Part 1: Issue and Conclusion Discussion (5 points)
In class we will form groups of 4 or 5. I will hand out an article, an issue and a conclusion to each group. The issue and conclusion will not be for the article you get.
Everyone in your group needs to read the article. Decide what you think the issue and conclusion for the article is as a group and write it down.
Go visit the other groups in the room. See if they have my issue or conclusion for your article. Take the slip of paper from the other group when you find it.
Have one of your group members log in to Etudes and go to the 9/11 Issue and Conclusion Discussion. Create a new Topic.
In the subject line, put the title of your group's article.
In the body of the message, type the issue and conclusion that your group came up with for the article.
Answer the following questions:
How close were you to my issue and conclusion? There are many ways to word the issue and conclusion. Yours might have been worded differently but saying the same thing. If you were way off, what led you on the wrong path?
Discuss the article and the conclusion a bit. Did your group agree with the article? Why or why not? Write a few sentences.
List the names of all of the group members at the end of the post.
Part 2: File Management (5 points)
Follow along with me in this classroom demonstration and exercise to practice creating folders, copying and moving files, deleting files, renaming files and using Print Screen. This material is covered in Windows Projects 3 and 4 in Dozer's Quintessential Guide to Computer Literacy.
1. Start the Paint Accessory. Use the tools to change colors, etc. Write your name somewhere in the graphic.
2. Save the graphic in My Documents as Sept11graphic.
3. Change the graphic a little, then save it again with the same name but change the type to a .GIF format. Close Paint.
4. Start My Computer.
5. Turn on the Folders pane if it is not already displayed by clicking the Folders button.
6. Create a new folder in My Documents called Sept11. If you are at home, use a USB drive or diskette.
7. Copy the .bmp version of the graphic to the Sept11 folder.
8. Move (not Copy) the Sept11graphic file to the Sept11 folder.
9. Start a new Word document. Type your name and the date and then save it as FileManagement in your Sept11 folder.
10. Switch back to My Computer and display the contents of the Sept11 folder.
11. Rename the GIF version of the Sept11graphic file to Sept11compressed.
12. Switch to detail view.
13. Press the Print Screen key on the keyboard.
14. Switch to the Word document. Paste the screen snapshot into the document.
15. Switch back to the My Computer window. Display the contents of the My Documents folder.
16. Delete the .bmp version of the graphic and any other files you may have stored there that you don't need anymore by dragging them to the recycle bin.
17. Press the Print Screen key on the keyboard. Switch to your Word document and paste the image.
18. Switch back to My Computer. Open the Recycle Bin.
19. In your Word document, answer the following questions:
a. How many items are in the Recycle Bin on the computer you are working on?
b. How do you remove files from the Recycle Bin so they can no longer be opened?
c. How do you know if there are items in the Recycle Bin?
Save the document.
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