CDD Class Report Walden 8-8-09

WEEKLY CLASS REPORT
Walden House /08-08-2009

ATTENDANCE:
We had 7 students in attendance.

INTRODUCTIONS OR OVERVIEW:
Chris took roll and Eric briefly went over the topics that were going to be covered that day.

1ST TOPIC COVERED:
Chris started by going over all the Discovery Terms. The students were very eager to give the definitions. The whiteboard was used to write terms on one side and definitions on the other. Students were asked to come up and draw a line from the term to the matching definition.

2ND TOPIC COVERED:
Eric went over the first half of Module 2. He talked about the difference between programs/applications and files. He then talked about the Task Bar and arranging windows (cascading, tiling, and plain old minimizing). He ended by discussing Dialog Boxes and the options contained within a box.

3RD TOPIC COVERED:
Chris talked about MS Word. We had Anthony demonstrate on a computer how to open Word using Start/All Programs while the other students watched.
Chris demonstrated various features within Word such as changing fonts and font sizes, the difference between backspace and delete, etc.

ADDITIONAL TOPICS
Students also showed us their outlines and we spent some time individually helping each student with their paper or outline.

LAB TIME:
All students logged onto a computer. All the students were very eager to try Word. Most students spent time typing out various sentences and playing with spell check, alignment, and fonts.
Some students also tried typing their papers and saving the file to their computer.

FINAL NOTES:
The class was very happy to be learning about Word since this seemed to be a very useful program for them. All students looked to be making progress on their papers/outlines. Johnny and Stephen were able to refine their outline. Rico also rewrote some of his paper and was able to type it on the computer in Word. Gregory did shorten his paper but may need more help. Anthony, Mario, and Michael seemed to be on track with their papers.