Affirmative Action

Should race be considered in college admissions? The debate has raged on since 1961, at least. Most recently, a 2003 landmark Supreme Court case ruled 5-4 that race can be used as a factor in admissions decisions. However, the Court also ruled that colleges cannot assign race to specific point or quota systems.

Vote for or against Affirmative Action

Blog Posts

You are expected to create at least one blog post everyday, as well as comment on three blogs. Post your own original thoughts and ideas. about the world and your life. Your blog needs to be school appropriate including pictures and graphics (Remember the grandma rule, make your grandma proud not embarrassed!!).

First Day

I'm Ms Chambers and I'll be your teacher for 10 weeks, 13 weeks or a semester.

Let me know what you would like to learn about in class. Before we can use the computer everyone needs to turn in their AUP policy.

Make sure that you understand the proper use of the computers at school.

Reset Passwords

Reset your email password before you leave for summer vacation. You have to be at a LAUSD campus to reset you password.

Click on the link: Student Password Reset

Last Day

Last day to finish your work. Make sure you take all your work off the computer and off the back wall.

Final Weeks

Make sure you have everything you need on your jump drive and wikispace. I will be deleting all work on the computers by Friday, June 13th.

I will deleting the class blog links on my blog. If you want the blog website addresses of your friend's make sure you add them to your Google Reader or you own blog links.

Turn in your final work assignments.

Book Binding

If you want your work to be bound in a spiral book (like my samples); it'll cost $6. You need to have your assignments completed and money by Friday, June 13th.

Items that should be included in your book:

• Title Page - Your Name, 2007-2008, Ms. Chambers Computer Class
• Table of Contents
• Wanted Poster
• Autobiography Outline
• Autobiography
• All About Me
• Quiz About Me
• Restaurant Menu
• Skittle Report
• Road Rally Map
• Road Rally Place to Visit
• Road Rally Itinerary
• Road Rally Mileage
• Road Rally Scrapbook
• Road Rally Newsletter
• 6th Grade Overview/Thoughts
• Anything else you would like to include.

Good Luck

Almost the end....

It is almost summer time but we need to keep working.

Last assignements:

• PowerPoint about your Road Rally
• Road Rally Newsletter

Once the assignments are completed you can have your bound (put in a book, like our sample books).

Miles Per Gallon

Excel

Skills: create a table, 2 graphs, 2 pictures, use formulas to multiply and divide

Objective:

1) How many gallons of gas does each car use every day of the trip?

2) How much does the gas cost for each car every day of the trip?

Step:

1) Choose an exotic and normal car.

2) Find the Miles Per Gallon (MPG) on the highway for each car.

3) Create a table with: days, miles, gallons for each car, price of gas, cost of gas for each car as columns. Write the days in the first column. (see sample below)

4) Complete the table. (see step 2 for miles; gallons = miles/mpg; cost of gas = price of gas * gallons) Use formulas to find the number of gallons and the cost of gas, don’t just write the answer.

5) Create a graph that compares how many gallons each car u ses, every day of the trip.

6) Create a graph that compares how much gas cost for each car, every day of the trip.

7) Include Pictures of both cars.

Days	Miles	Gallons Car 1	Gallons Car 2	Price of Gas	Cost of Gas Car 1	Cost of Gas Car 2
1	(see step 2)	gallons = miles/mpg			cost of gas = price of gas*gallons
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Itinerary

You should be creating an itinerary of your daily activities. Be sure to include the places you'll visit in your writings. You can think of the project as a journal of your daily activities.