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Go to the links below and complete the exams for all of the Microsoft Office 2000 programs
Select an exam to take (Micrsoft Office 2000)
Set Up your NEW USER  profile
Create a password using the last 4 of your social.
Click "NO" for email information question
Click square that says "CONTINUE"

When you have finished EACH exam,  from the top of the completion page... Copy and Paste the Results in a blank email ... email it to me  
DO NOT... DO NOT... APPLY FOR THE CERTIFICATE... YOU WILL GET A BILL!!!!!


Website link:
National Computer Science Academy

ALL CLASSES Career Skills

Objectives:
The Student Will Be Able To recognize vocabulary necessary for applying for a job.
TSWBAT fill out a job application.
TSWBAT provide the personal information necessary for applying for a job.
TSWBAT spell the personal information for a job application.
TSWBAT spell the names of references.
TSWBAT tell ways of networking to improve job prospects.
TSWBAT fill a specified group role, assist group members, and welcome and encourage the ideas of other students.


~Web Sites:
So You Want To Get a Job? Network Your Way to Success.
This site will be used by students in groups with an aid assisting in
reading to view ways of networking.
Career Development Overview
(4K)
This site will be used by the teacher and student to access information to assist in
teaching and learning.
 
Improving You Job & Career Prospects


Type of Classroom Activity:
Small groups to access the web and use the software.
Large group discussion of information from the web.
Small groups to practice filling out applications.
Individuals fill out applications and respond to questions on networking for
job success.

Prerequisite skills:
Work in small groups.
Use the Computer.
Access selected web sites.
Manage time for completing group assignments.

Instructional Events:
Take notes from the selected websites individually.
Come together as a group  of no more than 3.
--Complete a group discussion on the web site information.
--Each group will create and email a PowerPoint (1-per group) on the notes taken from every group member.
--Individually the students write and email a short essay the importance of networking in regards to getting a job.
--Students will fill out job a application as a group.
--Each student will fill out his or her own application, but the group members will check each application in the group.
--The teacher will check the group applications, and if no further instruction is needed, the students will fill out applications individually.

Time Considerations &  Management:
This lesson is based on the assumption that students are familiar with the procedure. To manage the time each group spends at any one station, you should set a timer  3 times for 25 minutes. The groups will be responsible for monitoring the time spent on tasks within the activities. 

The assignment is due at the end of the class period... 

Scholarship Information

Buick Achievers Scholarship Program

ALL CLASSES Career Interests 3/21/2011

Tennessee Career Information Delivery System

Complete A Career Survey and  A School Survey: Email me the results

Click on the link and complete the career survey:
An interest survey asks you questions about your personality. Once completed, a list of careers, customized to your answers, will be presented. Use the information below to choose the survey that is tailored to your age group. 

Don't Know What Job You Want

You to take an Interest Survey about a Specific Career

Don't Know What School You Want

Already Know What School You Want

City of Memphis Summer Program

Youth Ambassadors
Apply for City of Memphis Youth Ambassadors Program

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Click on the link for your class look at the requirements and write an essay about the skills you have mastered. Secondly write about the skills you need to improve and give ideas as to how you can improve the skill.

 TF-3 &  MR-1
Business_admin_mgt.doc

TF-1  &  MR-3
Interactive_multimedia Design.doc


TF-4  & MR-4
Keyboarding_document layout_design.doc

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Hello:

Subject: $10,000 FBLA Contest -- Key Questions and Answer

Hello everyone:

Over the past two days, we’ve received quite a few questions from you regarding the contest and I’d like to take this opportunity to address the four most frequently asked questions in the hopes that this will help you and your students throughout the contest.  If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us as we’d be more than happy to assist you.

·         Question:  Why can’t I find my high school in the list when my students try to create accounts?  Answer:  All high schools that are participating in the contest are listed on our site.  In order for students to see their high school listed, students *must* create their accounts atwww.connectedu.net/fbla   Your students should *not* try to create their accounts at www.connectedu.net  as that URL is not set up for this contest.

·         Question:  If the FBLA students in my chapter get non-FBLA students from my high school to create accounts, will those non-FBLA students count towards our numbers in this contest?  Answer:  Absolutely, yes.  The premise for this contest is to get as many students as possible from each high school to create accounts and all students count toward your FBLA chapter’s numbers.

·         Question:  Is there a fee for this service and do students need to provide social security numbers?  Answer:  No.  ConnectEDU never charges students a fee.  Our college partners pay ConnectEDU to receive college applications; however, our platform is 100% free for students.  We do not ask students to provide their social security numbers.

·         Question:  How are you tracking high schools in this contest?   Answer:  Whenever a student creates an account, they must select their high school from the drop down menu so we are easily able to track the number of accounts created within each high school

Your high school is registered for the $10,000 FBLA/ConnectEDU contest which began on February 1^st and below is an update on how your high school is doing thus far.  This week’s FAQs are also listed below.

As of today, your high school has created 6 student accounts.  Of the 100 high schools participating in the contest, the average high school created 42 new student accounts last week.

There are still 4 weeks left in the contest, so there’s plenty of time for you to move ahead.  We will send you another update on 2/21.

Sincerely,

The ConnectEDU Contest Team

This week’s Frequently Asked Questions:

Can students create accounts on the weekends, or must the accounts be created during school hours?  Students can create accounts at any time.  While many of the contest participants have told us that they prefer to take students in groups to a computer lab to create accounts during school hours, other contest participants have told us they prefer to ask students to create accounts after school hours or on the weekends.  

Will the winning team receive their prize in the form of prizes or can it be cash?  The winning chapter wins $10,000 and can use the money in any way they want.  $500 goes to the adviser of the winning chapter and the remaining $9,500 is for the students.

Can we ask *non-FBLA* students at our high school create accounts to help us toward our goal?  Yes, any student from your high school will count toward your FBLA chapter’s goal.

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The grading of the Projects

The FBLA project:
100%  if it is a complete project which is a recruiting tool for making students want to join the organization. If it is turned in late consider the 15% of the grade that will be taken off the top. So if you only turn in 50% of the project, the grade can only be 50 minus 15% of that score. (42.5= a score of 43).

The Ethics project works the same way. Did you include all relative aspects of business ethics.... Social Responsibility, accounting, discrimination, sales and marketing, product\service reliability, etc...

The calendar is simple
100-12 months
92-11 months
83-10 months
75- 9 months
67-  8months
50- 6 months
42- 5  months
33- 4 months
25- 3 months
SO on and so on... Now if it is late it will be 15% of the grade deducted from that...

LET'S GET OUR WORK FINISHED IN A TIMELY MANNER... YOU ARE ONLY HURTING YOURSELF.

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Assignment # 1

Create a black history calendar with RESEARCHED information. It will be printed and put on display, so use your best creativity.

In each box of the calendar, insert a black history fact about that day of the year. Each day should reflect a different black history fact. 12-months = 365 days= 365 facts...

DUE FRIDAY

Black History Month Assignments due each Friday

Rosa Parks sat in 1955... ... Be a legacy !!

Martin Luther King walked in 1963... Live the dream !!

Barack Obama ran in 2008;

That our children might fly high !!!!!!

FBLA POWER POINT

Just to bring clarity to the project.
Too many of you have turned in something that does not fit what I am looking ofr in the presentation. That has to be my fault. I apologize for not explainging it better. So here we go let us try these instructions:

Act as the Advisor or the President of the FBLA Club. Create a tool in powerpoint that you would use to draw interest in the club from students. It is a recruiting tool. What is the message you would deliver to students to make them want to join?


5 Slides will get you a good LOW "D" as a grade.

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If you have not been selected to compete in the upcoming FBLA competition (February 18 at the University of Memphis) I need you to produce an imaginative, creative and impactful PowerPoint the shows the contests in an interactive way. Use picture, various texts, and whatever other tools you see fit to brighten the presentation.

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January 14, 2011
Send me and email immediately to trck your attendance: Subject should be: Attendance

Then begin the assignment....

Assure that my headphones are back in the crate and the chairs pushed back up to the tables.

4th block I need EVERY computer SHUT DOWN...


The link below will take you to the Competitive events Guidelines for FBLA (Future Business Leaders Of America.
Go to the link and complete two who the projects... I need the Name of the project and the page number in the subject line of your email to me. Be prepared to start making ready for competitions within and between the classes

9th and 10th Graders focus on FBLA, Parliamentary Procedures and Ethics types of projects

11th and 12th Graders focus on Leadership, Management, Communications, Business, Entrprenuership, Interviewing, and Scholarships


http://www.fbla-pbl.org/docs/publications/CMH1011/FBLA%20Tab%206%20A%20FINAL_rev122210.pdf

The Regional FBLA competition will be February 18, 2011 at the University of Memphis... Some of you will be selected to compete...
I WILL CHOOSE THE AREA FOR YOUR COMPETITION !!

ALL CLASSES- Work Place Ethics

Workplace Ethics Activity:

Making Informed Ethical Decisions

Instructions
Each student must read and discuss the following scenarios. Then, determine the steps for making ethical decisions. Each of you should select a feasible alternative and be prepared to discuss the reasoning for selecting that alternative. Your work will be challenged, regardless of the decision and you should give appropriate feedback.

Scenarios
For all scenarios, assume you are employed by Best Computer Systems, a large computer manufacturing company with approximately 1000 employees. The company is located in a large metropolitan area.

CASE 1: Lorna is an administrative assistant in the Human Resources Department. Her good friend, Bill, is applying for a job with the company and she has agreed to serve as a reference for him. Bill approaches her for advice on preparing for the interview. Lorna has the actual interview questions asked of all applicants and considers making him a copy of the list so he can adequately prepare.

CASE 2: Emily works in Quality Control. Once a year, her supervisor gives away the refurbished computers to the local elementary school. No specific records are kept of this type of transaction and Emily really needs a computer for her son who is in college. Her supervisor asks her to deliver 12 computer systems to the school.

CASE 3: Marvin is the secretary in the Facilities Management Department. He has just received a new computer and wants to try it out. Though his supervisor has a strict policy about computer use for business purposes only, he wants to learn the e-mail software more thoroughly than his training can provide. One good way to do this, he figures, is to write e-mail messages to his friends and relatives until he Agets the knack of it.@ He is caught up on all his work and only has 30 minutes left to work today. His supervisor left early.

CASE 4: Richard and Conway are talking in the hallway about the employee benefits program. Conway, who has had some recent financial trouble, explains to Richard how the benefits program has a loophole that will allow him to receive some financial assistance that he really needs to help pay health care costs for his mother. Cathy, a fellow worker, overhears the conversation. Later, Cathy is approached by her supervisor who says he heard a rumor that some people were Ataking advantage of the company benefits program.@

CASE 5: Jennie was recently hired to work as a receptionist for the front lobby. As receptionist, she is responsible for making copies for the associates. Her son, Bruce, comes in and needs some copies for a school project. He brought his own paper and needs 300 copies for his class. If he doesn=t bring the copies with him, he will fail the project. The company copier does not require a security key nor do they keep track of copies made by departments.

Steps for Making Ethical Decisions

Identify the ethical issue or problem. List the facts that have the most bearing on the decision. Identify anyone who might be affected by your decision and how. Explain what each affected person would want you to do about the issue. List three alternative actions and identify the best and worst case scenario for each alternative, anyone who would be harmed by this choice (and how), any values that would be compromised by selecting this alternative, and any automatic reasons why this alternative should not be selected (legal issues, rules, etc.). Determine a course of action.

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MERRY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!!!

We will begin working on ETHICS this new year....

You first need to do some research to define ETHCS and then prepare a POWERPOINT presentation that tells me about ETHICS
                                      A) What are ethics?
                                      B)Where they can be found
                                      C) Where they are used
                                       D) How effect everyday life

All Classes- SEMESTER CLOSE OUT

Make sure that you send me an email to account for attendance. Or you will be marked absent.

Complete your portfolios. I will begin grading this weekend. REMEMBER you portfolio is your final or semester exam.

MR-1 & TF-3 Email portfoilios by Friday
MR-3 & TF-1 Email portfolios by Saturday
MR-4 & TF 4 Email by Tuesday of next week

You should include in your powerpoints:

1. Resume
2. 3 Career Outlook Assessments
3. Academic work (Tests you got an "A" on)
4. Sensored pictures
5. Your event participation pics (athletics, church, band, etc.)
6. Scholarship Info if you have received any
7. Your hobbies (Music, Poetry, etc.)

PLEASE COMPLETE AND EMAIL YOUR ASSIGNMENTS

All Classes: Portfolio Assignment

Create a Career Flyer: Professional Sports
Microsoft Publisher can help decide how to create the documents.

Students will choose three of the careers featured in the Inside View: NY Liberty and research those careers.

Students will choose New York Liberty link, decide which careers interest you and research chosen careers.

School to Career: NY Liberty

   

Students will add these documents to their portfpolio powerpoints.  

Students can highlight; job description, skills needed, education needed, salary range, perks of the job, work environment, etc.

Students will create a tri-fold flyer highlighting positive aspects of the chosen careers, in an artistic and visually interesting way.

ALL CLASSES - Semester Project- Semester Exam

Continue to build on your powerpoint. Email what you have so far... Let's discuss how you are developing your ideas.

Warm Up All Classes

Write a one paragraph reflection to what these pictures represent and mean to you. Think about them separately and write on them; then think about them together as one symbol and write on that too.

Warm Up All Classes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/wikileaks

Go to the above webpage...
                          
                           Read it...
 
                           Watch the connected videos...

                           Write a reflection (What you think/feel)