Computer
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Intro to IT: Internet research
Lesson Outline
Will is continuing to research winter-related topics, including Olympic sledding sports, the winter solstice, and the ice age. He is using context clues, reading comprehension, and narrow search terminology to find answers to questions.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Intro to IT: Weather research
Lesson Outline
Will continued his Internet research to answer questions about weather. He is using both links embedded in the questionnaire and his own research queries to locate the correct information.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Intro to IT: Weather internet scavenger hunt
Lesson Outline
Will is doing research on the Internet related to winter weather. He is navigating through links provided to answer questions about winter weather. Sometimes, he is required to write his own search query for the information as well as read through the information for the specific details.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Intro to IT: Boolean searches
Lesson Outline
Will used boolean operators (and, or, not) to refine internet searches. Boolean terms allow Will to narrow his search down to more specific results.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Intro to IT: Lord of the Rings Research and Report
Lesson Outline
Will finished the report on the first book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. For homework, he wrote a paragraph that summarized the story, which we reviewed for punctuation, spelling, and grammar. In class, he formatted a short list of main characters as a bulleted list and added a picture of the book cover, which included a caption. Will completed the paper with a source citation.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Intro to IT: Lord of the Rings Research and Report
Lesson Outline
Will is using online sources to research and write a short report about the first book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He has used both Safari and Chrome as his browser for the online research, and he is using MS Word to write the paper. He has formatted the paper for school (Times New Roman, 12 point, double-spaced). Will's homework is to write 2 to 3 more sentences that summarize the story.
Assignment
Write 2 to 3 sentences to summarize the story
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Intro to IT: research and report
Lesson Outline
Will is writing a short report on the first book in The Lord of the Rings series. He is using the Internet to research answers to specific questions and writing the answers in a Word document.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Intro to IT: Internet Research
Lesson Outline
Will finished his Internet research, composed his work in a Word document, and then sent the Word document as an attachment in an email to me. We also updated his newly installed MS Office.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Intro to IT: Online Research
Lesson Outline
Will is conducting research In response to an email with specific questions. He is experimenting with both Safari and Chrome as his browser as well as learning to phrase his queries so the search results are specific to his needs.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Intro to IT: Macbook keyboard shortcuts
Lesson Outline
Apple has created several keyboard shortcuts for the Macbook that can save time and effort. Will read an article about the shortcuts on the Apple website and practiced a few that were of interest to him.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60