Wednesday, May 21, 2008

What we've learned so far!

Hi all,

We are soon approaching our last week of classes and I wanted to let you all know what a wonderful class you have been. We have covered many topics, and I wanted to list them for you so you can see how much you now know!

  • Reviewed your mousing skills (scrolling, clicking, drawing, dragging, hyperlinks)
  • Assessed your computer comfort level (Start menu, desktop icons, keyboard fuctions, program familiarity, changing wallpaper and screensavers)
  • All made a Yahoo acount
  • You all know how to send, receive, and forward messages. Created folders and moved messages from your inbox into folders. Created signatures and set security features.
  • Talked about Spam and how to use filters to block it
  • You all know how to download and open attachments in email
  • All made a Blogger account and learned about Blogs
  • All posted an introduction of yourself and your favorite recipe to the Kla-how-eya Cooks Blog
  • Learned to use MS Word (fonts, colors, menu bars, formatting, Word Art, inserting pictures, saving documents, opening and closing files)
  • All created a wonderful menu in Word and sent it to me as an attachment with your Yahoo account
  • We learned Internet survival skills (how to search the Internet) and the difference between subject directories and search engines
  • Covered basic and advanced searches in Google
  • Looked at hoax websites and learned 5 steps to evaluating a website
  • We practised our typing skills using "All the Right Type"

Wow, we have covered a lot. I'm very proud of you all - Great Job!!!

Julie :)

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