Semester I 2016

Welcome to Info Tech 8!

As you know, this is a rotational course that gives you a taste of 3 different subject areas: Band, Dance, Wood or Metal Work, and Info Tech! Each rotation is approximately 6 weeks in length and your mark at the end of the semester will be a combined mark of all 3 courses.

In Info Tech 8 my goal is to ensure every Grade 8 student leaves my class with the skills to create professional and creative assignments for school. We will be studying:

• Keyboarding & Proper Technique (throughout the course)
• Word Processing
• Presentations (Power Point & Prezis)
• Excel Spreadsheets
• Internet Safety

and if time allows, possibly...

• Photoshop

This course will help you in your other subject areas when it comes to doing assignments and projects such as essays, reports, newspapers, brochures, and presentations on the computer.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Your success in this course is highly dependent on your being in class each day and USING YOUR TIME EFFECTIVELY! I give plenty of class time for you to work on the computer to complete your assignments. However, if you don't finish your work in time before we move on to the next assignment, it is your responsibility to work outside of class to get it finished. You may ask to stay after school in my computer lab (just please ask ahead of time), you may work on the library computers at lunch time, &/or you may work at home on your own computer. That being said however, you need to have the same software programs we are using as well as a way to get your work from home to school. It is therefore STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to get a USB Memory Stick (see picture below) for this class. I am not forcing anyone to get one, but it is a very good idea and would be useful in all of your courses throughout high school and beyond! (I wear mine around my neck and use it everyday!) It will make your life much easier to have a way to back up your work and transfer it from computer to computer, especially in the face of computer crashes and network failures on the school's server. For purposes of school, I would suggest you get a 4GB USB at most. You don't need anything bigger than that. Even a 2GB USB would be fine. You can buy them virtually anywhere, such as Walmart, Zellers, London Drugs, Staples, etc. They can range anywhere from $5-$20. Don't pay more than that and watch for sales!

USB Memory Device

Anyway, check back to this site regularly for updates on what we are doing in class and what assignments should be handed in and by when. I'll do my best to update this site weekly. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to email me at the email posted on this page under "About Me"

I look forward to teaching you all this semester!

-Ms.Sundin

Semester II 2016

Sorry, I am not teaching this course this semester.

Nov.5th - 8th

Hi Gr.8's,

Well, this week is a short 4-day week due to the non-instructional day on Friday. Normally we'd be moving on to Tables in MS Word and doing a calendar assignment, but since this will be my last week of teaching you Info Tech 8, I want to start the Brochure assignment instead. I will teach you how to set up the brochure, create a realistic looking coupon, as well as insert a map. Once you are done that, then you can learn Tables and how to create a Calendar, before moving on to Power Point.


I've really enjoyed teaching you all this semester and know you'll be left in good hands when I leave. Sorry that that has to be so soon. I wish you all the very best of luck in the rest of this rotation, as well as in your next rotation, Drama, with Ms.Crosby.

Take care and enjoy the rest of your year at LA Matheson!

-Ms.Sundin

Oct.29th - Nov.2nd

Hi Gr.8's,

This week, in addition to keyboarding practice I will be starting to do technique checks daily. Ensure you remember to adhere to the checklist I went over with you in class (see the duotang pg.3) ;)

As for your Microsoft Word assignments, this week you will be doing the following:

• Finish your Ad Poster
• Create a Menu 
• Type a 'Cookie Recipe'
• Format an Article

 If time allows, you will then be learning how to create tables in Microsoft Word as well.

See you in class!

-Ms.Sundin

Oct.22nd - 26th

Welcome to Info Tech 8!

CSI stands for 'Creative Skills and Information Technology'. As you know, this is a rotational course that gives you a taste of 3 different subject areas: Art, Drama, and Info Tech! You have just finished Drama, the first rotation of this rotational course and are now beginning the second rotation- Info Tech with me! Each rotation is approximately 7 weeks in length and your mark at the end of the semester will be a combined mark for all 3 courses.

In Info Tech 8 my goal is to ensure every Grade 8 student leaves my class with the skills to create professional and creative assignments for school. We will be studying:

• Keyboarding & Proper Technique (throughout the course)
• Microsoft Word Processing
• Microsoft Power Point Presentations

and if time allows, possibly...

• Photoshop
• Excel Spreadsheets

This course will help you in your other subject areas when it comes to doing assignments and projects such as essays, reports, newspapers, brochures, and presentations on the computer.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Your success in this course is highly dependent on your being in class each day and USING YOUR TIME EFFECTIVELY! I give plenty of class time for you to work on the computer to complete your assignments. However, if you don't finish your work in time before we move on to the next assignment, it is your responsibility to work outside of class to get it finished. You may ask to stay after school in my computer lab (just please ask ahead of time), you may work on the library computers at lunch time, &/or you may work at home on your own computer. That being said however, you need to have the same software programs we are using as well as a way to get your work from home to school. It is therefore STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to get a USB Memory Stick (see picture below) for this class. I am not forcing anyone to get one, but it is a very good idea and would be useful in all of your courses throughout high school and beyond! (I wear mine around my neck and use it everyday!) It will make your life much easier to have a way to back up your work and transfer it from computer to computer, especially in the face of computer crashes and network failures on the school's server. For purposes of school, I would suggest you get a 4GB USB at most. You don't need anything bigger than that. Even a 2GB USB would be fine. You can buy them virtually anywhere, such as Walmart, Zellers, London Drugs, Staples, etc. They can range anywhere from $5-$20. Don't pay more than that and watch for sales!

USB Memory Device

Anyway, check back to this site regularly for updates on what we are doing in class and what assignments should be handed in and by when. I'll do my best to update this site weekly. If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to email me at the email posted on this page under "About Me"

I look forward to teaching you all this semester!

-Ms.Sundin