Good afternoon Plato students and parents,
We survived and thrived in another week of learning and interacting within our new learning environments. We have settled nicely into a routine of quiz, lessons, post quiz and writing project. I am happy to let you parents and guardians know just how proud I am of your young scholars this week. They have learned to open, close, save and save-as documents. We have used a variety of keyboard shortcuts, quick access tools and our file menu as well. The students have also learned about the document backstage, information panel, properties and advanced properties. They also experienced a key exam step of importing text from file. Finally students got to learn about and experience rich text formatting (.rtf) and portable document format (.pdf) files. All students should have 9% progress and thus a 100% for their weekly progress grade. I encourage you to have your student log into the lab and show you their progress. As a reminder, to access the lab computers they need to go to https://remote.platoacademy.net Then they will use the username and password they set up in class. It is in my humble opinion that the most valuable lesson they learned this week was the importance of following the written directions. Even though there are multiple ways to achieve the tasks required, our software is very specific and counts for all steps. For example, it measures and grades capitalization, punctuation and specifics such as using “delete” vs. “backspace”. While this may seem to be petty, the bigger lesson is that students are learning attention to detail. As future applicants and potential employees, they won’t have to tell a prospective employer that they are detail oriented or that they “pay attention to details.” Those students that earn and put on their resumes “MOS” or “Microsoft Office Specialist” certifications will have already told that story. Employers know the rigors of this program and what it takes to earn this certification. As in other subjects, learning is only half of the challenge. The other component is applying what they have learned. So students are beginning their “Create” or portfolio project. Again, I encourage you to ask them what this project is all about. This week, they will be writing their four paragraphs about an important subject (online safety). They will be adding properties such as subject, title, author and keywords. As well, they will save the document as a Word .docx format and .pdf format. They will earn an extra point for saving additionally as a .rtf file. As this is a holiday weekend, I will be taking a break Saturday and Sunday to continue unpacking our home but I will occasionally check email and on Monday will check it more frequently for any questions that you young scholars or parents and guardians may have. I wish everyone a relaxing weekend and fun, safe holiday. I look forward to seeing everyone back in class on Tuesday and ready to learn again. By the way, should any student require or request one-on-one tutoring via google meet, I am happy to oblige. Just please allow me some advance warning so that I may arrange my schedule and I will get a calendar invite created. This may include weekends if needed. Thanks again class(es). Job well done,
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