Assignments for 6th Grade Middle School Business Education and Computer Science Education
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Microsoft Office® WP Assignments - What makes for a great city?
These are a series of Microsoft Office word processing assignments that all 6th grade students must do to show basic word processing competency. MS - Word
Creating a "Mini" book and website... - about your new city
This miniature book helps students explain the city they have created and attract new residents.  The "Mini" book is created in Publisher 2000 and then copied to Microsoft Frontpage or a web browser to be published.  Part of their work will also be done using Paint Shop Pro 5.0.  Other mini-book ideas have come from See a student Example Saved in Publisher.
Writing a letter...
After students have experience extensive work with simple word processing documents, students will have to type a letter using proper formatting features.  The main goal is accuracy in features not content of the letter.
Power Point Project
Write a one page story as if the limitations of time, money, resources, people,, etc… were not an issue and you could solve some of the most difficult problems facing life today.  Stick to the 6 areas below.  Write at least 1 paragraph under each area!
 
Cities of the World - Online Project
Get into teams of 4 students and decide on a city in the world to research.  Then decide on who wants to be the technologist, historian, statistician, and attractions person.  Find three facts.  Write your facts down on note cards and create a PowerPoint slide from your notes.
Sim3000 Codes
See all the code for the game.
City Games... Finished with your presentation and now need a challenge?  Take the CITY challenge and play some online games.
Internet Safety Quiz
This site is fun place to learn the rules of the road or should I say (ocean) surfing.  Answer the questions found on this site and then print out your certificate (badge).  Be a safe surfer today!


Quiz :  Safe Kids.com Rate it ( 1 2 3 4 5)

Take a quiz on "ONLINE SAFETY - for kids" |

Web Site Review Project
The sites listed on this page are all educational sites.  Your job is to review and recommend the site to someone else.  This should be written in a persuasive way.  Talk about the content, organization and overall looks of the site.  You may rate them based on these 3 different categories if you like -- you can even give the site a grade (A, B, C, D, or U) and tell why you gave them this grade.  The categories are:  CONTENT, ORGANIZATION, and LOOKS. 
Finally: Include the URL: http://www.crews.org, title, and you must write at least 5 sentences about the site.
Internet Questions
These questions cover the minimum requirements anyone using the Internet.  There are a total of 10 questions and 3 bonus questions.  Please write down your answers then proceed to create a web page.  See me for more information.
Creating a Web Site
You can create web pages but how about a web site.  These instructions step you through the process of making your own web site.  Follow the directions very closely and listen carefully and you won't have any problems.
Web Resources
Are you building a web page?  If you are you need to check out the icons, animated gifs, shock waves, backgrounds, sounds, and movies found on this page.
 
Graph Keyboarding Drills
Recording the keyboarding drills is only half the assignment.  You must now average your scores and draw a bar/line graph.
Keyboarding Techniques
There are a variety of ways students learn keyboarding.  The notes on the following pages are critical to your success in learning proper keyboarding techniques.  Please take good notes.
Designing a Survey...
Students use their peers as a sample group to ask a series of questions.  They must then take this data a create pie, bar, and line graphs.
Spread Sheet Formulas
The use of formulas is very important feature of spread sheets.  We will focus our attention on the =average, and =sum formulas.
Planning a Party.... 
Design a party for your peers.  This is an assignment that must be created using a spread sheet in ClarisWorks.  A pie chart must be used to graph your party data.
 
Grades on the Web
These grades are posted on the web five different times.  Each time is approximately two weeks apart.  The final grades will be posted by the first day of the next nine weeks.  You must know your secret code because all the student grades are randomly scrambled.  Check this site to see what your grade is and what assignments you are missing.
 
Web Resources
Are you building a web page?  If you are you need to check out the icons, animated gifs, shock waves, backgrounds, sounds, and movies found on this page.
Crews Acceptable Use Policy - (syllabus page2)
As a way of making the Internet a safe, fun, and an educational experience, you should review the rules for Internet and technology use here at school .
Check out The Crews Student Web
The students at Crews have worked hard to make the Crews Student Web pages fun, entertaining and informational.  See things such as the Crews Basketball team statistics, scores, and game highlights.  Also see the neat comments page.
Looking for some fun educational games?
After you have caught up with your assignments you are allowed to play a "edu" game off this site.  All other sites and games must be approved before you surf the net.
 

Our Goals:

Most fifth grade students come to middle school with a variety of computer skills.  Many can exceed the fundamentals associated with computing.  However the goal of the first year computer course at Crews is to train ALL students on the basics of computers so that ALL will be able to operate a computer at a minimal sixth grade skill level.  The course's primary goals are using the network to save, print, create and edit simple word processing documents, learn basic Internet skills, create spread sheet documents, and experiencing correct techniques for keyboarding.


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