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Prezi Presentation Guidelines

Prezi Presentation Guidelines

1.  Be loud enough to be heard in the back of the room (3 points). 
2.  Introduce every slide (1 point).
3.  Explain add some extra details about the career you would like to get (1 point).

College Planning Prezi Presentation

Prezi How-To Video from YouTube

Some of the things we learned in the first semester. 

1.       Typing Skills

2.       How to send emails via gaggle

3.       How to save documents to gaggle

4.       Dream Manager Project

5.       Using Microsoft Word

6.       Using Microsoft PowerPoint

7.       How to search for images on Google

8.       How to search more effectively on Google

9.       How to create a digital collage

10.   How to place hyperlinks in documents

11.   How to add, subtract, multiply, and divide on Excel

12.   How to take a Screen Print of our work

Excel Project

Multiply =(Letter#*Letter#)

Example:

                =(A3*B3)

Addition =(Letter#+Letter#)

Example

                =(A2+D2)

Hyperlink Like A Pro

 Hyperlink Like A Pro

1.     On Microsoft Word, add a picture (something that represents the topic) and hyperlink it to the following topics.

a.     The Urbana City Schools Website.

b.     The Urbana Junior High Website.

c.      The Urbana Athletic Department Website.

d.     The Urbana Football Website. 

2.     Create a PowerPoint Presentation using the same pictures and link them to the same websites. 

3.     After linking to the websites, please put forward and backwards arrows on each of the slides. 

4.     At the end of the slide show presentation add a picture that says, “Start Over” and link it to slide 1. 

5.     Save both documents in the Junior High Tech Files as Hyperlink Like A Pro Word and Your Name and Hyperlink Like A Pro PowerPoint and Your Name. 

6.     At the bottom of each of the documents, provide a link that will take you to the other document. 

Part 2

8. Look up the story titled, “Winners and losers from the second presidential debate” in the Washington Post (WashingtonPost.com).  Just by reading the subtitles, who do they say won the debate? 

9. List each of the subtitles from the Washington Post story in order.  Including Winner and Losers. 

10.  Now search the story titled, “Who won the debate? Oddsmakers weigh in,” on the Washington Post.  From the story’s title, was there a clear winner from last nights debate? 

11.  Lastly, type me two or three sentences telling me what you plan to do with your 4 day weekend. 

Informational Text Scavenger Hunt Part 1

Use this website for Google Search Tips

http://www.atrixmarketing.com/content/21-tips-better-search-results-google

1. Find a newspaper article from the NY Times about the upcoming Presidential Debate.   Copy and Paste the articles title and the writer’s name. 
2. Now find an article from CNN over the upcoming Presidential Debate. Copy and Paste the articles title and the writer’s name.
3. Find an article from Fox News over the upcoming Presidential Debate. Copy and Paste the articles title and the writer’s name.
4. Who was the first person to say, “there is nothing to fear but fear itself”?  Hint he was a president. 
5. Who gave the speech later called, We Shall Fight on the Beaches?  What is he describing? 
6. What book did Niccolo Machiavelli write? What was the last chapter of his book titled? 
7. Find an article of CNN Money about the economy.  Copy and Paste the title of the article and the writer’s name. 

Google Search “Treasure Hunt”

Instructions:

1.       Use Google Web, Google Images, and Google Maps to find answers to the questions below.

2.       Select good Key Words for your searches
(NOTE: in some of the questions, key words are suggested in bold text)

3.       Write the answers in the blank spaces below.

4.       When you have finished, show your answers to your teacher

Questions:

1.       What is the weather like in Daytona, Florida right now?

2.       Where is Mount Rushmore located? 

3.       When did the Cold War begin? Why was it called the Cold War?

4.       Where was Mitt Romney born?

5.       When was the Super Bowl Last Year (2011)?

6.       What are the business hours for the Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C.? Is it open on Christmas Day?

7.       Where was Joe Biden born? Where was his father from?

8.       How is the traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City? (use Google Maps)

9.       How many miles is it from the Horse Shoe in Columbus to Urbana High School? How long would it take to get there by car? (use Google Maps)

Google Search Assignment

Google Search “Treasure Hunt” Instructions: 1. Use Google Web, Google Images, and Google Maps to find answers to the questions below. 2. Select good Key Words for your searches (NOTE: in some of the questions, key words are suggested in bold text) 3. Write the answers in the blank spaces below. 4. When you have finished, show your answers to your teacher Questions: 1. What is the weather like in Lima, Peru right now? 2. Where was the epicenter of the recent earthquake in Chile? How big was the earthquake? 3. When was gold discovered in California? Where was it? What are “forty-niners”? 4. Where was Arnold Schwarzenegger born? 5. When was San Francisco’s Bay to Breakers race last year (2009)? 6. What are the business hours for the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco? What days can you visit the museum for free? 7. Where was Barack Obama born? Where was his father from? 8. How is the traffic on the San Francisco Bay Bridge right now? (use Google Maps) 9. How many miles is it from the Downtown campus of CCSF to the main Ocean campus? How long would it take to get there by car? (use Google Maps)

Finishing Dream Manager

Order of Slides: 1. Cover Slide 2. Quote and Picture 3. Table of Contents 4. 1st Long Term Dream 5. Plan for Success for 1st Long Term Dream 6. 2nd Long Term Dream 7. Plan for Success for 2nd Long Term Dream 8. 3rd Long Term Dream 9. Plan for Success for 3rd Long Term Dream

Dream Manager

Dream Manager PowerPoint 7-24

Dream Manager Project

Dream Manager PowerPoint

Slide 1- Create an appealing Cover Page with an image, your name, and Dream Manager Project. 

Slide 2- Find a quote about dreams & add a few pictures.  Please list the author of the quote. 

Slide 3- Set up our Table of Contents. Then List Sections of Dream Manager Project as Dreams, Plan for Success, and Reflection. 

Dream Slides: For each of your dreams you should have a slide with Your Dream and a Picture to remind you of your dream.  Each dream slide will be followed by a Plan for Success Slide. 

1.  Start with two or three of your favorite and most beneficial long term dreams (5 years or more). 

2.  After each of your slides please write a Plan for Success: Include: A. How you plan to accomplish your dream.  B. something you are willing to give up in order to accomplish your dream.   

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