November 6, 2008

Dear Carmody Computer Parents and Their Students:

Second Grading Period - Did You Know Why It Is Critical

For Students, Parents and Teachers Alike!

Severarl important points to emphasize in this, the 12th 2008 fall semester newsletter.

1. Did You Kow Why Technology Education is critical to all students as well as their teachers alike? Here's a must link to download a PowerPoint slideshow that substantiates the importance of technology for every student and their computer teachers. Not only do we live in a technology changing world, but keeping up with technology is rapidly changing how creative we can be. The PowerPoint's statistics are ultra informative. Please don't miss it. You will not be disappointed with the effort to download the PowerPoint and go through the entire 115 slides which takes place in just 4 minute!. There's even music to accompany the slides. Go to: http://www.toolsfortheclassroom.com/page12.html and select the second download: Version V (5) July 2008 with music. It runs right off of the Internet without any downloads. The slideshow runs without having PowerPoint on your computer. The statistics are not only relevant for technology requirements for all students for the future but for faculty as well all of us all need to progress with computer technology as the world dramtically changes for technology changes and all of us need to upgrade our expertise. The world is progressing at "warp speed" in this era of rapid technology change.
   
   
2. All grades as of the first three weeks of the second grading have been updated. . There are sufficient grades to assess your child's progress! All of Dr. Data's courseware are actually on-line for 24/7 for use in completing any and/or all missing class assignments and projects at home, public library, parent's work place, relative's neighbor's, friend's computers or even on vacation away from home.  But Dr. Data is also available for help every Monday through Friday between 2:15 p.m. and 3 p.m. Please encourage your child to take advantage of this "Golden" opportunity to "jump start" the second grading period with ample time to do the makeup work without pressure. Using Carmody's parent Portal is essential in staying up-to-date with the progress of your child's work. Go to: https://campus.jeffco.k12.co.us/campus/portal/jeffco_IC.jsp
   
   
3. Latest Curriculum Developments in 7th & 8th Grade Computer Classes
   
   
• 7th grade "Computer Literacy and Beyond!" URL is:  http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/Curriculum_Preview88.html and the class as of today, started the third unit of instruction, Database Management.with the President's Database which be done on-line at http://www.adlineagency.com/kuzmich. Use the following account information and you have access to all of the database assignments that can be done at home. You do not have to have Clarisworks or Appleworks on your home computer in order to do the assignments on your home computer. Just use the on-line software at http://www.adlineagency.com/kuzmich. We currently are working on database assignment number 6: "Inventors of the World." Again all database assignments can be done at home without any database software. At http://www.adlineagency.com/kuzmich, your child needs to log in as follows:

  Account Name: john (be sure lower case for j in John)
  Password: drdata (be sure it is lower case)

  Go to "Layout" to find specific database file to work on. This on-line database works just like Clarisworks or Appleworks on our PC lab computers. The assignments can be found at: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/database_syllabus.html#Management Today and tomorrow, we are working on "President's" and Wednesday on "Our Country." We will be working on Database Management:for 2.5 weeks, October to early November for first semester and February to March for second semester classes. More information about database management can be found at: | Introduction | Daily Assignments | On-Line Database Assignments | Clarisworks Instructions | Extra-Credit. Just click on any of the links and there's wealth of info.

• 8th grade URL is "How To Start A Teenage Business!" For the entire semester lesson plans along with all class assignments and projects, please be aware that there will be updating all semester at: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/business/Lesson_Plans.html. The 8th grade class is currently on Week 12 as we are learning how to create HTML codes manually so students can both create and edit web pages. This week's daily assignments consist of 14 rather short sequential HTML exercises to design their first web site at: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/HTML.html. When finished with these 14 lessons, go to Dr. Data's curriculum and earn even more points!!!!!! The objectives for the first three lessons are:
  
  
  • Lessons 1 to 3: click here for assignments with learning objectives posted below for each lesson.
  • To create, display and save an HTML document.
  • To add a heading to your HTML document.
  • To enter paragraph text
    
  
  
Next week they will learn how to construct web pages with an HTML editor, PageBreeze, which you can download for free for home use at: http://wwww.pagebreeze.com
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4. Success Guaranteed in Dr. Data's 7th & 8th Grade Computer Classes if Students/Parents Follow These Guidelines! When parents are engaged with their child's school work, success is very attainable. The 16 points outlined on this web site make parent-student-teacher interaction seamless and easier for all student success to be achieved. Nobody should be failing Dr. Data's classes if these points are being followed! If you have any concerns, don't hesitate to contact Dr. Data ASAP, even over Fall Break.

Hope this helps.

Till next time,

Dr. Data