Mr. Eliot’s Blog

We are now into the last two weeks of school!  An exciting time, but what I want most is for all of you to finish well!

So a couple of things:

(1)  Seniors can take early finals Tuesday June 2nd to Thursday June 4th.  Sign up on the whiteboard in class.

(2)  During finals week, I will be available after school starting at 12:26pm  (if you need extra time on assignments, etc.) on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.   On WEDNESDAY, however, I will only be available until 1:15pm since I have a meeting.

(3)  Check Aeries regularly and make sure you know where your grade stands.  Things happen fast at the end of the year, so keep yourself up to date on your grade:

http://www.pylusd.org/abi/

Sorry 1st period class!!

I should have told you this yesterday.  This morning (May 19th), during 1st period, I have to attend a meeting at the district office.  This will be my LAST ONE of the year.  Sorry for the short notice.  I will see you tomorrow

Continue working on your FORMS.  Remember to check the directions and use the demo we did in class to help.

Mr. Eliot

Sorry I can’t be there today everyone.  My daughter has thrown up three times, and she has a temperature of 100 degrees, so she must stay home from second grade tomorrow.

I hope you all have a good day, and a good weekend

WEB DESIGN:  Please keep working on Style Sheets.  Remember that there are demos for Part 01 and Part 02 HERE that you can download and look at.  For Part 03, you should find a simple web page that you are interested in using styles with.  Simple pages you COULD use include the Google Search Page, The Wikipedia Home Page, the Web Deign Student Page, etc.  If you don’t like these, select something you prefer.  Read the directions found on Edhsonline.org for help with Part 03.

VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMMING:  Please continue with the Lunar Lander.  If it is flying in a strange way and not falling gently, it usually comes down to variables being the wrong type (Integer instead of being Single), or not being Global when they should be.  We will have time next week to continue.  If you have any questions, I will answer them on Monday.

KEYBOARDING / MS OFFICE: Please DO NOT upload your .ZIP file today.  We’ll deal with that on Monday or Tuesday next week.  Don’t worry about it.  Please DO finish Excel Chapter C, and start Excel Chapter D.  Get as far as you can with Excel Chapter D.  On Monday, we’ll discuss Charts and Graphs in Excel.  Next week, we finish Excel in the book and move on to the Excel Project

Over the next two weeks, we will have a guest teacher twice in this classroom.  Former EDHS Science teacher, Mr Stoecklein (pronounced Steck Line) will be here in my place on Tuesday February 24th and Thursday March 5th.

• On February 24th, I will be attending a careers conference in Garden Grove from 1:00pm to 3:30pm.
• On March 5th, I will be at the CUE Conference in Palm Springs presenting to teachers.

Please welcome Mr. Stoecklein into our classroom.

Thank to all of you for your patience with the new computer lab.  We have the computers just about where I want them, but there are still a few issues.  Internet explorer still has the wrong homepage, and a couple of other things aren’t quite right, but they are CLOSE to being finished.

I will be updating the software again over the long 3 day weekend to fix some of these problems.  Have a great 3 day weekend

Mr. Eliot

Welcome back everyone, Happy New Year!

I did some work on the lab over break, here are some highlights:

1. Office 2003 should work correctly now, it was reinstalled.
2. Clicking on .DOC, .PPT, and .XLS files should open them automatically
3. We now have ONE My Documents folder instead of two
4. Each user has their own My Documents, so you shouldn’t see other people’s work
5. The My Documents folder is also the Z: drive, this makes some programs work better
6. There are now links to the WebFTP, in case we need it

There are still a few things to fix , but things should work better.  Let me know if you have any problems.

Mr. Eliot

I will be at a district meeting all day on Tuesday, October 21st. Our guest teacher is scheduled to be Mr. Werts.  For each class, here’s what you will be doing:

Keyboarding:

• You will be completing your last TypingMaster lesson (Numeric Keypad #3). On Wednesday, we have our last TypingMaster test. We will have a catch-up day on Thursday to make sure everyone finishes their keyboarding work. Friday, we will close TypingMaster for good and start working with Microsoft Office.

Beginning Programming (Visual Basic):

• You will be working on Assignment 04. Assignment 04 is due at the beginning of the period on Thursday October 23rd. We will start Assignment 05 on Thursday.

Beginning Web Design:

• You will be continuing work on Part 02, SHAPES of the GIMP assignment. Log in to Edhsonline.org and read/print Assignment 04 if you do not know what to do. On Wednesday, October 22nd, we will start the next part of the GIMP assignment, as we learn how to colorize black and white photos!

Today (Thursday) I will be out writing an exciting 35 page report for the district. This is the Perkins Five Year Plan Report. I will be back tomorrow, Friday September 26th to answer any questions you might have. Have a great day and be kind to our guest the sub.

LESSON PLANS:

• Keyboarding: Complete lesson #12 and lesson #13 to finish the beginning lessons. Remember that lesson 13 is only 5 minutes long!
• Beginning Programming (Visual Basic): Continue on the triangle program. Remember to READ THE ASSIGNMENT, particularly the second page which has lots of hints. This assignment is due TUESDAY at the very beginning of the period.
• Beginning Web Page Design: Continue on Assignment 02, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Remember, it isn’t finished unless it is on the website! Friday, we will start talking about the next assignment, TABLES near the middle of the period.

Have a great day
Mr. Eliot

Congratulations to all 10 of the AP Java students who took the exam.  I received the results today from the College Board, and everyone passed.  Scores are; 2 fives, 5 fours, and 3 threes.  Average score 3.9.  Way to go guys.  I’m very impressed!!

About a month into summer, and I’m having a great time.  I hope all of you students are enjoying your break.  Next up for me soon will be Hawaii

Mr. Eliot