EDTL 6310 Modules 1-6 Technology Skills Assignment

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1 EDTL 6310 Modules 1-6 Technology Skills Assignment Goal/Objectives Setting 1. Complete the Technology Skills Checklist. See page 2 of this document for directions on this task. 2. After careful analysis of your current skill level, prepare a summary of where you are in terms of the skills listed in the checklist as well as a rough draft of a schedule of your skill work for each week in Modules 2-6. Create goals (general) and objectives (specific) for the skills you plan accomplish (i.e. Goal become proficient in advanced Word features, Objective learn how to do a mail merge in a letter). 3. At the end of each work session, you will record in your tech skills journal (or blog) the progress made, reflections on your efforts. 4. At the end of each of Module 2-6, upload the tech skills journal (or blog link) and a product that demonstrates your skills work to the instructor, even though the product may be incomplete. In the title for the document sent to the appropriate assignment area, it should list the skill and the initials of the students sending the product (i.e. Lab - Mail Merge - jt). 5. The checklist, summary, goals, objectives, and schedule plan for your skills work is due at the end of Module 1. The product you send the instructor will be a demonstration of your work at the end of each module. For each module of this course, you are expected to spend two hours or more working on building and advancing your technology skills in the areas assessed on the Technology Skills Checklist following the goals and objective you have set. The purpose of this time is to bring you to a base level of technology skills and allow those who are already at a high level to continue learning more advanced skills. If you successfully compete all the skills on the Assessment of Technology Competencies (ATC) then you obviously will going BEYOND these skills. If you are highly skilled in office applications, consider adding to the checklist with multimedia applications such as PhotoShop, GIMP, or Flash. You might also want to explore databases. So much to learn! To guide your advancement of skills, as a BGSU student, you have access to instruction with the online resource Atomic Learning. Here is a little more about Atomic Learning: About Atomic Learning Founded in 2000 by a group of technology educators, Atomic Learning serves over eight million individuals in over 40 countries worldwide. Atomic Learning is dedicated to providing educational resources that allow teachers, students and learners of all ages to embrace technology. Atomic Learning s online training resources teach you how do I do that through a library of thousands of short, easy-to-understand tutorial movies and how do I apply that training that can be used as an integral part of a professional development program and a valuable curriculum supplement. Atomic Learning makes it easy to learn new technology and encourage technology integration in the classroom. 1

2 The login for Atomic Learning for BGSU students is: Username bgsu Password bowling43403 Additional tutorials that may be of help in advancing your technology skills can be found online. (YouTube has some great videos on Audacity, for example.) A list is also available in the very front of your Egbert text in A Teacher s Quick Reference Guide to Technology Tutorials. Technology Skills Checklist The Technology Skills Checklist is a documentation of your technical skills and will be self-rated during Module 1. During Modules 2-6 of this course, you will create documents that demonstrate the skills you are developing and keep a tech skills journal for each module. You will send the module journal and these documents to your instructor, even if incomplete. As you progress through this course, you will update the checklist according to the directions below, and add to it any skills you gain beyond the basic skills, with supporting documents. The progress of your skills work may require that you adjust your original schedule, goals and objectives. Skills Checklist Instruction: Assess yourself Put today s date in the column that best represents your skill level at the current time. = Can do this slowly or with help = Can do this somewhat efficiently, may need to refresh your memory if you haven t done it recently = Can work comfortably and quickly, choosing best option to accomplish task almost automatically As your skills increase, put in the date that you move into the next higher level. Use this to plan what you need to practice in each module of this course. It is the intention of this assignment to lead the student to a Competent level of the intermediate level for 80% of the items listed to earn the maximum number of points for this activity/requirement. NOTE: You may use any productivity software applications to develop the skills listed. For database software, try Base, a part of Open Office, an Open Source office suite. Other open source software applications include Star Office and Neo Office. Check the External Links section on the course Blackboard site for access to these applications. 2

3 Name Date Word Processing Skills Set margins. Align (center, right, left, or proportional) text using ruler Change fonts and styles of text Use page break option to force material to new page Create a header and footer Use current date & time in header or footer Use title page option (not print header or footer on first page) Use automatic page numbering in header or footer Turn automatic formatting options off and on Use indent markers to create hanging indent format, and indented quote format Apply spacing and alignment with ruler options and with formatting palette and toolbar options Set tabs for columns of data Use tab markers and type tabbed columns of data appropriately Use Leader Tabs Use Outline options Create columns then add text; format existing text into columns Use column break to force text to a new column Use section break to allow part of a page or one part of a document to have a different type of formatting from another (as varied number of columns, different margins, restarted page numbers) Create Tables using the menu bar and toolbar, with and without pre-selected text Use Tables Toolbar and menu to change the size of a table or merge or split cells Use convert text to table and table to text, using Table Menu and various text/table formats Save and organize document files and backups Use spell checking, thesaurus, and word count Use borders and shading around text Insert a graphic from clip art or a file Use text wrapping options on a graphic Use highlighting (not selection) Use Comments Zoom in and out Mail Merge with a word-processed document (a table in MS Word), a spreadsheet (in MS Word), or a database Use Track Changes Copy (Paint) text and paragraph formats : Create and use Styles Total # = 33 3

4 Spreadsheet Skills Enter data in a cell Align cell data (center, justify, etc.) Format cell data (as number, date, etc.) Enter a formula in a cell Use relative references to cells in a formula Use absolute references to cells in a formula Use functions (Sum, Average, If, etc.) Use Fill Down (Fill Right, etc.) Use Fill Series Create charts from data in cells Edit chart components Use options for copying and inserting charts into Word documents, so that data can/cannot be changed in the Word document to change the chart Total # = 12 Graphic Skills Create a drawing using draw tools Hide and show Drawing toolbar Add pages to document (AppleWorks only) Use a variety of the Drawing Tools Create layers of objects and move objects to different layers Group and ungroup objects Change Fill Pattern, Color, and Gradient Change Line/Pen Pattern, Color, and Gradient Change Line/Pen width Wrap text around graphic/make graphic in-line with text Create Text Objects for selected text (note: this is different from borders) and before text is typed. : Link text boxes Total # = 12 Slide Presentation Skills Create slides of different types Apply a background design Use transitions between slides Use build effects and custom animation within a slide Add a graphic you created to a slide Change bullets on the Slide Master Change colors of background Add a text object to a slide Total # = 8 4

5 Database Skills Search for a specific record Sort records by two fields Edit records Add and delete records Change the layout of the record Add and delete fields Change the format of a field (as increase decimal places in a number field) Merge the file with a word processing document Total # = 8 Send and receive messages Create mailboxes/organizational divisions Store addresses and use them to send mail Send an attachment Receive an attachment Open an attachment that doesn t open automatically (if the application is on your computer) Edit and spell check your mail Total # = 7 Total all Categories # = 80; Count of items by column Student: Instructor Course: Semester Yes No At least 80% accomplished at intermediate level Yes No Self-Report Checklist is congruent with and adequately supported by class work Comments: 5