Day 38 - Friday, October 29th

1) Individual Powerpoint Presentation Projects

You will now start work on a 5 minute Powerpoint presentation on a topic of your choice that you will be presenting to the class. Although you get to choose the topic, it must be approved by Mr. Maharaj before you start your work. Some ideas for presentation topics:

• Biography of a person
  
• Company (its history, product/services etc)
  
• Product/service (e.g. iPhone, YouTube, Facebook)
  
• Country/city
• Historical event
  

Criteria:

• Presentation should be approximately 5 minutes
  
• Minimum of 10 slides
• Pictures
  
• Animations
• Transitions (slide show transitions that are timed will receive higher marks)
  
• Consistent design

You will be assessed in the following areas:

• Knowledge (10) - Depth of understanding of the topic, ability to answer questions
• Application (10) - Proper formatting and functioning of Powerpoint slideshow. Meets or exceeds stated criteria
• Communication (10) - Slideshow is visually appealing and engaging. Minimal reading from slides or texts. Presentation is rehearsed and polished. Makes eye contact with audience.

Day 37 - Thursday, October 28th

1) Individual Powerpoint Presentation Projects

You will now start work on a 5 minute Powerpoint presentation on a topic of your choice that you will be presenting to the class. Although you get to choose the topic, it must be approved by Mr. Maharaj before you start your work. Some ideas for presentation topics:

• Biography of a person
  
• Company (its history, product/services etc)
  
• Product/service (e.g. iPhone, YouTube, Facebook)
  
• Country/city
• Historical event
  

Criteria:

• Presentation should be approximately 5 minutes
  
• Minimum of 10 slides
• Pictures
  
• Animations
• Transitions (slide show transitions that are timed will receive higher marks)
  
• Consistent design

You will be assessed in the following areas:

• Knowledge (10) - Depth of understanding of the topic, ability to answer questions
• Application (10) - Proper formatting and functioning of Powerpoint slideshow. Meets or exceeds stated criteria
• Communication (10) - Slideshow is visually appealing and engaging. Minimal reading from slides or texts. Presentation is rehearsed and polished. Makes eye contact with audience.

Day 36 - Wednesday, October 27th

1) Microsoft Excel Test

2) Quad 2 Course Selections

Day 35 - Tuesday, October 26th

1) Individual Powerpoint Presentation Projects

You will now start work on a 5 minute Powerpoint presentation on a topic of your choice that you will be presenting to the class. Although you get to choose the topic, it must be approved by Mr. Maharaj before you start your work. Some ideas for presentation topics:

• Biography of a person
  
• Company (its history, product/services etc)
  
• Product/service (e.g. iPhone, YouTube, Facebook)
  
• Country/city
• Historical event
  

Criteria:

• Presentation should be approximately 5 minutes
  
• Minimum of 10 slides
• Pictures
  
• Animations
• Transitions (slide show transitions that are timed will receive higher marks)
  
• Consistent design

You will be assessed in the following areas:

• Knowledge (10) - Depth of understanding of the topic, ability to answer questions
• Application (10) - Proper formatting and functioning of Powerpoint slideshow. Meets or exceeds stated criteria
• Communication (10) - Slideshow is visually appealing and engaging. Minimal reading from slides or texts. Presentation is rehearsed and polished. Makes eye contact with audience.

Day 34 - Monday, October 25th

1) Introduction to PowerPoint

We will now begin looking at Microsoft PowerPoint. Mr. Maharaj will do an introductory presentation to show you some of the rules and basics functions of PowerPoint.

2) Municipal Elections 2010!

As today is election day, we took a closer look at the three candidates for mayor. A profile sheet was given out in class and we watched a portion of the most recent mayoral debate.

Day 33 - Friday, October 22nd

1) Tower Building Competition!

Day 32 - Thursday, October 21st

1) Lesson: Graphing

At the beginning of today's class we will learn how to graph data in Microsoft Excel.

2) CALC Physical Education Department

In our last assignment of this unit we will apply all of our knowledge regarding absolute cell references, IF statements and graphing.

Day 31 - Wednesday, October 20th

1) GLS Assignment

Day 30 - Tuesday, October 19th

1) IF Statements - Handout

We will now explore IF statements, which are logical functions in Excel. A handout will be given out in class.

2) Assignment: Springfield Investments Company

Using IF, we will now complete a new assignment. The assignment sheet will be given out in class.

Day 29 - Monday, October 18th

1) Maharaj Electronics - Complete and Hand In

Day 28 - Friday, October 15th

1) Maharaj Electronics

Today we will learn about relative and absolute cell references and will apply this concept to your next assignment, having to do with Toronto's favourite discount store, Maharaj Electronics!

Day 27 - Thursday, October 14th

1) Complete Marks Assignment From Yesterday

2) Microsoft Word Test - Hand Back & Take Up

Day 26 - Wednesday, October 13th

1) CALC United Bank Assignment

2) Marks Assignment - CALC Secondary School

You will now do an assignment which makes use of the AVERAGE, MAX and MIN functions in Microsoft Excel.

Day 25 - Tuesday, October 12th

1) GLS Assignment

Day 24 - Friday, October 8th

1) CALC United Bank Assignment

You will not complete and assignment in Microsoft Excel to be handed in. The assignment sheet was given out in class.

Day 23 - Thursday, October 7th

1) Microsoft Word Test

Day 22 - Wednesday, October 6th

1) GLS Assignment

Day 21 - Tuesday, October 5th

1) Introduction to Microsoft Excel

In class we read pages 222 to 228 of a handout and answered the following questions:

• Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 on page 225
• Questions 1, 2, 4 & 6 on page 227

Day 20 - Monday, October 4th

1) Last Day To Complete Any Microsoft Word Assignments

• Letter To The Principal
• Bullets Assignment
• Tables Assignment - Canada's Most Profitable Companies
• WordArt Poster

2) Microsoft Word Test - Thursday, October 7th

Day 19 - Friday, October 1st

1) WordArt Toolbar Handout

WordArt can be used to make your document more visually appealing. We will now look at the WordArt Toolbar which allows you to customize your WordArt.

2) WordArt Assignment - Poster

You will now create a poster for an upcoming event (sporting event, concert, etc.). Your poster should include all of the following elements:

• WordArt
• Picture(s)
• Page border
• Bolded words
• Underlined words
• Italicized words
• A table
• The course code in a header
• Your name in a footer

When done, please print and hand in.