

• I may need to change your seat even if you are doing well. Do not take this as a punishment, someone else may need to move, I need to accommodate testing, specific software is installed on some, but not all computers in the room, or I need to make a change for other reasons.
• Do not change seats after you have an assigned seat unless you have my permission. Please limit your change requests. My organization for grades, assignments, sub plans depends on your seat number.
• If you are disruptive or not doing well, I may change your seating at any time to help you and those in the class be more productive.

Test yourself:

In other words, I will change your seat to punish you.  

Assignments

• Look at the whiteboard every day. Do the assignment there if it is not optional.
• Before you start each chapter, check the Web site for notes or corrections. Look on the Class Page and click the link for notes and errors. Also, check especially for changes or if you think there are missing files. Your grade will depend on your ability to use these notes.

• Work on chapter assignments in order. You will not get credit after any skipped assignments. You may get marked down significantly if you skip part of a chapter. For example, if you don't do ChapterNotes/Objectives, the highest score you get for a chapter could be 75 points out of 100. However, if you do more than the required 10 chapter notes for each chapter, you get BONUS points. Hooray. I've had students score 112 or even more on some of the chapters. Especially in Office.

Test yourself:

What is the highest score you can get if you do not do ChapterNotes?  

• If you want to change assignments or the order you do the assignments for any reason, you need to let Mr. Winter know.
• For Office 1, Office 2, and the Internet class:
  • Project (read the chapter and do the numbered steps as you go)
  • Chapter Notes (should be done at same time project is). 10 required for each chapter. Extra credit if you do more.
  • Apply Your Knowledge (generally, you open an existing file and make changes). If you do not remember the steps, look back in the chapter.
  • Lab 1 (generally, you create another file similar to the project, but with less instruction). If you do not remember the steps, look back in the chapter.
  • Personal Assignment (see below).
  • Chapter Test (Internet)
• For Flash and Dreamweaver:
  • 2-6 lessons per chapter. This is like the Project above.
  • Chapter Notes. 10 required for each chapter. Extra credit if you do more.
  • Skills Review. This is like Lab 1 above.
  • Project Builder 1. This is a project you are working on that sometimes continues for multiple chapters. There are less steps than in the chapter or in the skills review.
  • Personal Assignment (see below).
• For Game Development:
  • There is a game you are working on in each of the chapters.
  • Chapter Notes -- you need to create on your own.
  • Personal Assignment (see below).
• As you get the assignments done, save them with the proper name and in the 3 locations:
  • Filename: Class-Chapter-QuarterBlock-LastnameFI-AssignmentName
  • Locations: C:\Firstname Lastname, My Documents which is also Samba Drive (H:), 3 1/2 Floppy Drive (A:) or e-mail yourself a copy.
• As you complete each assignment, verify the filename and check off the assignment in your Goals&Effort spreadsheet.

Test yourself:

	Goals and Effort Workbook		In the check off folder
	On the board		On your printed checklist

 

• Personal Assignments (for more details see the Notes page for your application):
  • The Personal Assignment is something you do at the end of the chapter or application that allows you to show what you know using your own interests.
  • After you complete all chapters in an application such as Word, Access, PowerPoint, and Excel (Office 1 and Office 2) create your Personal Project for the application. You need to include 25 objectives and specific items.
  • After you complete each chapter in Internet and Dreamweaver (starting with 1), add features to your personal project. Note: each chapter should have at least one Web page. The first Web page should link to all other Web pages.
  • For each Flash chapter, create a flash document that uses what you've learned.
  • In Flash you also have an opportunity to create a second personal assignment that is just graded on creativity or the more difficult Ultimate Tours file.
  • For Game Development, create an additional game or add features to a game from a previous chapter during or after you complete your chapters.

  Test yourself:

  What is the name of the assignment that you use your own interests and the objectives of the chapter to show what you've learned? You do this at the end of each application for Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and at the end of each chapter for Internet and Flash.

  	Chapter Project		Lesson Portfolio
  	Personal Assignment		Assignment Name

End of Day (The Music is Your Cue)

• Save all your files and copy any latest work on (for instructions, click here):
  • C:\Firstname Lastname Folder.
  • Samba Drive (H:). This is now also My Documents and where I'll grade your work.
  • 3 1/2 Floppy (A:), jump drive, or e-mail yourself a document.
• Fill out your Goals&Effort Excel spreadsheet.

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