Quarter Three

In quarter three, we learned how to use one basic application of Microsoft Access. The Address book is used to store contacts in different ways using different lists options and so on. Microsoft Access address book also shows us the last date that the particular contact was updated so we can change it whenever we please.

The purpose of the activity was to show us how to manually manage out contacts on Microsoft Access. And to understand how to add the information such as how to choose from email, contacts, and all the other options that Microsoft access gives you. Its other purpose was to show us how change the appearance of the contact list into a different design shape and how it’s listed.

I learned how to mange contacts with Microsoft Access using types of listing, appearance, options, and how to organize your options. I also had fun changing the appearance and font of my contacts list and how to put them in list such as first name is first than last name. What I also found interesting was that how I can make it my boxes into different shapes and sizes while I can adjust to make my font fit inside the box.

I could have learned differently if I wasn’t fooling around so much with my contacts and did not have to go around the room to look for people’s contacts to look for their information. It was also hard for me to manage the contacts and move the boxes around while trying to get the font to fit.

This does not relate to my goals.

Quarter Two

In every quarter, we have a speed test that determines our speed WPM, Words per minute, and our accuracy on typingtestonline.uk. After we get our results, we add it on the computer by saving it and putting it on my documents. Each time we take the typing test each quarter, our time gets fewer than the original time.

The purpose of the typing test is to see our ability as we type and see what we get common mistakes on. Its also to show us how to align our fingers correctly, as not to slip our hands and type the wrong letter which results in a mistake when you are doing a typing test. Typing tests also show us how we improve every quarter or sometimes if we got worse, we could see how we type wrong and how we can fix it.
I do not usually learn anything new when it comes to typing tests, but it is always a good review on how it type and how sometimes I should not rush when it comes to typing. You can get errors on the word that you are trying to type correctly Accuracy is also very important because it helps determine how precise your score shall be and how accurate you are when you type something and that you do not make anything wrong.

I could have learned differently if I pay more attention to my accuracy when I am typing because accuracy is very important and it is at the same level of importance as Words per minute. I have problems spelling out the words and typing them on the keyboard which also give me a hard time when I type something. I also need to work on my finger alignments.

This does not relate to my goals.

Quarter Two

In quarter two, we learned the basis of Microsoft excel. One of the activities that we were meant to do was a calendar of December 2008 in the correct format. The activity took about one hour, and we had a list of the directions that we were supposed to do in order to complete the calendar correctly. The calendar was also made in a way that it can be used for day notes or as a schedule to write on the box.

The purpose of the activity was for us to put our understanding of Microsoft Excel into a way that can be used such as a graph, calendar, spreadsheet, etc. Learning how to make specific charts on Microsoft Excel will also benefit us later on in high school and in the future, to make more precise neat graphs and spreadsheets. Another main purpose was that it helps make most solving and graphing very easy which is was my encouragement to learn more about Excel.
While doing the calendar I learned that you have to be very precise when it comes to doing an Excel document. For example, if the directions sheet wants you to change your row height to 21 and you accidentally type in the wrong number, your row height will be completely different. Also, when you are adding lines or add-ons you have to have the specific formula for repeating the thing you want correctly, or else it will come out completely wrong or just messed up. One more important thing I learned was that it helps to know where everything is on Excel because if you do not it will take you a while to adjust to where you want to format your cells, or change your font etc.

I could have learned differently if I was paying more attention to where exactly all the applications that were needed for me to change the stuff on my sheet, which then would have made it faster and easier to locate what I need to use at a specific direction. It was also hard for me to do the numbers and the lines on the calendar which took me more time than putting the base of the calendar. Merging and centering cells took me a while to find also, which then I realized it was one of the options on the toolbar.

This relates to my goal of organization, because it helps to know where things are on the Excel especially when you have a test and you would get all confused and stressed if you do not know where the applications you need are located.

Quarter One

H and F, or header and footer, was the very first assignment that we did for Quarter One technology. Header and footer is based on writing important information on top of your document or either on the bottom. The top mostly has the name of the document, the date, and class. The footer usually has the page number as you move on writing your document.

The activity is based upon looking over a real or fictional book and then citing that particular book on http://citationmachine.net and then writing its important features on the information boxes that are shown. After writing the information down, you would then click approve of the information in the boxes and copy-paste the citation that they give you too use. As for the Header and footer you would make your header your name, date, class, and the of which mine was "How to tie rabbit fur scarfs". The footer would be pages x-x.

I learned how to correctly use citation machine and how to cite books correctly for any type of information. Also how to use Header and footer correctly by not mixing up the way to use both Header and footer.

Quarter One

The typing test was the first thing related to typing that we did for Quarter one technology. The typing test was done at at http://www.typeonline.co.uk/ and we did the speed test to determine our WPM (words per minute), and to see that it surpasses a normal 8th grader's time.

The activity was about going onto the website, and attempting the keyboard lessons first and then doing the speed test. The keyboard lessons were the lessons that were done before the speed test in order to make a good grade at the speed test. The keyboard were in different ways like for example lesson one was one straight line of keys. The speed test was about a passage that we were supposed to type as fast and as correctly as we can.

I learned how to scan a document from an internet explorer window effiectantely. To also transform that image into a JPG so that it would load. I did not learn anything new in typing, but the review helped me looked over my typing skills, and rember how to efficantaly type on a keyboard.

I could have learned more if I did not do the typing test reapidatly so I could get a better result than the previous result. Also, I took me a while to figure out how to scan the document from the internet because I did not listen to the directions very well. It was hard for me to type effiecantely for the test and I learned differentaly by typing the effiecant way on a keyboard.

This relates to my goals because I sometimes do not follow directions in Tech, which results in me doing everything in a rush and in a hurry to get it done. This is of course not efficient