Week

Subject

Reading - assignments

Week 1

Week 1: Thursday September 07.

(Thursday) We will go over the syllabus and course requirements.

Week 2: Monday 12

Outlook

8.20 – 9.10

1.  log on to computer

2. Review of AA webpage http://www.albany-academy.org/

3. go to the essential technology homepage

http://www.albany-academy.org/compcon/et.htm

4. Grading for Essential Technology

http://www.albany-academy.org/compcon/gradesET.htm

5. calendar for ET

http://www.albany-academy.org/compcon/et_calendar.htm

6. go to your student folder and create folder: ET - subfolder, Outlook

7. open outlook or go via web - http://aamail.albany-academy.org/exchange/

8. folders and more folders - email begin

Tuesday 13

 DAILY NOTES WILL BE AT http://www.albany-academy.org/compcon/et/notes/index.htm

9.15 – 10.05 Outlook log onto Outlook on any computer anywhere in the world: http://aamail.albany-academy.org/exchange/

Wednesday 14

Thursday 15

8.20 – 9.10 Outlook differences between the Outlook 2003 program and Outlook Web Access

working with the "Inbox"

Friday 16

Week 3: Monday 19

8.20 – 9.10 Outlook assessment

attachments

Tuesday 20

9.15 – 10.05

signatures

Thursday

 22

·         8.20 – 9.10  The View menu, The Options Menu,

Friday 23

9.15 – 10.05  newsgroups - Actions menu

Week 4: Monday 26

·         8.20 – 9.10 "Contacts" “Keep track of birthdays”  p65

Tuesday 27

·         9.15 – 10.05 "Contacts" “Keep track of birthdays”  p65

Wednesday 28

Thursday 29

8.20 – 9.10 “Calendar” (look of calendar) “meetings” p87 tasks – p. 121 calendar continud (share and see multiple calendars)

Friday 30

·         9.15 – 10.05

Week 5: October 3 Monday

·         8.20 – 9.10 lesson 1

Tuesday 4th

Rosh Hashanan

No class

Thursday 6

8.20 – 9.10 journal quiz # 2 on Outlook

Word lesson 2  Getting Started with Word 2003

·         ·         Starting Word and viewing the program window

·         ·         Creating, saving, previewing and printing a document

·         ·         Getting Help

·         Closing a document and exiting Word

Friday 7th

Week 6: Monday October 10

Columbus Day

No class

Tuesday 11

 Word see http://www.albany-academy.org/compcon/et/notes/10-11.htm

Thursday 13

Yom Kipper

No class

Week 7: Monday17

8.20 – 9.10

Tuesday 18

9.15 – 10.05  Word

Thursday 20

8.20 – 9.10

Friday 21

9.15 – 10.05

Week 8: Monday 24

styles see http://www.albany-academy.org/compcon/et/notes/10-24.htm

8.20 – 9.10

Tuesday 25

• Writing tools - Thesaurus - hyphenation  - change case - count words, paragraphs, lines - Auto Summarize - translate - research - drop capitals - headers and footers - table of contents II

9.15 – 10.05

Word galore

Thursday 27

graphics - insert a drawing - line - image - diagrams - charts text boxes and frames - creating word art - etc

Friday 28

referencing - bookmark - footnotes/endnotes - caption - cross-reference - index and tables - and

9.15 – 10.05

Week 09: October 31 Monday

Templates - working with others - comments - tracking -  Outline - for organizing ideas headings and subheadings - working with lists

working in XML

8.20 – 9.10

November -1 Tuesday

mail merge

holiday letter

9.15 – 10.05

·         9.15 – 10.05

Thursday  04

newspaper columns - makes a newsletter - group project two - days

8.20 – 9.10

Friday 05

newspaper columns - makes a newsletter - group project two - days - final word on printing

9.15 – 10.05

assessed assignment

Week 10: Monday 7

Word Test

8.20 – 9.10

Tuesday 8th

8    T   Election Day – Parent/Teacher Conferences – No Classes

8    T   Election Day – Parent/Teacher Conferences – No Classes

Thursday 10th

Blogging

8.20 – 9.10

Friday 11^th

Veterans Day

NO CLASS

Week 11: Monday 14

Tuesday 15

Office Tools

9.15 – 10.05

Thursday 17

 InfoPath 1 - 3

8.20 – 9.10

Friday 18

 InfoPath 1 - 3

9.15 – 10.05

Week 12: Monday 21

8.20 – 9.10

Tuesday 22

 InfoPath 1 - 3

9.15 – 10.05

thanksgiving