Week+1

= **Day 1 - August 26 & 27** =

**Essential Questions:**
 * **Why should an individual learn to communicate effectively?**
 * **Why is proper keyboarding technique important?**
 * **Why should words be spelled correctly?**


 * 1) Go over Course Expectations
 * 2) Lab Rules and Server Access
 * Log In Information
 * Equipment Usage
 * Reporting Problems
 * 1) Workspace Overview and Rules
 * 2) Typing Master - Log In Directions on Links
 * Due Dates for Lessons - Google Calendar Subscribe
 * Typing Master Lesson 1
 * 5 WPM Improvement by midterm test will be given at the end of the marking period
 * 10 WPM Improvement by end of the semester
 * 1) Google Apps Log In
 * Username: EC17.FIRST_LAST
 * Password: elcoXXXX
 * Add Instructor as a contact (Amy Weddle - ec99.aweddle@staff.elcoraiders.org)
 * 1) Hand out Word Mastery list for homework
 * ALL 100 MUST BE COMPLETED TO RECEIVE CREDIT - **written words MUST BE in CURSIVE**.
 * No partial credit will be given.
 * No late assignments will be accepted.
 * 1) Classmate Introductions
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png caption="external image pdf.png" link="file:weddlepersonalcomputing/Introductions_Article.pdf"]] [[file:weddlepersonalcomputing/Introductions_Article.pdf|Introductions_Article.pdf]]
 * Interview your partner and prepare for a short presentation

=**Day 2 - August 28th & 29th**=

=**Essential Questions:**=
 * What is proper keyboarding technique and why is it important?**


 * Collect Expectation Signature Papers
 * Online Typing - Lesson 1....Review Keyboarding Technique
 * Feet flat on the floor
 * Proper posture - sitting up straight
 * Correct keyboard fingering
 * Eyes on computer/copy - DO NOT look at keys
 * Email Instructor Using Google Apps
 * Classmate Introductions
 * Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)
 * Explanation
 * Fill out the Identification section
 * Complete the Interest Inventory

=**Day 3 - September 3rd & 4th**=

=**Essential Questions:**=
 * Why should an individual learn to communicate effectively?**
 * What is an aptitude test and why should an individual take one?**


 * Collect Word Mastery Pretest - underline the correct spelling and fill in the blank with the correct spelling.
 * ALL 100 MUST BE COMPLETED TO RECEIVE CREDIT.
 * No partial credit will be given.
 * No late assignments will be accepted.
 * DAT - Verbal Reasoning - 25 minutes
 * Go over **correct** **spellings**for Word Mastery List
 * Go over Word Mastery Pre-Test Worksheet
 * Handout Word Mastery 100 Most Commonly Misspelled Word List
 * [[file:weddlepersonalcomputing/Word_Mastery_Handouts.pdf|Word_Mastery_Handouts.pdf]]
 * Classmate Introductions

Why Learn Spelling Paragraph


 * "I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt!"**


 * Introduction to the need for correct spelling and proofreading
 * [[file:Why_Learn_Spelling_and_Proofreading.doc]]

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