CDD Class Report Uhuru 10-6-09

WEEKLY CLASS REPORT
Uhuru House /10-06-2009

OPENING COMMENTS:
Class started at 7PM. Students were anxious about the quiz on Computer Discovery Terms.

ATTENDANCE:
We had 12 students in attendance. Jamie Alexander has left Uhuru House. Sedrict Shyn was absent.

INTRODUCTIONS OR OVERVIEW:
The students were asked if they wanted to take the quiz at the beginning of class or after the break. It was decided to take the quiz at the beginning so that the students could get it over with and also to avoid any distractions of students trying to study for the quiz during class.

1ST TOPIC COVERED:
After the quiz, Chris went over the second half of Module 2. He went over Cut, Copy, and Paste, and had students try cutting and copying/pasting words and phrases in Word. He also showed students how to cut and copy/paste a folder in My Documents. During this time, Daniel graded the quizzes.

2ND TOPIC COVERED:
Daniel then went over MS Word. He talked about headers/footers, fonts, page layouts, and page views. We went row by row among the tables and had students change their fonts and page views. We also took this opportunity to have the students demonstrate their skills at cutting and copying/pasting.

3RD TOPIC COVERED:
We also went over dialog boxes and had students change their page layout into various formats – landscape/portrait, letter/legal size, and different margins.

ADDITIONAL TOPICS:
None

LAB TIME:
Besides lecture and the quiz, most of the class time was spend doing hands-on exercises on the computer, mostly in MS Word. Students practiced cutting and pasting and changing their fonts (style, size, and color).

FINAL NOTES:
Demetrus was spoken to about listening to music during class. He said that he will stop. Internet access was unavailable. He also spent most of the class time typing his paper since he is already knowledgeable about the topics that were covered. The “Internet” light on the modem does not light up which could possibly mean that there is no Internet – last week when the Internet was working, that light was green. The device was rebooted and both jacks on the DSL line were tried. None of the computers were able to access the Internet. Perhaps the tech savvy Saturday team could take a look.