Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Aztecs

You will make at least THREE slides to be put together for a slide show.  You should open Microsoft PowerPoint.  Save your document right away.  I will show you how to copy pictures, add slides, add pictures, and add text.  Make sure your name is on EVERY slide!!!  You should use Google Images to find pictures related to your part of the slide show.  For example, you can find general pictures for AZTECS here

Monday, March 1, 2010

Map: Europe 1600

Using the map below (removed now - follow links), copy the following niformation:
Countries:  Portugal, England, Spain, Russia, Norway, France, Italy, Ireland, Poland, Sweden, Scotland, Denmark, Hungary, Switzerland (SWI), Holy Roman Empire (Austria, Germany, Bohemia, Bavaria), Ottoman Empire  (Label Africa on your map too)
Water:  Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea
City (*):  Constantinople/Byzantium/Istanbul
Religion (Dominant - most people were): Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican (Church of England), Lutheran, Calvinist, Muslim
You do NOT have to label the individual letters - just use the colors.

Map 1
Map 2
Map 3

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Middle Ages Journal

READ EVERYTHING HERE FIRST!!!

Open two new tabs for (right-click or hold the CONTROL button when you click on the mouse):
Go to Moodle.
Go to Google
Go to Google Images.

Sign up for my course in the Moodle.
Click on ALL COURSES on the left side.
Scroll down and click on COURSES UNDER DEVELOPMENT.
Scroll down and enter ROMO in the search window.

Pick Romo WorldHistory
Enrollment key is "romo"

Click on the first assignment in the MIDDLE AGES Folder.
It is also called "Middle Ages."
 
Click on the Google Images Tab and search for images that you can copy&paste
When you find a picture you like and can use, place it in your Civil War Journal.
     ASK FOR HELP if you do NOT KNOW HOW!!!
Make sure you add notes for your picture(s).
Also add notes about things you remember from class lessons.
If you want or need more information, use your Google tab and search for something.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Qtr 3, Day 1: Get New Stuff

Pick up BOTH handouts and a pair of scissors.


Bring Textbook to Class              
    You may turn them in to the Media Center          
              
Notebook  (Romo will pass one out to you)         
    You will cut & paste, staple, take notes, do EVERYTHING in the notebook.
      Watch Romo for example and instructions.                                                         
Definition Drawing of Time

Dictionary Definitions of Time                                        
  1. the period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues : DURATION b : part of the day when one is free to do as one pleases
  2. a point or period when something occurs : OCCASION
  3. a set or usual moment or hour for something to happen, begin, or end
  4. an historical period : AGE b : conditions of a specified period
  5. a prison sentence
  6. the rhythmic grouping of beats in music shown in the time signature as a fraction (as 3/4, 4/4, or 6/8) with the top number showing the number of beats in a measure and the bottom number showing the kind of note (as quarter note or eighth note) for each beat
  7. a moment, hour, day, or year as indicated by a clock or calendar b : a system of determining time
  8. one of a series of repeated instances or actions b plural : added or accumulated quantities or examples c plural : equal parts of which an indicated number make up a greater quantity d : 2TURN 5b
  9. a person's experience during a certain period                                   
How important is TIME to you? (MINIMUM of 5 Lines)   

HOMEWORK:  Make a Definition Drawing of Middle Ages

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Typing Test

Read everything here first!  You will need to take THIS TEST.  Select "Frequent Words 2" and click START.  Type!  When you are finished, call me over to see your result.  To get your score, you must subtract your errors from your words per minute.  Good luck!  You will have as many chances as you need within the class period.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Type Away!

You have to learn and PRACTICE your your typing!  It will NOT be easy at first.  Take your time to learn the right way to type.  Read how your hands should rest and which finger is assigned to which letter(s) start here.  When you have finished reading, fill in the keys with the right letter on your handout and come BACK to this page to start your typing practice.

On Thursday, you will take a key test, filling in what each key is.
You will get a handout that must be colored OUTSIDE of class!

A blank version I used for the handout is here.
The color key is here.

Practice here.
If you finish all of those training steps, go here.
If you want to take some speed tests, go here. (Pick Shorty, Naduk, or frequent words)
We are here every day this week, and it is NOT time for email, photo booth, or other sites.
Practice your typing and get better.

Ikran better have the biggest improvement!