Dear Carmody Middle School 7th Grade Elective Computer Class Parents and Students:

Mid-term grades will be printed out by Dr. Data on Tuesday and given out to all students. And those progress reports returned to Dr. Data by Friday, 9, 2005 will earn 100 points with a parent's signature and zero points if no signature .

1. Notice the following details about the mid-term grades:
   
   
• I believe there is sufficient for students to makeup missing assignments. Note: all spreadsheet assignments can be made up at home. Just have the parent sign and date it. All spreadsheet assignments can be printed out at home at: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/spreadsheet_syllabus.html or linked below:
• Extra credit can not be calculated until Friday since there must be at least one grade in the attitude section for third grading point. Therefore after this Friday, all extra-credit for the third grading period will officially be calculated when I add the mid-term progress reports to the grade book. Sorry about this situation but that's how Infinite Campus works.

2. We have just completed the two most difficult units of the semester with database and spreadsheets. Now for Internet Search engine this week and PowerPoint next week. So grades should be going up considerably from now on. They can also be done at home or any place outside of class. Here's the URL for the weekly assignments at: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/internet_syllabus.html



3. Final Internet Project: Assignment #5: Multimedia Internet Research Project: Print out: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/Multimedia_Internet.pdf
   
   
4. Extra Credit Internet Assignments: (All extra Credit Assignments are worth 100 text points because they can be challenging)
   (But some are easier to do. Do check them out first before deciding on which one to do)

   Internet #1 Crossword Puzzle at: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/Internet1.pdf
   Internet Scavenger Hunt: http://www.phgsc.org/ScavengerQuestions.htm
   Dinasaur Scavenger Hunt: http://www.marshall-es.marshall.k12.tn.us/jobe/Read-Write/dinosaur/dinohunt.html
   Christmas Around The World Scavenger Hunt (5 different ones!): http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/xmas_around.htm
   Internet Scavenger Hunt: http://www.sbceo.k12.ca.us/~mcssb/scavengerhunt.html
   Scavenger Hunt: http://mathforum.org/ces95/scavenger.html
   Internet Scavenger Hunt: http://www.phgsc.org/InternetScavengerHunt.htm
   Egyptian Scavenger Hunt: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/egypt/hunt/EgyptHunt.html
   Mathematics Scavenger Hunt: http://www.wtvi.com/math/mathhunt.html
   Art-Based Internet Scavenger Hunt: http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/csjh/webquest.htm
   Women of Accompanistments: http://www.educationworld.com/ a_lesson/lesson/lesson102.shtml

   Internet Trivia: How many Internet search hits for Dr. Data? For the answer, please use http://www.yahoo.com and search on: "John Kuzmich, Jr." The answer is given at the end of this e-mail. You will be very surprised.

5. Because we are running out of instructional days, Dr. Data will allow students to submit one level of making computer games for 100 extra-credit points with unlimited possibilities between now and the end of the semester which will be most welcomed by the students for raising their grades. Here's how it works. Whenever a student finishes their work for a given day from now on, they can make one level of a computer game for 100 extra-credit points. Which is a great opportunity.

   However, for those students who are not into making computer games, Dr. Data offers alternatives with newsletters, web pages and painting and drawing at: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/Final_Two_Weeks_Syllabus.html
   
   Hope this offers your child many, many suitable alternatives for not only raising their grades, but just important, creative opportunities for learning more software applications beyond the A, B, C's of the basics that we have covered in-depth this semester covering: 1) keyboarding, 2) word processing, 3) database, 4) spreadsheets, 5) Internet search engines, and 6) PowerPoint presentations. Now it is time to accelerate.

Thank you and hope you serve my enthusiasm for finishing up the semester on a positive and a positive grade. Note: all makeup work needs to be submitted to Dr. Data before Tuesday, December 20th.

Till next time,

Dr. Data

P.S. Internet trivia question answer: 11,000+ hits for Dr. Data. There's even a web site that rates Dr. Data as a teacher at: http://www.ratemyteachers.com/schools/colorado/lakewood/carmody_middle_school/john__kuzmich%252C_jr.

You are welcomed to rate Dr. Data if you desire!!!