Keyboarding

Currently in BTA we are learning some Keyboarding skills. This will be very important as we head into creating documents in the Microsoft Office Suite. We are also working on proper technique while working at the computer. Students will be graded weekly on their technique, which includes: Feet flat on the floor, Sitting up straight, Eyes not looking at the keyboard, Straight wrists and using correct finger for each key. Students will also be receiving grades for completion of practice exercises while learning new keys. I hope to be finished with the Keyboarding unit the Friday after Labor Day. I hope to see all of you at the PTA Open House this Thursday night!

First Week of School

We have had a great first week of school and I am so excited about this year! Thank you so much for subscribing to my blog, I think this will be helpful with communication.

 If any of your students would like to join FBLA they can still join. Just send a check made out to HMS/FBLA for $10 and I will get them signed up. I think we are going to have a fun first year for our club.

This week we covered Safety in the Workplace and we discussed why safety was important even in an office setting. Each student took a Career Interest Inventory and were given three Career Clusters they might consider in the future. Today we spent the period discussing Computer Ethics and we had some really great discussions.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to teach your child!

First Semester 2011

Welcome to all parents and students for the 2011-2012 school year! I am looking forward to communicating with you about the Business Technology Applications class this year via this blog. I think this will be an efficient way of communicating what we are doing in the classroom this year. I plan to post entries on a weekly basis and I hope that all of you will join by subscribing to this blog. If the students have not told you already they will receive extra credit if you sign up using your e-mail address in the box at the top of the page. Please leave a comment, stating the name of your student, to assure they receive credit. I know we will have a great school year and I look forward to getting to know all of you!