http://www.theclayman.com/dancing_chicken_v1.html

use your keys to move the chicken!
....

Look at how much time this guy has on his hands...

Newest Linerider!

I wish I was that tall.

Does thinking faster make you happier?

Check to see how many words you have here.

Midterm Essay
350 word answer (a little less than a page typed).

How do you think computers will most change life in the next decade?

As there is no knowable answer, I want creative and thoughtful answers. There can be no copying and pasting on an assignment such as this.

You can write out your answer by hand or type it up, but the paper must be typed out and printed in class.

Leave your wikipedia answers here!

Read this article about survelliance and convenience. Do you want people following your every move? Some willingly give out that info online anyways but it wouldn't make me very comfortable.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 18 7:30 - 9:30 Period 1 Exam, 2 hours Periods 1 and 4 9:35 - 10:35 Period 2, Homeroom & Regular Class, 60 minutes ALL STUDENTS REPORT TO 5TH PERIOD. LUNCH WILL BE BASED ON TEACHER’S ASSIGNED LUNCH. 10:40 - 12:25 Period 5, Regular Class, 70 minutes First Lunch 10:45 - 11:15 (Tardy Bell 11:20) Second Lunch 11:20 - 11:50 (Tardy Bell 11:55) Third Lunch 11:55 - 12:25 (Tardy Bell 12:30) 12:30 - 2:30 Period 4 Exam, 2 hours

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19 7:30 - 9:40 Period 2 Exam, Homeroom, 2 hrs. 10 min. Periods 2 and 5 9:45 - 10:35 Period 3, Regular Class, 50 minutes ALL STUDENTS REPORT TO 6TH PERIOD. LUNCH WILL BE BASED ON TEACHER’S ASSIGNED LUNCH. 10:40- 12:25 Period 6, Regular Class, 70 minutes First Lunch 10:45 - 11:15 (Tardy Bell 11:20) Second Lunch 11:20 - 11:50 (Tardy Bell 11:55) Third Lunch 11:55 - 12:25 (Tardy Bell 12:30) 12:30 - 2:30 Period 5 Exam, 2 hours

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20 7:30 - 9:30 Period 3 Exam, 2 hours Periods 3 and 6 9:35 - 9:45 Period 2, Homeroom, 10 minutes 9:50 - 10:35 Period 1, Regular Class, 45 minutes ALL STUDENTS REPORT TO 4TH PERIOD. TEACHER WILL RELEASE STUDENTS FOR ASSIGNED LUNCH. 10:40 - 12:25 Period 4, Regular Class, 70 minutes First Lunch 10:45 - 11:15 (Tardy Bell 11:20) Second Lunch 11:20 - 11:50 (Tardy Bell 11:55) Third Lunch 11:55 - 12:25 (Tardy Bell 12:30) 12:30 - 2:30 Period 6 Exam, 2 hours THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21 Regular Bell Schedule

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22 Teacher Planning Day

The depraved business of diamonds.

Read it if you care.

Fourth Period leave your comment here!

Third period please leave a comment here!

Easy Blog Grade:

1. What do you think of the program "Microtype"? Just give an overall impression.

2. If you were on the Microtype design team, what would you have changed?

3. Please make note of your average WPM here.

http://www.download3k.com/Games/Simulations/Download-Line-Rider.html

download it and play!

To play in class

http://linerider.de/

http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,448747,00.html

“All About Me!”

Insert a picture.
Spell check (F7 and Tools -> Spell Check)
Hyperlink (Ctrl + K, Insert Hyperlink)
Undo (Ctrl + Z, Edit Undo)
Bold (Ctrl + B), Italics (Ctrl + I), Underline (Ctrl + U)

You are to write a paragraph about your earliest memory using Bold, Italics, and Underline. Also include a hyperlink to the hospital where you were born.

Robot Army

INterested in the Backstreet Boys?

Watch this at home

Watch this at home

And show your friends...the guys who do South Park animated it. Alan Watts wrote it. It's quite good.

Fourth Period leave your comment here!

Third period leave your comment here.

Three questions answered on your blog:

What is 'Vista'?

Do you think people will be willing to pay Microsoft a great deal for the product judging from what you've read online?

Are you interested in purchasing Vista?

First I want you to find out your speed and put it on your blog.

Take the test here:
http://www.powertyping.com/typing_test/typing_test.shtml

and report your score on your blog.

Fourth Period leave your comment here.

Third period post your comment here.

What's going on in the world of business:

Answer on your blog.

1. What is YouTube.com?

2. Who purchased YouTube.com? Why did they purchase it?

3. Is it worth that much money?
Why or why not?

Study the Internet in school!

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/01/sports/othersports/01ramp.html?hp&ex=1162443600&en=497a96284bdcc45d&ei=5094&partner=homepage

Don't copy that floppy!!

Fourth Period please leave your comment here.

Let's see how good your reflexes are:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex12/reflex.htm

Third period leave a comment here. Write your reaction on your blog in a post.

Read about Microtype from 1997.

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19221223.html

Read this.

Do you think copyrighted material is a big deal? Have you ever gotten music you didn't pay for?

interesting???

What do you think of this idea?

Leave your comment here once you finish your post.

Write about your first nine weeks in this course. What did you enjoy? What didn't you enjoy?

Math and happiness.

http://www.googleearthcoolplaces.com/

Leave your blog post here about WP page 30 1-16

http://www.grc.com/dos/theinternet.htm

Try entering in characters to see how it will look in binary!!


Check out the characters in binary.

Look at WHY we use binary!

Third period leave a comment here if you wrote your opinions on your blog.

Survey Questions (Collected for a grade):
How do you most use computers in Killian outside this class?

How would you use computers here at Killian if you were in charge?

Do you honestly think computers and technology is a good investment for schools?

Networking:
Define on your blog.
Hacking
Cracking
Topology
Bus
Ring
Network
Lan
Wan
Internet

How Google classifies searches:
http://www.netlash.com/log/googles_dirty_little_secret

Good tips for picking stocks.

Read the following articles. Answer the following questions on your blog. Label each answer 1, 2, 3, etc. Copy and paste these questions.

1. Article 1. What is the flaw with IE? How can this flaw be fixed?

2. Article 2. Think of three slogans you could use to sell as many units as possible!

3. Article 3. Name three possible customers.

4. Article 4. Will China have a "better" Internet than America? What can we do?

5. Article 5. What is net neutrality? Who is in favor of it, according to this article? Who is against it?

Find two other articles and label them 6. and 7. Give the URL of the article and summarize the article.

First period post your comment here so I may grade your blog.

For your own interest: choosing a college.

I'm sure you want to keep up to date on all the important news! Click here!

http://www.typeonline.co.uk/

Not a bad online typing program!

Third period reactions to online gambling...

Third period reactions to online gambling...

Third Period:

Find two articles about computers using http://news.google.com and summarize them on your blog.

When you finish leave a comment here with your initials.

Answer these questions on your blog:

Why are Stocks going up?

What is flash RAM being replaced by?

First period leave a comment here.

Almost anything you do will seem insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

*

-- Gandhi

Fourth Period: Post your name in the stock market game in a comment.

Third Period Stock Market Game Names. Comment here.

Stock Market Challenge!

Use the information and directions below to join the game.

Game ID: MrFreer
Game Password: killian

1. Open this link and read the competition summary:
http://vse.marketwatch.com/Game/StartViewGame.aspx?id=MrFreer
2. Click on the 'Join Game' link.
3. If you are an existing Virtual Stock Exchange member, enter your Email address and Password in the login panel and get set to trade. If you are a new user, follow the link to register - it's easy!
4. Follow the instructions and start trading!

Join now, and see if you can win my Mr. Freer's Class competition! The more participants the higher the level of competition. Can you master the market?

Fourth period blog regrades.

Re-post third period blogs in comment.

Find two articles related to advertising directed at Hispanic Americans and comment on your blog.

First Period makeup blogs.

Next we are going to examine some hypothetical business situations. Consider the ethics of two of the following questions in posts on your blog:


* Should a defense attorney work for a client he believes to be guilty?

* Should a secretary keep quiet about a supervisor who adds personal expenses to business-expense reimbursement claims?

* Should an accountant sign a client's tax return when he knows the return contains false information?

* Should a salesperson push an inferior product just to make a quota?

Write your opinion in two posts on your blog!

Today, Friday August 25th 2006, we are going to review current events in the world of business and technology. You are to post three article links and three summaries, as brief or as long as you want, on your blog.

Fourth Period...leave your URL and initials

Third Period Class blogs and initials

Now I want you to post your list of definitions online.

Find out how many words are in your definitions here:

http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/countwords.shtml

Paste that and your WPM on your blog with the title 'Computer Definitions'.

Tomorrow will be a quiz on your definitions. Expect 10 questions.

Material for tomrrow's first quiz:

Capitalism: economic system where you always aim for profit. Market decides who wins.

Communism: all economic decisions are made by government.

Corporation: company owned by shareholders; larger corporations are usually divided into departments.

Partnership: two owners make decisions.

Sole proprietorship: one owner decides for business.

Marketing: selling things using PRICE, PRODUCT, PROMOTION and PLACEMENT.

Accounting: keeping track of expenses and revenue.

Remember to review the GPA calculations. Double the nine week grades and keep the final and midterm alone. Divide everything by 10.

Read this article:
Which do you think are the top five web sites of all time?
Post on your blog.

Class,

I'm very pleased to be your teacher this year for business technology/keyboarding.

First of all, I'm excited because so much is happening right now in business. There is a great deal to learn, discuss, and analyze.

Because so much of what we will do in this class is based on writing, first we are going to learn how to type correctly. Typing correctly means typing with accuracy and speed using the home keys of ASDF JKL; (soon you'll be a master).

With that first lesson (the home keys) out of the way, you will create your class blogs. Go to http://www.blogger.com . Click on "Get your blog now!" The instructions are easy to follow and we will create the blog in class so it will be easy to ask questions.

Write down your username and password and keep it hidden.

Your first post is to write a page analyzing how computers have changed business over the past decade and how you expect them to change business over the next ten years. If you wish you can extend the time period to as far as you like.

Creating the blog is your first grade (what an easy A!) and the post is your second grade.

Today is the last day you will be allowed to type in any manner you wish. Starting tomorrow your hands must be on the home keys. Even if you are a great typist, you'll get better. If you have no clue how to type, you'll find it will change your whole life. It's a great skill.

We will also learn how to write business letters, use correct grammar, make proposals, and create ads. We will also cover spreadsheets, databases, and presentation software.

This course will be one of the most practical and interesting you'll take.