Projects & Dates

September 1-28

Stock Market Project - Internet Use & Resources

In this technology project you will use the Internet as a resource for learning how you can build wealth through investing in public corporations that offer security in their companies through ownership of stock. Students will use on-line resources to research companies financial information, look up ticker symbols, analyze competitors, build an on-line portfolio, and learn to risk-avoidance tactics to maximize your chance for profit. The final project will include the online portfolio and a multimedia presentation in Powerpoint. Students will learn basic graphic creation and enhancement in Adobe Photoshop.

Project Overview / Vocabulary / How to determine Annual Sales Increases / Annual Sales Worksheets / Portfolio Grading

October 1-26

Personal Portfolio Web Page authoring and Photoshop

Students learn HTML coding, file formatting, and advanced graphic techniques during this three-stage project. Students begin working with .jpg and .gif graphics, manipulating them through Adobe Photoshop to make them web ready. Then basic HTML is taught alongside the program Dreamweaver by Macromedia. Students use scanners and digital cameras to create unique artwork and graphics for their electronic learning portfolio. As the semester progresses, students create their complete personal portfolio: a personal mission statement, resume, samples of education work, and samples of personal interests.

October 29- Nov. 9

Annotated Bibliography:
Advanced Internet Use, Boolean & Citations

This project teaches advanced web searching skills, Boolean Operators, and educational research sites, and proper web-citing techniques through a project in which students research various aspects of their culture. Students learn the importance of good word choice within Internet searching and how to compose a proper search string (or collection of words use for searching with). Students are introduced to Boolean operators to expand or restrict searching and master the use of education databases provided by the Alaska State Database Initiative. Key in good searching is the ability to discern truth from lies on the Internet and evaluating reliability of websites. Students are required to evaluate and understand the difference between proven fact and opinion. The final activity is a perfect list of properly cited annotated bibliography of online resources regarding their culture.

Overview / Search Assignment #1
Annotated Bibliography Assignment
Sample Quiz Review

Nov. 12-Dec. 20

Personal Portfolio, JAVA and web animations

Students delve deeper into HTML using animated GIFs, and JAVA scripts to and unique and creative twists to their web pages.