Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Monday, November 26, 2007

Friday, November 16, 2007

Friday, October 26, 2007

ANALOGY

RULER : MEASURING :: crayon : _____
1. wax
2. supplies
3. coloring
coloring

porcine
Which Looney Tunes animal is truly porcine?
1. Porky Pig
2. Bugs Bunny
3. Tweety Bird
Tweety Bird

Thursday, October 25, 2007

ANALOGY

PURSUE : CHASE :: roomy : _____
1. chamber
2. spacious
3. small
roomy

Which could be described as inert?

1. a couch potato
2. a jumping bean
3. an ant farm
an ant farm

Monday, October 22, 2007

ANALOGY

BRONTOSAUR : PLANT-EATING :: spinach : _____
1. dining
2. leafy
3. Popeye
popeye


raconteur
My Aunt Vesta is a great raconteur—
1. no one can beat her at tennis.
2. I could listen to her stories for hours.
3. she plays tricks on anyone and everyone.
1

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

ANALOGY

HAMSTER : RODENT :: stealing : _____
1. crime
2. thief
3. giving
crime

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

ANALOGY

LEMON : YELLOW :: sweatpants : _____
1. exercise
2. legs
3. comfy
comfy

augur
An ancient Roman might have gone to an augur to
1. have his portrait painted.
2. learn what his future held.
3. buy and sell goods.
buy and sell goods.

Monday, October 15, 2007

ANALOGY

MINK : SOFT :: mold : _____
1. fuzzy
2. shape
3. illness
illness

raconteur
My Aunt Vesta is a great raconteur—
1. no one can beat her at tennis.
2. I could listen to her stories for hours.
3. she plays tricks on anyone and everyone
2 i could listen to her stories for hours

Thursday, October 11, 2007

TECH TALK 3.3

1.
Why is it important to correctly use the correct Reply, Reply All, CC, BCC, and Forwarding options?
e-mail is not sent to the wrong person.


2.
Why is it a bad idea to use capital letters to emphasize a point in an e-mail?
but this can look like SHOUTING.


3.
What are three types of electronic communication that contribute to inbox overflow?
jokes, junk mail (spam), hoaxes


4.
If you spread information around in an e-mail that harms a person or an organization, but it is true, it is gossip. If you spread information that harms a person or an organization and it is false, it is ____.
libel

WARM-UP

IMAGINATIVE : CREATIVE :: stair : _____
1. feet
2. hallway
3. step
step

Which looks most like gossamer?
1. a spider's web
2. a turtle's shell
3. a fish's scales

WARM-UP

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

TECH TALK 3.2

1.
WORMS are viruses that copy themselves until filling up a computer's storage space.



2.
What are two types of “sneaky viruses” that are not designed to harm your computer but can still cause serious problems?
SPYWARE AND ADWARE


3.
What are two ways a virus can infect your computer?
SLOW DOWN AND CRASH


4.
What type of software is available to help prevent viruses and WORMS?
Anti-virus software and firewalls

WARM-UP

CAR : AUTOMOBILE :: _____ : swamp
1. wet
2. low
3. marsh

marsh

"I was going to get one of those lizards," said Willa, "but they are too viscous.

1. "They can bite for no reason."
2. "They have a slimy feel."
3. "They hide all day long."

They have a slimy feel.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Tech Talk Activity 3.1

1.Name two types of telephone networks.
Standard uses physical connections (wires, cables or fiber optics).
Cellular uses air waves (analog or digital).

2.Why are telephone and Internet networks able to function across countries?
Computers transmit information over the telephone system by using a modem to convert data from digital format (binary 1s and 0s) to analog format (waveform). Once the data is in analog format, it is sent over phone lines until it reaches another computer and is converted back into digital format.

3.Name four different types of Internet connections.
Dial-up modem
Cable modem
DSL
(Digital Subscriber Line)
ISDN

4.What are the three types of information transmitted on the telephone network?
Sound (voice)
Images (fax documents)
Data (modem)

ANALOGY WARM-UP

EXCLUDE : INVITE :: _____ : quiet
1. chatty
2. church-mouse
3. silent

chatty

WORD QUIZ
plausible
Which would be a plausible reason for being late to school?
1. You were abducted by aliens.
2. The bus came late.
3. Your mother suggested you stay home and watch T.V. a little longer.

The bus came late.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Monday, October 1, 2007

BYTES

1. How many bytes in a Terabyte (TB)?
1000000000000

2. How many Kilobytes (KBs) in a 100MB file?
100000

3. How many bits are used in the word “computer”?
0100001101001111010011010101000001010101010101000100010101010010

4. Write your first name in binary.
0100101001000001010000110100111101000010

Thursday, September 27, 2007

ANALOGY

CLIFF : STEEP :: _____ : underground
1. subterranean
2. tunnel
3. secret
tunnel

WORD
toxic

Which plant's name suggests that it is toxic?
1. Creeping Charlie
2. Poison Ivy
3. Lace Plant

poison ivy

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Analogy/Word-Post

41 wpm
SPOUT : TEAPOT :: _____ : candle
1. wick
2. match
3. darkness

wick

If six people make a unanimous decision,
1. all six agree.
2. they are split three to three.
3. they have made six separate decisions

they have made six separate decisions

Monday, September 24, 2007

VOCAB SENTENCES

1. Icon- a usually pictorial representation

2. Desktop- an area or window on a computer screen in which icons are arranged in a manner analogous to objects on top of a desk

3. Cursor-You move the cursor around, to choose what you want to click on.

4. Quick Launch Toolbar- The quick launch tool bar can be used to quickly click on a specific file.

5. Taskbar button- I copied and pasted the text using the taskbar button.

6. Menu Bar-Using the menu bar, you can print documents.

7. Toolbars- Toolbars consist of icons that you can quickly get to.

8. Control Icon- You may find a volume control icon in the taskbar.

9. Scrolll Box- The scroll box allows you to scroll down pages.

10. Help toolbar- The help toolbar helps you identify and solve your problems or errors.

VOCAB/ANALOGY

ENEMY : PAL :: _____ : tiny
1. gigantic
2. small
3. iota

gigantic

sentient
Which could be described as sentient?
1. a hamster
2. a cupcake
3. an ocean

a cupcake

Friday, September 21, 2007

ANALOGY

WEED : PLANT :: flu : _____

1. sneezing
2. health
3. illness
Health


WORD QUIZ
prohibit
To prohibit people on their beach, the neighbors set up
1. a party for the whole neighborhood.
2. an admission booth.
3. a "No Trespassing" sign

a "No Trepassing" sign

Thursday, September 20, 2007

ANALOGY/WORD-WARM UP

PETAL : ROSE :: _____ : rabbit
tail
hare
mammal

tail

What does it mean ?precarious


Who might look precarious?


1. a king on a golden throne
2. a tightrope walker
3. a sleeping baby

a tightrope walker

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

pg41 and 42

1.a
2.a
3.So all your hard work would'nt go to waste
4.Save saves it save as saves it specifically
5.d
6.its quicker
7.d
8.f
9.b
10.b

WARM-UP: ANALOGY/VOCAB

SMOOTH : WARTY :: _____ : unknown
1. famous
2. mysterious
3. anonymous
famous

WORD QUIZ

persevere

What newspaper headline tells about someone who has the ability to persevere?

1. Woman Builds Castle Stone by Stone
2. Boy Finds Diamond Ring on Beach
3. Farmer Shares Crops with the Poor
woman builds castle stone by stone

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

PG: 25

1.f
2.b
3.a:taskbar b:second taskbar c:new document option d:inches for the paper
4.b
5.alt with something or go to the start bar
6.a
7.a
8.d
9.some different network
10.d

WARM-UP: ANALOGY

WARM-UP: ANALOGY/ ANALOGY
HAIRPIECE : TOUPEE :: spunky : _____
1. plucky
2. dull
3. trouble
trouble


WORD QUIZobtrusive
While we were hiking, we saw an obtrusive mass of rock. It
1. was hard and glittered in the sun.
2. had layers of different colors.
3. stuck out into our path.

stuck out into our path

Monday, September 17, 2007

ANALOGY WARM-UP

TARANTULA : SPIDER :: _____ : award
1. recognize
2. Emmy
3. withhold


Answer 2. Emmy

obliterate
What might you use to obliterate graffiti?
1. spray paint
2. a strong cleanser
3. photography

Answer 2. a strong cleanser

Friday, September 14, 2007

Quiz

1. What is the name of the BCIS blogspot.(URL)
http://flashlovesyou.blogspot.com/
2. How do you save?
go to file
go to save as

3. Where do you save to?
save it to your #.


4. What is the daily expectation when you first come to class?

Look at the board to see if their a warm-up.

Then do it.



5. What is your log in -username for blogger ?
Your e-mail address.


6. What is your log in username for gaggle ?





7. What is your log in for the computer?
Lunch #

Friday, September 7, 2007

ETHICS QUIZ

1. Be ethical while in the lab.

2. Don't be a hacker be a slacker.

3. Don't use piracy and copy cds.

4. Please value all the equipment.

5. Don't do plagiarism or you'll go to jail.

6. Have good character while in the lab.

7. Set the example by showing good character.

8. Don't try to hack into dirty wesites like Stephanie.

9. Have value and don't go to dirty websites like Stephanie.

10. Have goods ethics unlike Stephanie.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

DAY 6-8 WORD WALL

DAY 6

Ethics: Are the rules of personal behavior accepted by society.

Sentence: Its good to have ethics in the world.

Synonym: Conduct

Antonym: Wrong



Hacker: A cheater on the computer.

Sentence: Hackers go to jail.

Synonym: Break-in

Antonym: Not a cheater.



DAY 7

Piracy: Using somebody elses work without their permission.

Sentence: Hackers and Piracyers are the same.

Synonym: Stealing.

Antonyms: Returning your stolen item.



Values: Beliefs in a certain thing.

Sentence: My values are very important for me.

Synonym: Ideals

Antonym: Lack of values



DAY 8