Monday, February 2, 2009

Taking Notes using Encyclopedia Britannica and Microsoft Word – Part 2

Taking Notes using Encyclopedia Britannica and Microsoft Word – Part 2

Login to the computer using YOUR lunch number
User Name: 999999 example
STUDENT’S ID (Lunch) NUMBER
Password: soe (lower case)
Log on to: SBS

Look to see if your shortcut to your folder is there on your desktop! If not, find it @ MY COMPUTER – NORWAY, then make a shortcut to the desktop.

Open your 2008-2009 Folder.
Open your MARTIN LUTHER KING.DOC
Minimize it.

Open INTERNET EXPLORER

Go to the LIBRARY RESOURCES PAGE
Go to #9: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
You may select the English version of
Britannica Elementary, or the
Enciclopedia Juvenil en español

Click on the Search Bar and type in
MARTIN LUTHER KING
Then click GO (or press ENTER)

Click on the encyclopedia article and read it.
As you find things that you think are important, you will take notes in MICROSOFT WORD. To Click back and forth between your screens, use the tabs at the bottom of your page. You may [Edit] copy & paste only key words & phrases.

Type a brief description of him OR
The year he was born & the year he died:Born – Died OR Born: 19xx – Died: 19xx

SAVE your WORD document to your folder.
(Click SAVE)
Space down a few lines.

Write 3 to 5 key facts about Dr. King in WORD.
Write them using upper and lower case letters. You may write in phrases.
Find out: 1 fact each about:
His life,
His education,
His achievements.

Type BY: YOUR NAME and Teacher
SAVE your WORD document to your folder.

Taking Notes using Encyclopedia Britannica and Microsoft Word

Taking Notes using Encyclopedia Britannica and Microsoft Word

Login to the computer using YOUR lunch number
User Name: 999999 example
STUDENT’S ID (Lunch) NUMBER
Password: soe (lower case)
Log on to: SBS

Look to see if your shortcut to your folder is there on your desktop! If not, find it @ MY COMPUTER – NORWAY, then make a shortcut to the desktop.

Open INTERNET EXPLORER

Go to the LIBRARY RESOURCES PAGE
Go to #9: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
You may select the English version of
Britannica Elementary, or the
Enciclopedia Juvenil en español

Click on the Search Bar and type in
MARTIN LUTHER KING
Then click GO (or press ENTER)

Click on the article and read it.

As you find things that you think are important, you will take notes in MICROSOFT WORD. To Click back and forth between your screens, use the tabs at the bottom of your page.

Minimize your Internet screen, then click on the WORD icon.

Type the title of your report:
Martin Luther King, Jr.
(You may add an adjective or two to this line.)
SAVE your WORD document to your folder.
Space down a few lines.

Type a brief description of him OR
The year he was born & the year he died:1929 – 1968 OR Born 1929 – Died 1968

SAVE your WORD document to your folder.
(Click SAVE)
Space down a few lines.

Write 3 to 5 key facts about Dr. King in WORD.
Write them using upper and lower case letters in sentences.
Type BY: YOUR NAME and Teacher
SAVE your WORD document to your folder.

SAVING PICTURES

SAVING PICTURES

Login to the computer using YOUR lunch number
User Name: 999999 example
STUDENT’S ID (Lunch) NUMBER
Password: soe (lower case)
Log on to: SBS

Look to see if your shortcut to your folder is there on your desktop!
If it is not, you will have to do a few more steps to save your pictures.

Open INTERNET EXPLORER

Go to the LIBRARY RESOURCES PAGE
Go to #9: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA

Search for MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., click GO

Over on the right side of the screen, find MULTIMEDIA & go down

Double Click MORE MULTIMEDIA

Find a picture you like.

Save the picture to your folder.

If you position your mouse on the picture, often a toolbar will appear in the left corner.
Click SAVE.
OR --- use the right click button on the mouse and go down to SAVE PICTURE AS


If your shortcut is on your desktop:
On the LEFT side of the “Save Picture” box, select DESKTOP.
Double click your 2008-2009 folder to open it.
At FILE NAME give your image a name, ex: Martin Luther King Standing [tell who or what it is]
(Make sure it saves it as a .jpeg file!)
Click SAVE.

If your shortcut is NOT on your desktop:
On the LEFT side of the “Save Picture” box, select MY COMPUTER.
Select the NORWAY (H:)
Find your graduation year & open that folder
Find and open your folder
Open the 2008-2009 folder
At FILE NAME give your image a name, ex: Martin Luther King Standing [tell who or what it is]
(Make sure it saves it as a .jpeg file!)
Click SAVE.


You may do more than 1 picture – if time permits.

Be sure to START – LOG OFF when finished!



For fast typers:
Add a shortcut to my blog to your desktop and folder:

Open the Internet:
Type in:
http://librarian-n-mom.blogspot.com/
Go to FILE – SEND—SHORTCUT TO DESKTOP
Minimize your internet window.
Using your mouse RIGHT CLICK and COPY
Open your 2008-2009 FOLDER.
Click FILE --PASTE SHORTCUT

Ta DAA!

Trading card project at Shadow Oaks

Trading card project @ Shadow Oaks

Week 1:
(Logging in to Network, Norway and Creating a folder)
Log in with Lunch number & password.
Go to My Computer – Norway – Graduation class folder – locate name/folder
(Was the first time for many to realize WHEN they would graduate from High School!)
Create folder for this year’s work (2008-2009)
Create a shortcut on the desktop of the computer they were working on. (This is their computer station for this project.)
Hint: Make seating charts for your classes!

Week 2:
(Saving a picture to their folder)
Log in with Lunch number & password.
Verify they have their shortcut to their Norway folder on their desktop of their computer.
Open Internet – #9 Encyclopedia Britannica
Search Britannica for Martin Luther King (spelling!)
Scroll down to MORE MULTIMEDIA
Find a picture they like click save (discuss ways to save a picture e [Toolbar on picture & right click )
In the SAVE PICTURE box, Name the picture appropriately.
Locate their Norway folder using their desktop shortcut, and Save picture.

Week 3:
(Working with multiple screens, copy & paste, undo)
Log in with Lunch number & password.
Verify they have their shortcut to their Norway folder on their desktop of their computer.
Open Microsoft Word, then minimize it.
Open Internet – #9 Encyclopedia Britannica (using an appropriate language edition)
Search Britannica for Martin Luther King (spelling!)
Copy name Martin Luther King in Britannica
Use the tab at the bottom of the page and Paste his name in MS Word.
(Show different ways to COPY & PASTE, as well as demonstrate UNDO)
Save the MS Word file
In the SAVE box locate their Norway folder using their desktop shortcut,
Verify that the name of the file is appropriate and Save


Week 4 & 5:
Use Encyclopedia Britannica for information to locate 3 facts about MLK.
Open their word document; type his birth & death years as the sub-heading, and type 3 -5 facts about him.
Type their name for the bottom of the card.

Week 6:
Open the trading card website @ http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/deck.php

Put it all together, save it.
Then, print it!