Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Shark Tank - Assignment 1

Today, you will be creating a company profile by using Microsoft Word to answer a few questions with complete paragraphs. Please answer the following questions about your company:

1) How did you and/or your partner think of or create your company?
2) What product or service will your company provide to consumers?
3) In what ways will your product or service differ from other products or services that already exist in this area?
4) What do you see as the biggest obstacle(s) for making your company successful?
5) What marketing and sales techniques will you use to promote your product or service?

Save this Microsoft Word file as "Company Profile"

Monday, May 2, 2011

Shark Tank Project Begins!

With your partner of choice, you will be beginning the "Shark Tank" project today. This project will require you to use all or most of the software programs that we have been learning this semester. Those programs include, but are not limited to:

Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Excel
Paint.Net
Internet Explorer
GCSS Email

Today, make sure you leave class with a solid idea of the type of company you would like to create. This company needs to be something that is very realistic. Make sure you have some ideas of names for the company as well.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

What Is A Trade Show?

A trade fair (trade show or expo) is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products, service, study activities of rivals and examine recent trends and opportunities.


Thursday, April 21, 2011

Study Island CRCT LAST DAY

Study Island
Today is the last day for students to complete CRCT practice in my room. Please make sure you have finished all ALGEBRA lessons.

For those of you that are finished with ALGEBRA, you MUST WORK on a lesson of your choice for the first 35 minutes of class.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

8th Grade - Business Project

Today, please choose the partner that you wish to work on for the Creating A Business Project that we are beginning. On one sheet of, you will need to write the two names of the people in your group!

Monday, April 18, 2011

Back to Typing Pal

Finish the following steps before the end of the day on Friday!

Let's Begin a Presentation

Using Microsoft Powerpoint, we are going to start creating a presentation that tells about ME. Let's call this project the "Presenting Me".

Here are the topics for the 5-10 slides you will create:
  1. Title Page (PRESENTING ME)
  2. About Me
  3. Family
  4. Interests
  5. My Future

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Presentation Software (PowerPoint)

Presentation Software
A software package used to display information, normally in the form of a slide show. It typically includes three major functions: an editor that allows text to be inserted and formatted, a method for inserting and manipulating graphic images and a slide-show system to display the content.

Mathematical Expressions

Monday, April 11, 2011

Study Island Math - CRCT Prep

8th Grade - You must get a BLUE RIBBON by each "Algebra" lesson before the CRCT

7th Grade - You must get a BLUE RIBBON by each "Algebra" lesson before the CRCT

6th Grade - You must get a BLUE RIBBON by each "Algebra" lesson before the CRCT


Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Typing Pal Due Friday


The following EXERCISES will be due for all 6th and 7th grade students on Friday, April 1st.

Once you have finished these assignments, please visit www.INTERNET4CLASSROOMS.com

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

8th Grade - Final Publisher Project

You should have created a "logo" for your real/fictitious business by now. Over the next few days, we will be using that logo to create a FLYER and BUSINESS CARD that could be used by your business to sell your product or service.

You must save your logo as an image file before it can be used in Microsoft Publisher.
File-Save As-(File Type).png

Monday, March 28, 2011

Mac Versus PC



What is a LOGO anyway?

A logo is a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition. Logos are either purely graphic (symbols/icons) or are composed of the name of the organization (a logotype or wordmark).