Franchise Cost Comparison

Franchise Cost Comparison

Below is a list of local franchises, either in Center or the surrounding areas. I want you to pick 7 of these franchises and see if you can locate the following information concerning the franchises you pick:

Write a description of the business.
When was the company founded?  When did they start Franchising?
What is their rank in the top 500?
Who is the Parent Company if it is different?
Where is the headquarters located?
Average initial franchise fees.
Net worth required.
Liquid asset requirements???
Are there any building requirements? (required to open more than one?)
How many U.S. locations are there of your franchise?
Is there a Corporate support staff?  Do they provide any training?

The franchises you have to choose from are:

Chili's

Raising Cane's

Taco Bell
McDonalds
Burger King
Jack-in-the-Box
Super 8 Hotels
Ace Hardware
Best Western Hotels
Hampton Inn
Sonic
Hibbett Sports

Ci Ci's Pizza
NAPA
Chicken Express
Anytime Fitness
24 Hour Fitness
5 Guys Burgers
Raising Cane's
Pizza Hut
Fuzzy's
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Roto-Rooter

Buffalo Wild Wings
Mazzios Pizza
El Chico
7-11
Denny's
IHOP
Valero
O'Reilly Auto Parts
Sport Clips
Subway
Jimmie Johns

Wing Stop

Chilly Fillmores
Frozen Goat
Smoothie King
Jiffy Lube
Dairy Queen

Place an additional slide after the title slide that provides a definition of what a Business Franchise is? 

When you begin searching for this information you may want to search for Franchise cost, top 500 popular franchises, etc...You may be able to find all the information from their corporate website but you may have to look other places as well.

Rank them from the most expensive to least expensive in your presentation. Again, I will not tell you how to present this information. You can use Google slides, create a table that will compare all of the information, or use power point. If you choose to use Power Point make sure that you are saving you file and uploading it to your drive every day and downloading it back into power point each day.  Make it professional and neat before you submit it for grading.

"Get'er done."
                Larry the Cable Guy

Freakin Easy 100 Friday

I have noticed that the wall outside our classroom has been lacking in Christmas Spirit.  So today to earn a freakin easy 100 using the Paint program on your computer you are to draw something that reminds you of this season.  It can be a tree, and ornament, Menorah, Santa, Rudolph, a house with lights on it, etc....whatever reminds you in your way of this season.  The only catch is that for it to be printed and hung on the wall outside our classroom you MUST be proud enough to put your name in there somewhere.  Save the file as a .jpeg file (christmas_your name) and upload it to your drive and turn it in to our Google Classroom.  If you give some effort you will recieve a freakin easy 100, if not you will recieve a circular grade.

Also if you have not completed ANY assignment for this six weeks today would be a great day to do that and receive some credit for it and not the big fat zero that you have now.

"To be or not to be, that is the question."
                                                   William Shakespeare

Welcome back Monday.

Your mission is to create a Powerpoint or Google slides that tells the story of your Thanksgiving break without using any words.  Your document must include at least 10 pictures or graphics that tell what you did during your break.  It would be nice if they went in  the order the events took place but it is not mandatory.  The only slide that may have words on it is the Title slide.  I would think that you can do this is no more than 4 slides including the title slide.  Be creative and tell a picture story of your break.

"Individual committment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."
                                                                         Vince Lombardi

Today/Tomorrow you will complete the practice prompt 2 that should be at your station.

Using Microsoft Word insert a header that includes your name, date, and class period that is right aligned.  Change the spacing of the document to single spacing or No Spacing.  Type the document as is on the first page and when you have completed that insert a page break to take you to the second page.  If you have created a header then your name, etc... should be on the second page already.

Copy and paste the entire document to the second page (make sure it is still set to single spacing) and make the following changes to the document.

- Title you paper Human Services Careers  - center, 20 pt, Goudy Stout font (Delete Practice promt 2)
- Indent first paragraph
- Create a second paragraph starting with the sentence, Ideas for events.....
- Double space between the paragraphs and indent the second paragraph
- Create a third paragraph starting with the sentence, Reviews, ratings, and....
- Double space between 2nd and 3rd paragraphs and indent the 3rd paragraph.
- Center align the first paragraph and change the font to Algerian 14 pt.
- Justify align the second paragraph and change the font to Broadway 16 pt.
- Rt. align the 3rd paragraph and change to Viner Hand ITC 12pt.
- Underline, Bold, and change the text color of the word online everytime it appears.  You choose the color and it can be a different color each time.
- Change the case of the second paragraph to Capitalize every word.
- Save your file as practice prompt_your name.
- Upload your file into your google drive.

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, but this time more intelligently."
                                                                                        Henry Ford

Today you will begin to create a 3 Column Brochure about yourself.  You will use Microsoft Word again to complete this task.  That means you will have to save your file and then upload it into your drive and then download it to put it back into Word format the next day.

This Brochure will tell about 3 things in your life.  It can be School, Work, and Play, or Childhood, Teen years, and Future, etc....I think you get the point.  The instructions for this assignment are at your station.

"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails and still reach my destination."
                                                                                                    James Dean

Today you need to complete the basic formatting exercise for Microsoft Word and turn it in on classroom.

To download your file from your drive back to a Word document you will right click on your file in drive and choose dowload file.  It will then put a tab on the bottom left of your computer screen, double click on that tab and it should open your file again as a Word document.  When you complete it you will need to save it and upload it to your drive like yesterday and then turn it in.

Some of you guys have not completed, printed out, or turned in your calendar/class schedule table assignments yet either.  DO THESE ASSIGNMENTS, THERE ARE 3 DAYS LEFT THIS SIX WEEKS!

Remember, sometimes you are the windshield sometimes you are the bug.....

Today we will begin an editing assignment using Microsoft Word and not Google Docs.  I have sent you a powerpoint in google classroom with some notes on basic formatting that you can use as well.  We will go over some of the functions you can do using the Home and Insert tabs in class before you begin the assingment.  Some of the functions we will look at are how to change the case of letters and sentences, alignments, bullets, line spacing, and sorting.  Using the Insert tab we will look at headers/footers, page breaks, date/time, and symbols you can insert.

The assignment is at your station, set your document to no spacing before you begin and then follow each of the instructions to complete the assignment and turn it in to the assignment created on Google classroom.

"Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they can do this is by not voting."
                                                                                                   Franklin D. Roosevelt

Today you will complete your class schedule and November calendar.  Print out and turn in a copy of your calendar to me and you may print out a copy of your class schedule for yourself if you want one.  There is an assingment on classroom now for you to turn in both of these tables today.

"Character cannot be developed through ease and quiet.  Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."
                                                                                              Helen Keller

Today's assignment is at your station.  You should FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS on the page.
Create these two tables in one document, but on separate pages.  There are no instructions for the fonts, colors, shadings, etc for these assignments.  Make it yours but make it neat.

DO YOUR OWN WORK, IF I CATCH YOU SHARING YOUR DOCUMENT WITH SOMEONE ELSE ALL PARTIES INVOLVED WILL GET A ZERO FOR THE ASSIGNMENT.  LAZY AND BEING A CHEAT ARE NOT A GOOD CHARACTER TRAITS TO HAVE.

"The truth is you do not know what is going to happen tomorrow.  Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed."
                                               Eminem

What up Wednesday

If you have completed your movie table according to all the directions, then turn it in to classroom.  If you are completed then go to www.freetypinggame.net and do lessons 5-8 and set the wpm goal to 35 wpm.  Do not print out certificates when you finish.  Do not type with two fingers use the home keys and type not peck.

"In the end it is not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
                                                                                    Abraham Lincoln

Create a Table Tuesday

Today you will do the Table exercise that is at your station.  The instructions are written out on the top of the page for you.  There are some new formattings on here but I think you can figure them out.  Change the title of the document to Movies in the upper left hand corner before you turn it in.

"I have not failed.  I have just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
                                                               Thomas Edison

Make Up Work Monday

If you have ANY assignment(s) that you have not completed and turned in to me use this period to do it.  Turn it in on classroom and let me know that you did so that I can go check it.  Anything other than the typing assignment from Friday will be considered extremely late but will be considered.

"Don't quit!  Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it.  Listen to your drum and your drum only, it is the one that makes the sweetest sound."
                                                                             Simon Sinek

Friday, October 28, 2016

Today you will practice typing again.  You will type Practice Prompt #1, which should be at your station.  Open up a Google Doc, insert a HEADER which is right aligned and includes your name, class period and date.  Then type the document just as it appears on the page. Capitalization and punctuation, and spelling will be graded.

Next you will insert a page break after the last sentence you typed (this will give you a second page) then copy and past the entire document onto a second page (not a new document).  If you inserted a header you will see you name and info in top right corner of page.  Here you will change the following formats:

Center the title and change the font to permanent marker 18 pt.
Change the type size back to 12 pt for the rest of the document.
Highlight the entire document and choose justify for the alignment.
Make this entrie document single spaced except for a double space after the title.
Start a second paragraph beginning with the sentence, These must be met....
Double space between the paragraphs.
Change the word hospitality to red everytime it appears in the document.
Underline the word Tourism every time it appears.
Create a third paragraph, beginning with the sentence, Technology has made...
double space between the second and third paragraphs.
Change the font of the first paragraph to roboto
Change the font of the second paragraph to Courier New
Change the font of the third paragraph to Georgia

Then in the upper left hand corner of your document, change the name to Practice Prompt 1 and turn it in to your google classroom.

"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
                                George Bernard Shaw

Your Technology Era project is due today.  We will begin presentations tomorrow.  Make sure that it is 10 slides and your last slide is your citation slide and they are cited correctly.  Examples are in the notes I provided to you long ago on classroom or you can google:  How do I cite a website correctly, and you will get examples as well.  Due today NO EXEPTIONS!

"Success is not the key to happiness.  Happiness is the key to success.  If you love what you are doing you will be successful."
                                                 Albert Schweitzer

Turn in your updated resume and reference page to the assignment in your Google Classroom. It is due today period.

When you have completed that assignment I want you to pick a partner for you next assignment.  No more than 2 people.  You make work by yourself if you want to as well.  When you have pick your working partner let me know and I will give you your time period for the next project, which is historical technology research.

Each group will be given a 20 year time period to research.  You will find eight (8) different technological advances during this time period.  They can come from anywhere in the world not just the United States.  You will then create a 10 slide presentation of your findings.  Things to include in project:

10 slides minimum (Title slide, 8 advancement slides, and a citation page)
where was it invented?
who invented it?
how did it impact the world?
include pictures, etc
use at least 3 different sources
create a citation page using the proper/correct webpage citations from the notes that are still in your classroom.
Title slide should be creative, show your time period and have your names on it.

You will present these to the class next week.

"You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind."
                                                        Joyce Meyer

Today you will edit and make changes to your resume draft.  I made suggestions on everyone's resumes that turned one in.  I want you to edit yours and fix some of the things that are suggested.  this will be your final draft and it will count as a test grade this time when we turn it in.  This one needs to be as neat as you can do one, check your formatting, spacing, alignment, and of course spelling.  Remember cities, states, street names, etc... are all capitalized.  Your resume should all fit on one page I would think.  Set your spacing for single spacing and this will help some of you.

We will add a second page.  This page will be your reference page.  I have been reminding you for 2 weeks to get 3 people that you think would be excellent references for you and get their address, phone, email....  This page is very simple you will set your spacing for single spacing and center the word References at the top of the page and then left align and put your three references like this:

References

Herman Munster

1313 Mockingbird Lane

Scarytown, TX 77777

555-555-5555

hmunster@biggreenhead.com

next one

next one

and that will be your reference page.  Don't do anything fance on this page, but it does need to match your resume style as far as font goes.  Use the same style on this page.

This will be due tomorrow!!!!!

Today you need to make sure that you have turned in ALL ASSIGNMENTS that are due.  If you have any assignment that you have not done, besides the resume draft (too late for that one), then get them finished and submitted on classroom.  

If you have completed all assignment then I want you to complete lesson 17 on www.freetypinggame.net with the goal set at 30 wpm.  Then go back and do lessons 1-4 with your target goal set at 35 wpm.  Use the home keys and do not type with one or two fingers.  Try and get better at typing.  

It is Friday, Life is Good, 8 weeks of school already gone.  Have a great weekend, make good decisons, and influence someone in a positive way.

"A strong, positive self image is the best possible preparation for success."

                                                                            Dr. Joyce Brothers 

Today you should be finishing up your three letters of inquiry.  Once you have completed the first letter you may open a new Doc and copy and paste your first letter into the second page.  You may then change the company name, address, and edit the content of your letter without having to completely retype the entire thing.  I will allow you to do this because this is something you wrote and note just copying and pasting from a webpage.  Make sure and check your formatting because much of your grade will be about formatting your letters according to the directions given to you on Monday.  There is an assignment posted in your Google Classroom where you will turn in all 3 letters.  Open the assignment and then add all 3 of your letters before turning it in.

Some of you guys/girls are not doing much this six weeks and my patience is wearing pretty thin with extending time for you to do these assignments.  So far you should have turned in a Draft copy resume, a job search table, and now the 3 letters of inquiry.  Zeroes will be given after Friday for any of those assignments not turned in.

You also need to have your 3 references I have been reminding you about each day.  Tomorrow I will hand your resumes back and we will begin editing them for the final draft and we will add a reference page to them with your three references.  You need to get their address (street, city, state) and phone or email if you can, and what is there Title.

"Education's purpose is to replace and empty mind with an open one."
                                                                       Malcolm Forbes

Letters of Inquiry

Today you will begin researching and typing your letters of inquiry using the three (3) jobs you were to have researched last week.  You need to do a Google search for "letters of inquiry samples"  this will pull up mutltiple websites with examples of what a letter of inquiry is and actual samples for you to look at or to use.

Assignment

You are to construct three letters of inquiry addressed to the jobs that you looked up last week.  You will need an address for that job for sure.  If there is not contact person you may address the letter to "To whom it may concern:".  You are to use THREE different letters samples.  DO NOT use the same letter for all three jobs.

Formatting instructions: (Using Google Docs)
Make your font Times New Roman 12 pt.
Make the line spacing to single space and double space between paragraphs. (Format/Line spacing)
Double space between your address, date line, company address, and who letter is to.
Quadruple space between sincerely and your name.  (hit return 4 times after sincerely)
Name your letters Job 1, Job 2, Job 3.  (click on untitled document and change name)

You may have to embelish (fib) a bit on these letters to fill them out with your accomplishments but that will be ok.  Make sure these are saved in your drive when you complete them.  If you create a folder called Coach Adair and put them in there they will be easy to find.

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
                                                                                                            Abraham Lincoln

Chill out Chicken Friday

If you have completed both your resume rough draft and your job search table and turned them both in to classroom you get to chill out today.  If not get those assignments completed and turnt in.

"Life is like a box of chocolates"
                              Forrest Gump

Today you WILL finish your job search project and turn it in to our Google Classroom.  I have put an assignment there for you to turn it in.  Double check it and make sure that you have followed the instructions provided to you in yesterday's post.

7th-8th period
I have instructed the sub to report to me any of you knuckleheads that are just goofing around all period.  Finish your assignments and act like young ladies and men.


"Luke, I am your father...."
                         Darth Vader

If you have not finished and turned in your first draft of your resume you must complete that ASAP and turn it in on Google Classroom.

Today's assignment is to do some job research.  Using a job search engine, you are to research 3 jobs that you think you might interest you in the future.  It can be in whatever city you like or you can research jobs in different cities.  You can use any of the following job search engines:

www.monster.com
www.ziprecruiter.com
www.careerbuilder.com
www.indeed.com
www.simplyhired.com

These are websites you can use but there are others as well and they are structured different and give different information, but they are very simple to use.  DO NOT apply for one of the jobs just get the info required.

The information we are looking for in the job specifications are:
City, State
Job title
Company name
Address
Contact person - this info may or may not be available
Salary
Qualifications - degrees, certifications, or experience required.  We need to find entry level positions.

You are then going to create a google doc which will show this information in a table format. Here are the instructions:
- INSERT a Header that includes your name, class period and date and right align it.
- Title the document Job Search.  Bold and center this information and make it 18pt.
- Create a a 4x8 table in your Doc.
- The column headings should be Job Specs, Job #1, Job #2, Job #3.  These should be centered at the top of each column.
- Then fill in the information that you found out about the 3 jobs you searched for to complete your table.

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it."
                                                                                                   Henry Ford

Continue working on your resume today.  When you complete the draft go to your google classroom and turn it in under the assignment posted there.  When you have completed and turned it in you have a bit of free time to play some games or listen to music quietly.

"Any fool can do something cool and look cool, but it takes skill to make something uncool cool again."
                              Criss Jami

Today you will start typing your resumes.  I have placed a packet with sample resumes at each desk that also include a Reference sheet.  You can use the format of one of these samples or you can look at some samples that Google Docs has or you can open Microsoft Word and type in Resume in the search bar and it will bring up many samples as well.  If you choose to use microsoft word for yours you will have to save the file to the computer or a flash drive and then upload the file into your drive.  To do that simply open your drive and right click in a blank space and choose upload file and go to where you saved it and select it to upload.

Remember you want your resume to have style but not for it to be cute.  Play around with fonts and sizes that you like and different style bullets.  Make your resume sharp.  Remember not to use the word "I".  You will probably want to edit some of your responses from your workbook to include those action verbs that are listed before step five (one liners).  Remember to include clubs, activites, etc... that you have been involved in, whether it is in school or out of school (such as 4H, church activites, etc...).

You will also need to think of 3 people that you could use as a reference for you.  We will create a reference page to attached to our resumes.  These references need to be people that would tell your future employer what a great person you are and that they should hire you.  Examples would be Teachers, someone you have worked for before, Principals, Preachers, etc.....not your parents or other kin.  You will need to be able to get there address, phone number, email address etc...

"Education is not preparation for life, but education is life itself."
                                                                  John Dewey

If you have not completed your Resume Workbook then it NEEDS to be completed this period.  If you have completed yours then you need to go to www.freetypinggame.net and complete lessons 13-16 and set your target goal to 30 words per minute.  After our last typing exercise it is pretty obvious that we need to take some of these typing lessons seriously.  Do the lessons as they are supposed to be done and do not do them with one or two fingers.  After you have completed those four lessons, achieving the goal of 30 wpm, then you have some free time today.

5th-8th periods
Get this taken care of and I better recieve good reports from the substitute about your behavior in class.  Do what is expected of you.

Have a great weekend guys!

"If people are talking behind your back, be glad you are the one in front!"
                                                                                 Anonymous

Today you will complete Step 8 and Step 9 of the resume booklet.  This will take us to the end and we will be ready to actually type our resumes next week.  If you have not completed some of the earlier steps you need to complete them as well.

Step 8 is summarizing your key points.  These are just one sentence summaries of things you have done that might pertain to your job objective (the job you want).
Examples:
     Proficient with Google Docs and other Microsoft software applications.
     Completed Speech Communications class with a 95 avg.
     Achieved high evaluations as a part time worker at Joe Blows Garage.
     Bilingual speaker and can communicate effectively in Spanish and English.
     Can provide exceptions references as to reliability and work ethic.

Step 9 is to Assemble your Resume.  Here you are just going to start filling in from what you have already done.  I think you will see that you will need to edit some of your answers, especially your step 5 one liners to include those actions verbs and maybe shorten some of them up.

Next week I will give you some sample resumes and we will look at some templates online of both chronological and functional resumes and probably make one of each.

"Don't find fault, find a remedy!"
                              Henry Ford

Typing Wednesday

Today you will complete a typing exercise that is simply about following directions.  You are going to type the paper at your desk with the following directions:

Create a Google Doc with the following:
create a header with your name, class period, and date and right justify it.
Title your paper Parenting Guidelines in Times new roman 18pt and bold and underline
Double space after Title.
Single space the document but double space between the paragraphs.
Use proper punctuation, 2 spaces after periods and 1 space after commas, etc.....
Use times new roman font in 12pt for the body of the paper.

This paper is front and back.  When you have completed there is an assignment in your google classroom for you to turn it in.

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character give him power."
                                                                                          Abraham Lincoln

Tuesday, September 27. 2016

We are almost finished with our Resume Workbook, continue to keep up with where we are.  If you have not completed step 5 then you are behind schedule.

Today we need to move on to Steps 6-7, which are Work History and Education and Training.  Step 6 is Work History.  Read through the examples and create a list of your work history beginning with your most recent and going backwards.  This list should include any work that was done including volunteer work or work you were doing for yourself.  Include work even if your parents or other relatives were the "employer".  You will have to make this list on the very back page of the workbook because there is not a space for this.   Make it just like the examples provided for you.

Step 7 Education and Trainin is very self explanatory.  Read through the explanation page and instructions and then on page 18 complete your list of education and trainings that might apply.  Include as many school activities that you have participated in including clubs, sports, band, uil, etc...show that you are involved in many things.

Remember your work history and education and training do not have to pertain to the job objective at this point, we are making a list so that later we can produce a resume for you.

"The whole purpose of eduation is to turn mirrors into windows"
                                                       Sydney J. Harris

Monday, September 26, 2016

I hope you had a good weekend.  Today you need to work on steps 4 and 5 in your resume workbook.  Step 4 is to list your skills and abilities as related to the job objective you created.  Review all the skills and abilities you listed on pages 3-6 and choose the ones that are most related to your job objective (at least 4 but more or ok).  Look at the examples given to you on page 10.

Step 5 is then to create one-liners to demonstrate these skills and abilities using the action verbs provided for you on page 12.  Page 13 has the guidelines for creating these one liners and several examples.  Remember NEVER use the word "I" on your resume, begin with the action verb that describes what you accomplished.  Then on page 14 write several one-liners that pertain to the skills you listed in step 4 or from pages 3-6.

"Surely you can't be serious.  I am serious and don't call me Shirley."  (Airplane, 1980)

Friday, September 23, 2016

Finger Friday

If you have completed all of Steps 1, 2, and 3 in your Resume Workbook, I want you to do Lesson 9-12 on www.freetypinggame.net .  Click on the Lesson tab and set your goal for 30 words per minute.  Do not print out certificates.  If you have not completed Steps 1, 2, and 3 in the workbook please have that completed today.  Thank you very much and remember:

"Show me the money!!!" (Jerry McGuire, 1996)

Later.

Thursday, Septermber 22, 2016

Continue on your Resume Workbook today.  You should finish Step 1, your self inventory, and continue on to Step 2, which is to select several jobs/careers you may be interested in and create a job objective.  Then move to Step 3 which is to research your chosen job/career and learn the requirements of that job, including and certifications required, education needed, any special skills required, or previous experience required.  Stop there if you complete the first three steps.

"Keep you friends close, but your enemies closer." (Michael Corleone, The Godfather II, 1974)

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Resume building

Resume - a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

Today we will begin our resume workbook and from this we will construct several resumes with different formats.  Answers the questions in this workbook honestly and sincerely and do not be immature with your answers.  This is your story not your friends, so answer the questions yourself as truthfully as you can so that we can build a base resume for you to have to add on in the future.  When we finish this section you will have the knowledge of how to form a good resume, what information to put on it and how to format it to get attention for future jobs you will be interested in.  We will also research jobs or careers you are interested in and construct letters of inquiry, cover letters, and follow up letters as well.

Today I want you to complete all of the questions in Step 1 of the Resume Workbook I am going to give you.  There are several questions in this step.  Remember answer them yourself and answer them honestly.

"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse" (Godfather, 1972)

Monday, September 19, 2016

 Today you will begin our citation assignment.  I have placed in your classroom a powerpoint with notes about copyrights, plagairism, and proper citation examples.  Read through the slides and familarize yourself with this information.  Next is your assignment.

 1) Using the websites that you used in your Emerging Technology essay/slides, you are to pick three lines or quotes that you used that were not your own words and type them out and correctly cite them,  (name, year) at the end of the sentence/paragraph.  These must come from THREE different sources!!
2) After this you must correctly do a reference citation for the entire website (refer to examples in the slides).
3) Research three books that you have read in the past and do a complete and correct bibliography citation for those three books that you choose. (refer to examples in the slides/notes)

Your Google Doc should be formatted like this:

Name
Class
Date

CITATION EXERCISE

1) Three quotes/lines of information from emerging technology research cited correctly.






2) Three websites used with correct citations





3) References for three books that you have read in the past correctly done.


When you have completed turn this in under the same assignment in classroom that had the notes/slides in it.

Friday, September 16, 2016 - Homecoming


Third period:

You will take your vocabulary quiz today.  You have 15 minutes to study or to complete your definitions and turn them in using Google Classroom.

Rest of Classes:

Today continue with www.freetypinggame.net .  Click on the Lesson tab and complete lessons 5-8 and set your your goal to achieve 30 words per minute.  When you successfully complete the lessons please do not print out the certificates.  Once you finish all 4 lessons you may have some free time.

"You're going to need a bigger boat"  (Jaws, 1975)

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Today complete the vocbulary assignment in your classroom.  Use any online dictionary source to complete this.  Make sure that your definitions apply to the topic being covered.  Also make sure to put your name on the document and highlight or underline the terms to offset them.  This is part of the intstructions so I will count off if you do not.  You may have to search a bit for a couple of them but you can find the definitions.

"You can do it."
Not sure what that is from.

Friday, September 9, 2016

Today you should be completing both your research essay and your slide presentation.  Remember to put all of the group members names on each assignment.  You only have to turn it in once per group.

Your essay will be graded on formatting, spelling, number of sentences, the number of paragraphs, list of sources and of course content itself.

Your slide presentation will be grades on content, spelling, grammar, title slide, all names on it and how you present it.

There are two assignments in your google classroom to turn these in too.  I am looking forward to learning about some of these new emerging technologies.

5th, 6th, 7th, 8th periods

You guys no how to act and I expect not to have any discipline issues reported to me by the substitute.

"Say hello to my little friend!"
Scarface, 1983

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Assignment #1

After watching the video I want you to choose TWO (2) people to work with.  (if we have an odd number there may be a group of  just 2 people)  Your group will now research a new emerging technology, such as Artificial Intelligence, advanced robotics, etc....  You will research your topic and construct a well written 7 paragraph essay.  Your essay will include a Title, Introductory paragraph, 5 body paragraphs, and a conclusion.  In your essay you must include the following:  (type your essay in 12 point so that my old eyes can read it)

Questions to Address:

1. What is the history of the topic?
2. Is this a completely new idea or an improvement?
3. Who or what company is the inventor?
4. What task does it perform?
5. What are you comments or concerns?
6. Will this help or hurt society? 
7.  Can it be used to improve Schools/Education?

Indent all paragraphs!! Single space and Watch your spelling!!

**Make sure that you share this document with your partners so that all of you have it in your drives**

Assignment #2

You will then create a slide presentation using google slides that you can present to the class about your topic.  This slide presentation should be no longer than  6 slides.  Make sure that you use transitions, graphics, etc.  It does not need to be a word for word repeat of your essay but an overview of main topics you chose that you can use to explain it to the class.  NO ONE WORD SLIDES!!!  

We will shoot for Friday as a due date.

"Here's looking at you kid" 

Casablance, 1942.

Friday, September 2, 2016

Today we will do some typing exercises.  Log onto www.freetypinggame.net.  From there click on the lessons tab at the top.  Try and complete the first four lessons and use 30 words per minute as your target goal.  These lessons will familiarize you with the HOME KEYS of the keyboard.  ASDF and JKL;.
Please do not print out any certificates though.  Try and accomplish the Goal of 30 wpm before you move to the next lesson.

5th, 6th, 7th and 8th periods
I have instructed the sub to please let me know if there are ANY type of behavior problems today.  I expect you to behave like ladies and gentlemen while I am gone.  Remember your character is defined by how you act when you think know one is watching.  Have a great long weekend and I will see you guys on Tuesday.


Don't run with pigs if you don't want to get dirty, think about that.

Tuesday, August 30,2016

Today in you Google Classroom you will find a vocabulary assignment for today.  This assignment consists of various computer input/output devices and other terms.  You can use any resource available to find the appropriate definition for the words.  (This definition should be related to technology or computers in general).  One example is www.dictionary.com but there are other sites availble if you just do a google search.  Open you assignment in google docs so that you can type in it and make sure that you put your name, class period, and date in the upper right hand corner and higlight or each of the terms before you turn it back in to me.  This is a one period assignment and there will be a quiz tomorrow over these terms.

"Luke, I am your father"

Darth Vader

Friday, August 26, 2016

We have made it through the first week already.  You should have completed you student information sheet and you introduction power point.  Today we will begin presenting you power points to the class.  While this is happening you WILL pay attention to your classmates, there should be no reason for you to be on your computer or listening to music.  Give each classmate the attention that you want when you are presenting.  Make sure after you use the Apple TV that you turn the mirroring off on your ipad.

Hasta la vista baby!!

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Today you will continue to work on your introduction power point presentation.  Remember everything that it must have.  If you complete yours today make sure that it is shared to your google drive.  I have place an assignment in our Google Classroom and you may turn your presentation in to me there.  Make sure you DO NOT share it to my drive, I will not accept it there.  Make sure that you have turned in your student information sheet as well.

Make your presentation as fleek as possible (is that right???)  Use colors, graphics, transitions, etc....
If you need to have a 6th slide that will be ok but do not make it 9 or 10 slides.

Make sure you try and solve the riddle......

Over and Out....

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

If you could not log into Google yesterday please try again today, if you still cannot get logged in please give me you student ID along with the information that you gave me yesterday including the year you graduate and I can turn that in to Mr. Miller to have your password reset.  Things to try to log in:

email:  dateyougraduatefirstname.lastname@centerisd.org
example: 18joe.blow@centerisd.org

Password:  try the following:
                  JBsixdigit number
                  Jbsixdigitnumber
              or sixdigitnumber

If you still cannot get into google we will go a different route.

If you can get into google complete you student information sheet and lets see if we can find out how to turn in the assignment using Google Classroom.  Once you have completed this information sheet you may now begin on your second assignment.

Assignment #2 Introductory Powerpoint  (DUE THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2016)

You will now create a Inro powerpoint to introduce yourself.  This powerpoint should tell us who you are based on the information that you provided in your Student info sheet.  This powerpoint should include the following:

5 slides including the Title slide
2 different transitions
different colors or backgrounds
insert pictures or graphics
2 different fonts
you can also add music if applicable and decent.  

May the force be with you........

Monday, August 22, 2016

Welcome to Coach Adair's Principles of Information Technology class for 2016-2017!  Prepare yourself to have a fun year in class.  Today we will take care of all the first day things.  Each of you will receive a syllabus with general classroom information about our PIT class.  Items discussed on the syllabus are Course description, grading, late work, tardies, etc...  There is also a place at the bottom for your parents/guardian to sign.  You MUST bring this back signed this week.

We will also discuss classroom rules and expected behavior.  We will ALL have a complete understanding of these before we leave today.

You will also join our Google classroom today and when you do you will see your first assignment for the class.  The codes for joining you class are as follows:

3rd period - uzt01g
5th period - uayk88
6th period - c9w761
7th period - 3p60l2  (that is a small ell not a one)
8th period - 7iv153f

Log into your google account and type in classroom in the search bar, this should pull up Google classroom where you can enter you code to join the class.  Once you have don this you should find you first assignment, which is your student information sheet.

When you click on the assignment you will need to click on the "open" button at the top and then you may proceed to answer the questions.  Once you have completed the questionaire you will submit the assignment.  Answer the questions with honesty because it will be used for your next assignment.

May the force be with you!