Dear Carmody 7th Grade Elective Computer Class Students and Parents.

March 31, 2006

  1. Great time to check the Carmody's Parent Portal via Infinite Campus for both your child's grade and missing assignments now that we are in the 9th week of the semester and now into our third unit of instruction:

    Progress reports will be issued on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 so you will have a better idea of the missing assignments. With spring fever coming, don't be surprise if there is some work missing.

  2. 7th Annual Whiz Chips Annual Klik & Play Gaming Contest With Multimedia Fusion Added is coming in May, 2006. A great education experience of how computers can be used creatively in designing and implementing computer games. It is not an easy progress but a very rewarding experience for most students who like computer gaming environment where students have to use their talents and knowledge in a "real-time" situation over three days of intensive concentration after schiool as outlined below.

  3. The difficulty in making up missing assignments is that the database assignments can only be done in the PC lab at Carmody because that's where the database files are stored. Please be aware that Friday's are normally a makeup day in class after the typing tests are taken. If more makeup time is required because of extensive absences, Dr. Data by appointment only, will allow students to makeup assignments after school on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in addition to the open labs on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Strongly suggest that parents check the Carmody Parent Portal daily after 4 p.m. if they are concerned about their child's classwork habits. Daily classroom grades are posted daily for your perusal before he leaves school. That should make a huge difference in being well informed about what assignments/tests need to be updated for better grades. We have just completed the entire word processing unit and now have completed the first two assignments in the database unit at: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/database_syllabus.html. Ten more assignments to go! This should help you track your child's progress on a daily or weekly basis in the database unit.

  4. In order to help students know what daily assignments and tests are missing, class progress reports are being posted every Monday morning on the bulletin board listing all assignment by student numbers in a random order for confidentiality. So students can now easily check the bulletin board to review what they have and have not earned grades for. And best of all, they can make up the work until April 13th for the 5th grading period without any penalty.

  5. Soon we will be completing the database unit by Monday, April 10th which you can peruse at: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/database_syllabus.html. Please be aware that the database unit can't be made up at home because one needs access to the Carmody databases in room #110. However, you can make arrangements with Dr. Data to make up missing assignment Monday through Friday by appointment. Sometimes there are faculty meetings on Monday or Wednesday and Dr. Data has to attend those meetings. So, please make the appointment in advance of the day your child wants to stay after school. Good news! For the remainder of the semester, it is possible to make up assignments at home if you have Microsoft Office and the Internet on home computers after the database management unit. If interested, go to: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/Curriculum_Preview.html for the entire semester's curriculum.

    Next unit iof instruction will be spreadsheets which is has its challenges with the use of formulas. More info can be learned about our spreadsheet instruction at: http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/spreadsheet_syllabus.html

  6. Note: Finale Korean Pen Pal letters (two full pages, double spaced) were due last Friday. And unfortunately, some students have not finished them. Common problems are:

Preliminary copies have been returned to students with corrections. And final Korean Pen Pal letters were mailed before spring break to Seoul, Korea. Please have your child mail their Korean pen pal letter directly to:

Hope this information is helpful.

Till next time,

Dr. Data