COMPUTER APPLICATIONS GRADE 8: 9 WEEKS CLASS Ms. Resa Hersel: Class Syllabus 2015-2016 School Year Classroom: 115 My Planning Period: 7th Period HCMS Phone#: (859) 234-7123, and then ask for my room Email address: resa.hersel@harrison.kyschools.us Daily class Blog: http://www.harrison.kyschools.us/virtual/middle/TechConnections/ Parent Weekly Information Blog: http://www.harrison.kyschools.us/virtual/middle/hersel/ Supplies needed: I will provide a folder to each student. And you need to bring a pencil or pen to class for any paper assignments. You will also need headphones sometimes and you can borrow mine or bring your own. Curriculum: We will be covering these topics: 1. Make a desktop personal folder and a bellringer document. 2. How to use our 8th grade class Blog for daily bellringers and links. 3. Digital Citizenship: Staying safe online, protecting your reputation and personal information. Avoid online scams and phishing schemes. 4. Careers: discuss the 16 career clusters, research a career, write a cover letter to apply for a job, create a resume, update your ILP. 5. Map My Future: an online simulation to understand how your level of education can affect your future lifestyle. 6. Consumerism: learn about income, budgets, check stubs, writing a check and deposit slips, and balancing a checkbook. 7. Financial Literacy Online Course. A 3 day course about managing money. 8. Excel Spreadsheets: Create spreadsheets and charts and graphs. What I believe: In a computer class you learn by trying things yourself not by asking the teacher or another student to do it for you. You will ALWAYS have a handout with steps to follow along for any of my assignments so there is no reason for you to feel lost. And as you know we read through the handout and then I show you on the screen up front how to do something. I expect everyone to have listened to and watched my instructions. If you have a problem doing something please first try to figure it out for yourself. If you get stuck after trying it yourself you may ask someone near you to help. If no one near you can help you may then raise your hand to ask me. This is called “3 before me.” 1. Try it yourself as best you can. 2. Look back at the handout. 3. Ask your neighbor. Me: Now you can ask me, Ms. Hersel, by raising your hand. Page 2 Ms. Hersel Computer Lab Information: Student Rules 1. Be on time and in your seat once the tardy bell rings. 2. Be respectful of the other students and Ms. Hersel. 3. Bring a good attitude to class. Your job is to be a good student. 4. Do your best. Try your hardest. Lab Rules: 1. No cell phones. 2. No food, gum or drinks. 3. No talking once class starts. Raise your hand with questions. 4. Check the message board when you walk into class. It lets you know what you need for class that day. 5. Don’t ask to use the bathroom once the tardy bell rings. **You can use one of your agenda passes to go once the class starts working on an assignment. But not if I am still giving instructions. 6. Don’t get out of your seat once class starts unless you need a Kleenex. You can sharpen your pencil once the class starts the assignment. 7. Assignments have a due date. Missing work = no jeans day and a O 8. When you are absent you are responsible for the missed work. 9. Finished work/tests on paper is turned into the basket by my desk. Computer Rules: 1. Don’t change settings on your computer desktop such as deleting the icons or renaming them. 2. Don’t play with your keyboard or mouse when I am talking. 3. If you use my headphones be gentle with them and put them back in the baggie and into their crate under the table. 4. You are not allowed on any website not being used for class that period. 5. If you need to print something to the lab next door, please ask me first. 6. Use the Chrome browser for Internet. Videos and interactives work better. Class Routine: 1. At the tardy bell you are in your seat working on bellringers. The bellringers are found online on our 8th grade class blog. You do a copy and paste of the questions and then type the answers into a Word document. **You make one Word document and use it the entire 9 weeks. 2. Reading a handout about that day’s topic. Or showing you the steps for that day’s assignment. Or working on an assignment already started. 3. The last 3-4 minutes of class we have a class reflection written on paper. This is our Exit Slip. (No Edmodo this year.)You will score yourself 3, 2, or 1 based on if you feel you learned the target. Then you will write 1-2 sentences about the target. I will collect these every Friday. Page 3 Consequences: My consequence for misbehavior is silent lunch. If you get a warning for doing something and then continue the behavior, you will get silent lunch. If that still doesn’t quiet you down, I will send you out to the bench. Don’t be talking when I am talking. Do your work when you are supposed to be doing it. Don’t be on the wrong website. Don’t have your phone out. Don’t bother anyone sitting near you. If I give you silent lunch, I will then let your team of teachers know and I will walk down to the cafeteria and let Mr. Harp and Mr. Walker know. A little about Ms. Hersel: This is my 11th year here at HCMS. I was born in Bryan, Texas, which is near Texas A&M University. I live in Carlisle in Nicholas County on Lake Carnico. I have 4 grown children (3 sons and a daughter) and 8 grandchildren (4 grandsons and 4 granddaughters. My two oldest granddaughters are twins and they cheer for Pulaski County HS in Somerset. They are freshmen.) For fun I like to travel and I have been to every state except for Alaska. I like to read and to use social media like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snap Chat. I love doing fun things with my grandchildren like going to the movies, out to eat and sledding in the winter. I have my Bachelor’s Degree from Texas A&M and Eastern Kentucky University. I also have my Master’s Degree and Rank 1 from EKU. I love comedies, dramas and zombie tv shows and movies. I also enjoy reality tv such as Big Brother and the Amazing Race. And I am a breast cancer survivor of 9 years. First Assignment: You have a quiz over this syllabus. It is due tomorrow and will be your first grade. We will trade and grade tomorrow so make sure you answer each question and write/print neatly. If you happen to forget to bring it tomorrow, I will give you until Thursday to turn it in. After that it’s a 0 and no jeans.