Week 5, Keyboarding

Wow, 25% of our class is over!  How time flies when you are busy.  And speaking of busy, thanks for signing in and getting work done.  As you may recall, you are required to sign in at least 4 times a week and complete some work during those sign-ins.  You may not know, but MVPS is dropping students who are not signing in regularly and/or who have failing grades.  So, I know I can count on each of you to do the right thing in Keyboarding!  Your grade depends on it!


ETHICS

Speaking of the doing the right thing, this week's lesson includes a discussion post on "Ethics" where you examine situations and select one to discuss.  As you may already know, ethics is not a clear cut right or wrong.  Ethics involves responsible decision making and then taking actions.  Webster’s definition of ETHICS is a system of moral standards or values. ETHICS derives from the Greek ethos, which means “character.”  Another way to look at ethics is to "Exercise the Golden Rule" or "what goes around, comes around."


View the video below about Amy's choices in two situations at school. She is having an "ethical dilemma".  The direct link to the video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_b-aTwBVkA

 A dilemma (Greek δί-λημμα "double proposition") is a problem offering at least two solutions or possibilities, of which none are practically acceptable. One in this position has been traditionally described as "being on the horns of a dilemma", neither horn being comfortable, "between Scylla and Charybdis"; or "being between a rock and a hard place", since both objects or metaphorical choices being rough. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilemma  

Now, one last video CyberSmart to watch. Here is the link for the video shown below. 
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=26584&title=Be_CyberSmart__Cyber_Ethics_and_Bullying








After viewing the 2 video presentations, add a comment in the space at the bottom of the BLOG.  Your comments should include your definition of ethics and what Amy should do in either one of "ethical dilemma" situations on the video.  Twenty (20) BONUS POINTS!


OTHER NOTES FOR WEEK 5.
You will continue to work with MicroType 4.0 and learn several numeric keys.  Remember to use those techniques we talked about in Week 4.  And try to keep that speed steady without making mistakes.  Mistakes take time to correct and "time is money" for you and business.  (So is that an ethical decision or just being responsible?)


As in the past MicroType Lessons, continue to turn in multiple lessons from a dropbox on ONE MS WORD OR WORK document.  If you need to refresh your memory on how to do this, here is a copy of the file I sent to you in your email.

How to Turn in Assignments to Dropboxes by Dannie McKee, Spring 2010

1.       After you complete EACH lesson, take a screen shot of your completed work. (Press the print screen key--you may have to press FN+Print Screen, depending upon your keyboard layout. Nothing will happen when you press Print Screen.)

2.      Create a new MS Word Document.

3.       Change the page orientation (layout) to Landscape.

4.      Paste the screen shot on the page. (Ctrl+V) OR (Edit, paste).

5.      Submit multiple lessons in a single MS WORD document by pressing Ctrl+Enter between screenshots.

6.      Save your work as xxdropbox (replace xx with your initials and replace dropbox with the dropbox number.) Example dm1_02 (File names cannot contain periods or certain other special characters.)

7.       Upload your MSWord document to the correct dropbox.

8.      Back up your work on your Thumbdrive on a daily basis.

My Travel Plans for this Week
If you have any questions about our assignments this week, please call me at 601.810.4923.  I will be driving from El Paso to South MS on Saturday and Sunday this week.  So if you get my voice mail, leave a message and I will return your call when I stop for a break.   (It's 1174 miles and takes about 20 hours.)  Then after Sunday evening, call me on 601.876.6855 because my cell phone doesn't pick up in the country.  So make a note of my number in case you need some help this week.


Week 5 assignments are due Monday, February 8, 2010! 

WHO DAT? WHO DAT?  Go Saints!