Warm-up: We are designing a new website for the middle school. What do you want this website to be like? What kinds of things should it have? What should it look like? Answer in as much detail as possible.

Happy Holidays!

Objective: Scholars will be able to add images to their slideshow.

Warm-up: Pretend that someone you know is giving a presentation. What would you say to them to convince them that a mutimedia slideshow would make their presentation better? What does the slideshow add to the presentation?

Objective: Scholars will be able to add animation to their slideshow by creating a four slide slideshow.

Warm-up: What is a “cassowary.” Send me two pieces of information on the cassowary.

Hint:  The cassowary is a type of animal. You could tell me in one sentence what kind of animal it is. Then, in another sentence, you could tell me where this animal lives.

Objective: Scholars will be able to create new slides in OpenOffice Impress.

Warm-up: What do you think is meant by the term multimedia slideshow? If you don’t know exactly what it means, what does it sound like it means? Make sure to say what you think about the word “multimedia.”

Objective: Scholars will be able to graph data in OpenOffice Calc.

Warm-up: Most of the world does not live like we do in this country. The graph below shows what the world be like if we were to shrink it down to 100 people.

How many people have no electricity? Imagine what your day would be like if you had no electricity. What would that day be like? Describe it in as much detail as possible.

Objective: Scholars will be able to use the functions of OpenOffice Calc.

Warm-up: Who was/is Patrice Lumumba? Use complete sentences to give me two pieces of information on this person.

The following scholars did an excellent job on yesterday’s assignment. Their assignments were completed on time with all of the requirements and they included a list of expenses that was longer than I expected. Keep up the good work.

6th

• Jordan Jones
•  David Quarles
• Courtney Holliday
• Anika Johnson
• Deandre Brown

7th

• Sidney Luck
• Diamond Nixon
• Zamia Lee
• Byron Simms
• Ta’Raychay Hatton

8th

• Karin Umanzor
• Janae Coleman
• Brittany Conyers
• Niyah Lewis
• Jamika Bradley

Objective: Scholars will be able to sort data in OpenOffice Calc.

Warm-up: Name three important people in your life. Why are they important to you?

Objective: Scholars will be able to format cells in OpenOffice Calc.

Warm-up: How much money do you think you would need to make each week to live comfortably? Why did you pick the amount that you did?

Objective: Scholars will be able to find reliable information on the internet.

Warm-up: Do you think there should be a consequence for downloading music without paying for it? What would you think if you were the musician making the music?