Session 2

Session 2

Basic Word Processing

Session 2 PowerPoint Lessons (Open the lesson and click the Slide Show button) (These lessons will be added as they are ready.)
Computer Concepts and Terminology--Tutorial from the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos--More information about the concepts discussed in these lessons.
Lesson 9--The Four Jobs of a Computer--(21 minutes) Learn about the four things that all computers must be able to do: Input, Output, Process and Memory.
Lesson 10--Types of Computers--(8 minutes) Learn about the different types of computers currently available.

Session 2

PowerPoint Lessons

(Open the lesson and click the Slide Show button)

(These lessons will be added as they are ready.)

Computer Concepts and Terminology--Tutorial from the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos--More information about the concepts discussed in these lessons.

Lesson 9--The Four Jobs of a Computer--(21 minutes) Learn about the four things that all computers must be able to do: Input, Output, Process and Memory.

Lesson 10--Types of Computers--(8 minutes) Learn about the different types of computers currently available.

Session 2 Hands-on Lessons These are lessons I used in my classes. The first document is a basic how-to document on using MSWord. The other documents are in two parts, an exercise to do, and an instruction page. When you click on the documents, click the SAVE button to save to your computer. Then you can print the instructions, or open both and display them as half pages. To do that, open both documents, then go to the WINDOW menu, and choose COMPARE SIDE BY SIDE or ARRANGE ALL or HORIZONTAL VIEW, whichever your version of MSWord uses. When all the lessons are online, I will post a printable document with all the exercise instructions. These lessons will be continued in Session 3.
Using MSWord
Exercises	Instructions
WP#1	WP#1
WP#2	WP#2
WP#3	WP#3
WP#4	WP#4
WP#5	WP#5
You'll use a blank document for this assignment.	WP#6

EasyTech© Lessons by: Learning.com
These are Word documents which explain the lessons that are available this session. You can print them if you want to use them as checklists. There is no limit on the number of lessons you do, and you can do lessons from any level. Passwords will be emailed to those families who have paid for this session. Teacher Instructions for hands-on activities are linked from the Word documents.
Level 1--K-2	Level 2--3-5	Level 3--6-Adult

EasyTech© Lessons

by:

Learning.com

These are Word documents which explain the lessons that are available this session. You can print them if you want to use them as checklists. There is no limit on the number of lessons you do, and you can do lessons from any level. Passwords will be emailed to those families who have paid for this session. Teacher Instructions for hands-on activities are linked from the Word documents.

Level 1--K-2

Level 2--3-5

Level 3--6-Adult

Touch Typing
The EasyTech© lessons include lessons in touch typing. I do recommend that students have more practice than what is included here. There are many typing programs on the market, or you can use Learn2Type, which has a free version on the website. They also have a pay version, which does not include pop-up advertising.

E-Pals

If you would like to set up controlled email accounts for your children, I recommend EPals. On this website, you can obtain free email accounts that you can monitor. The site also has monitored message boards and blog sites. Your children can have epals all over the world.

1. Register yourself as a teacher.

2. Create a profile. Identify yourself as a home school parent, and give a little info about the ages and interests of your children. It takes a day or two for your profile to be approved.

3. Click MONITORED ACCOUNTS, then ACCOUNTS, then CREATE NEW ACCOUNTS.

4. Set up accounts for your children.

5. Assign filters for each child.

Profanity filters are organized from Level 1 to Level 4, with Level 1 providing the most stringent filtering. In all cases, you can choose whether or not to preview messages containing attachments.

Level 1	All messages must be approved by the monitor, whether they contain profanity or not.
Level 2	Messages containing profanity must be approved by the monitor, but unflagged messages will reach their recipients automatically. The monitor will also receive a copy of every unflagged message.
Level 3	Messages containing profanity must be approved by the monitor, but unflagged messages will reach their recipients automatically. The monitor will not see unflagged messages.
Level 4	All profanity filters are off.
Attachment filters work on top of the profanity filters. If you turn "preview attachments" on, messages containing attachments will be flagged even if you do not wish to flag messages containing profanity.

6. Explore the profiles of other teachers. You can even search for other home school families in other countries and email them to find epals for your children. You can join projects that are already in progress, or create your own.

Note: The filters on this program are very strict. It will filter as profanity any word or portion of a word that could be used inappropriately, even if it's not being used that way in the context of the email.