Author Archives: Jane Graham

We’re finishing-up the presentations this week.  The students have done a wonderful job covering their topics. Students are finishing the creation of their video games using Kudo.  A day of game swapping is planning for the last of this week … Continue reading →

Students are putting the finishing touches on their Power Point presentations about: How to apply for a job. How to write a resume’. How to have a successful job interview. How to keep your job once you have it. How … Continue reading →

We’re almost finished with the main Access projects in the textbook.  We’ll revisit Access again for additional assignments later this year. We’re doing a quick tour of Power Point this week.  We’ll also return to Power Point again later in … Continue reading →

Today we began our introduction to Microsoft Access 2007/2010.  Databases are used for organizing collections of data and are able to report (print/view) the data various formats.  Databases are a wonderful tool for searching and sorting data and then reporting it in various formats.  … Continue reading →

Save this budget sheet to your H drive.  MonthlyHouseholdBudget1 You will delete the example payment/budget information from the sheet and replace the information with what you plan to spend.  BE CAREFUL not to delete the formulas in the green rows.  … Continue reading →

We’re almost finished with Career Forward.  Most of what the students have been learning about has to do with planning for, training for, and getting a job/career.  Now, we’re going to see what it will be like to live on … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking about how wonderful it is to have supportive parents like I have.  I know my curriculum is important.  However, it is often the little things we “teach” as parents and teachers that are most important of all.  … Continue reading →

Below are some links to information about Alice.  Keep in mind you can download Alice for free at your home. Alice.org  (Download available here.)  Alice website (with tutorials) Tutorials from Software Training      

Everyone should have completed their Money Skill lessons and post test by last Friday. This week we will begin programming with Alice 2.0.  We will continue to work on our typing skills as well for a test on Thursday. Type … Continue reading →

We will begin financial literacy lessons using Money Skill.  (See the link to the right under “Financial Literacy”.)  The grades from these online lessons and quizzes will be included in your nine weeks grade.  Take these lessons seriously. We will … Continue reading →