Personal Letterhead into Cover Letter

After creating a sample letterhead together in class on Tuesday and then reviewing the process on Wednesday, each person was to create their own personal letterhead and submit it by email during class yesterday. Today we will be using the letterhead created together in class as the starting point to compose a cover letter.

When sending a resume to a potential employer you should always include a personalized cover letter that highlights your experience and background that is relevant to the position. A cover letter is a specific type of business letter that include the essential elements of all business letters: date line, inside address, message, and signature block.

In the process of creating the cover letter we will be completing the following tasks
Apply Quick Style
Set Custom Tab Stops
Insert Current Date
Create Building Block
Insert Nonbreaking Space
Insert Building Block
Insert Table & Enter Data
Apply Table Style
Resize, Select, Center Table

10/5 Typing Day

Complete lessons 7 and 8 in MicroType with the keyboard covers. Additional time to complete the assignment is available at 7:45 am Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week if you were completing work for the first grading cycle and did not finish in class today.

P3 Creating & Editing a Word 2007 Document

Completed the class work for Creating & Editing a Word Document. The file as saved and then attached to an email that was sent to Mrs. Goeldner.

asdfjklehrito words

Over the past few weeks you have worked to improve your touch typing skills. The keys covered in the MicroType lessons include the following
a
s
d
f
j
k
l
h
e
r
i
o
t
In the next three minutes, create a list of as many words as you can using only those keys. GO!!!

Tuesday, October 22, 2009 - 1st Substitute

Today you will be working to improve your touch typing skills by completing MicroType Lesson 5 Review and Lesson 6 Learn o and t. The work will be saved in MicroType and will be checked when I return to the class. The lesson are to be completed with the keyboards covered with the blue covers. Before you begin the typing lessons, think about the ten typing techniques that you should be following:

1. Sit up straight

2. Feet flat on the floor in front of you

3. Arms level with the keyboard

4. Keyboard placed near the edge of the table (about 1 inch)

5. Body about one wide hand width from the table

6. Finger tips curved

7. Start and stop each key stroke in home row

8. Wrists up off the table (about a pencil)

9. Elbows relaxed and by your side

10. Eyes on your work (keyboards should be covered with the blue covers)

Taking the Windows XP Tour!

Students will use Help and Support to learn about the Windows XP operating system taking the Windows XP tour. Students will respond to the questions on page WIN 67 a-k using the RATS writing process on their blog.

ELPS 2E, 5B, 5E, 5F

Friday, September 18, 2009

Essential Introduction to Computers Test!

Make up test must be completed within three days. Please make arrangements on Monday.

Why is the computer powerful?

Using RATS (restate, answer, text evidence, so what)respond to the prompt, "Why is the computer powerful?"

Tuesday, September 1st - File Management & Parallels

Create 7 folders on desktop, one for each class with the follow format for the name Period 3 BCIS I

Create Typing folder in BCIS I folder to save PDFs from typing assignments

Clean up documents saved to desktop by dragging them into Typing folder

Rename PFD from yesterday to goodtypingl1

Opened Parallels, learned proper process for logging out of Parallels and quitting the application