Week of December 9

Hi everyone,

This will be my last blog post for the fall semester. The week of December 16, we will just be reviewing for final exams. All of my final exams are comprised of test questions from chapter tests. All questions are either matching, multiple choice, or true/false. There are no short answer questions. My Computers 1 exam also includes short portions completing tasks in Microsoft Word and Excel.

On December 16, all chapter tests will be handed back to students and corrected to be used as study guides for final exams. These tests MUST be returned to me on or before the day of the final exam. Students who do not return their chapter tests to me will have their exam grade reduced by 50%. Students are not required to take their tests with them.

Here is what I have planned for the upcoming week:

Computers 1
Students will complete a survey activity and use Excel to chart their results. We will walk through the third project in Excel together this week. Students will not be tested on the chapter, just introduced to a few more advanced concepts that we didn't have time to cover in full.

Business Concepts
On Monday, students will take a test over chapter 7 and I will also collect their notes. The rest of the week, we will do a quick introduction to savings options. There will be a quiz over this material on Friday. Study guides for the quiz will be due on Thursday.

Business Law
This is our debate week. Students will spend Monday and Tuesday preparing their arguments and making visual aids  Wednesday and Thursday will be spent debating and on Friday we will have an end-of-class party.

I think that's it for the rest of the semester. I hope everyone has a fantastic break. Happy holidays!

MD

Week of December 2

Hi everyone,

Only three weeks left in the fall semester! Students still have time to get grades up before exams. Here is what I have planned for this week:

Computers 1
Students will continue to create Excel spreadsheets this week. On Thursday, we will review and on Friday they will take a test over project 2.

Business Concepts
We will continue discussing credit this week, including avoiding the minimum payment trap and the importance of reading the fine print before using any type of credit. Chapter study guides will be due on Friday.

Business Law
At the beginning of the week we will be watching the movie Twelve Angry Men. For all other movies I show, I have students write response papers about the movie. But, this one is just for them to enjoy. Later in the week, I will be introducing the debates that students will participate in next week.

I think that's it for this week. Have a good one.

MD