Typing Club
- Complete daily practice in Typing Club using proper technique (remember to focus on how you type, not how well). Work on one lesson for 5 to 10 minutes repeatedly, each day
Work on Showcase Website or start Career Project when finished with test.
- Using the Bureau of Labor Statistics website Complete the Top 10 Occupations Worksheet for occupations with the most new jobs.
- complete the Career Research Project
Get to Know Yourself
- Complete the surveys below and add your results to your showcase website
- Complete the Elevator Pitch Assignment (Optional)
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW
- Six Ps of Success
- Touch Typing Technique
- Trouble Shooting Your Chromebook
- Online Organization
- Organizing Your Drive
- Sharing Files in Google Apps
- Setting Up Your Calendar
- Professional Email Format
- Basic Computer Parts
- Design Principles
- How to Deliver a Presentation
- Digital Citizenship
- (Please note these are only practice. Also, it may count your answer wrong if you don't spell it the same way I do.... don't worry, the point is just so YOU can check your comprehension of the material.)
- PencilCode House Assignment
- Save your file
- click Share
- Copy the "See it Here Code" URL
- turn in to the Assignment Submission Form
- Turn in Worksheets using the Assignment Submission Form:
- student biography
- Success Skills
- Drive
- Online Organization
- Sharing Files
- Calendar Worksheet
- Gmail worksheet
- Delivering a Presentation Worksheet
- Copyrights Worksheet
- Digital Citizenship Review Worksheet
- Gmail Assignment
- Follow these email tips to compose a properly formatted, professional e-mail to your teacher that explains how being organized can help you in the workplace.
- as an alternative, you can watch Use What You've Got.... or lose it! and tell your teacher about the video in the body of your email.
- Presentation Assignments
- Person Place or Thing Assignment
- example of person slides and place slides
- Personal Brand Presentation.
CyberBullyingWatch the the videos:Use information from the videos above and the Stop Bullying website to complete and submit the Cyberbullying Notes
- Online Organization
- organize your Drive using folders and naming conventions
- Google Calendar
- update your calendar with important events
- Gmail
- use labels to achieve zero-inbox
- Watch this video and create a signature line for your gmail account.
- Personal Brand Presentation
- Finish and submit your Personal Brand Presentation.
- start simple and build from there
- you can always go back and make it "better"
- follow the design principles
- eye-pleasing contrasting colors
- 5x5
- simple fonts (30 pt for body, 36 pt for titles)
- font pairs that work together (avoid cursive fonts)
- use text emphasis
- example
- Build Your Brand
- add your professional photo to all of your online accounts
- As time allows, make a copy of this helpful document and start preparing for your future by:
- Creating your Resume
- Learning who you are:
- Knowing what you do:
- Special Classes
- Sports, Clubs, Other School Activities
- Work Experience
- Honors, Awards, Leadership
- Preparing a general Cover Letter
- Creating a list of your Network of Contacts:
- What kind of people do you have your network?
- The goal is establish quality relationships with others in your industry that you can potentially leverage, and create visibility for yourself.
- EverFi Ignition
- continue where you left off at Everfi.com
- PencilCode.net
- Continue in the PencilCode guide
- Work on completing each of the assignments beginning on page 9 of the guide
- move through the guide at your own pace, as time allows
- Showcase Website / Digital Portfolio
- set up showcase website in Weebly
- Log into your Weebly account
- Add pages for Home, About, Contact, Portfolio
- Add content to the Home page
- Make your name stand out
- Add a button to link to your About page
- Include your personal statement
- Consider creating a welcome video for this page
- Create an About page with your
- professional picture
- activities
- honors
- School
- Extracurricular Activities
- Volunteering
- Skills & Languages
- What programs and/or applications would you say you are proficient at?
- What computer skills do you have to offer at this point in your career?
- Soft skills developed
- Include information on soft skills you developed thus far such as communication, time management, collaboration, etc.
- Check out a list of soft skills HERE.
- Add pictures that relate to the different activities
- Consider adding an About Me Video
- Create a Contact page with links to Gmail, Twitter, YouTube, Blogger, and LinkedIn
- Use images as links to your professional social media accounts
- Create a Portfolio page with links to examples of your work
- Performance videos
- plays, sports, concerts, speeches, service projects, etc...
- Evidence of your writing
- School projects of which you are proud
- Optional Twitter Activities
- Go to Twitter
- Add an appropriate profile picture
- Add a short bio about yourself. Include items such as:
- Interests
- Extracurriculars/Sports
- Goals
- Begin developing a professional learning network (PLN). Do so by following people and organizations that relate to school, examples include:
- Teachers
- Classmates
- Leyden Affiliated
- @MrHaworth212
- @WestLeydenFBLA
- @TBonuma
- @JasonMMarkey
- Social Media Campaign (Optional)
- Review this document for completeness of your profile.
Create a LinkedIn AccountComplete the basic informationUpload a professional pictureUpdate your public profile settings to create a custom URL for your profileCreate a link to your LinkedIn profile from your Weebly websiteRead the article about how to write the perfect LinkedIn summaryWrite your LinkedIn summary
