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List of all the things writers have to be.

List of all the things writers have to be.

Word a day

Subscribe to a word a day site and start a blog page on ten of the words that you get. Write the word and the definitions near your word. You don't have to use every word, just ten of them.

Grammar. Pronouns

Improve my vocabulary

There are lots of sites on line to help you improve your vocabulary.

For instance, this site is quite good.

Outlook features

Indicate five commonly used commands on Outlook using text boxes and pointers like the example below:

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"Click on the reply button when you want to send a message back to the person who sent the current message. " <-- You write something like this for each text box.
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Continue with five more commands in a MS Word file.

Write a list of tricks and tips for the current version of Outlook.

Take a screen shot of at least one You Tube video that is helpful for people learning about MS Outlook.

Technical Writing Tasks

There will be a regular series of writing tasks for you to do. Unless otherwise specified, write at least 100 words about the topics below in good formal English. Watch spelling and punctuation.

Put a copy into your blog with a heading like :"Technical Writing Task 1". As well print out a copy with your name on it and give to your teacher before the due date.

Topic 1. Yourself. Say who you are and a little bit about your educational history. What do you like to do on your computer and what you're good at. Where are you going after this course and what would an ideal job be like. Some people write about hobbies, family and pets but that is optional. (Due 22 February.)

Topic 2. My cell phone. What sort of cell phone do you have? State what you use it for and whether it has any interesting features. Do you have any tips or tricks for you phone? What would you buy if you could get any phone on the market and why? (Due 27 February.)

Topic 3.  Write 100 words or more about the computer you use at home. Give some technical details as well as how you came to have it, its advantages and limitations compared to others and what you use it for. Any tips, tricks and comments could be added too. Hand in on a piece of paper as well as put into your blog. (Due 7 March)

Topic 3A. From Tasks.    17. Write 100 words about what constitutes a good presentation including what the presenter does and the kind of slides shown. Put into your blog but also put onto paper and handed in. (Due 16 March).

Topic 4. Write 100 words about Facebook. Do you use it? What do you do on it? Why is it so popular? Are there and issues or problems about using Facebook. (Due 21 March)

Topic 5. The most popular free virus checker is claimed by several applications: Avira, AVG , Avast and others. Do you use anti-virus software? What is your experience with it and what advice would you give to someone starting off with a new unprotected computer? (Due March 28)

Tasks

Tasks

Respond to these tasks by writing any answers or code into your own blog. Please number your responses so they can be found.

1. Start your blog in Blogger. Write a sentence about yourself, with a graphic that represents you, say, a photo or something that you like. Remember the address of your blog. This is where all the feedback on tasks will be given.

2. Write a MS Word assignment called My Four Most Favorite Sites. Write about 50 words about each site and say why you like it. Include a screen shot of each site. Make the layout nice and put it in the Moodle drop-box by the closing date.

3. Checkout the Classroom Protocols PowerPoint in our Moodle site. Write about three aspects of the protocols that you consider are the most important. Three sentences are enough but you can do more. Add a picture.

4. Write 100 words about yourself in Notepad or another text editor. Put one copy into an email to peter.brook@op.ac.nz and put another one into your blog. State your name, educational history, what you like about IT, what sort of job you might want and what you're expecting from this class. Some people like to add information about family, pets and hobbies and  send more that 100 words. You don't have to. Write in good English and watch spelling and punctuation.

5. Write an email to yourself or another person in the class to meet and organise a trip to the electronic store Jaycar to buy some parts for a project. Add an attachment, a picture and a URL link. Take a screenshot of your email and put it into the relevant drop box by 21 February. 

6. Check out the Outlook Features post above. Do this assignment by 24 February. Put into relevant drop box in Moodle.

7. Check out this site on improving our spelling. Write about 50 words on what the site says, what some of the things you can do and what tips impress you about using mnemonics to learn to spell some words.

8. Write the two different emails, one formal, one informal in this exercise. Write both emails in MS Word and put them in the relevant drop box. 

10. Look at the Word a Day post in this blog. Carry out the instructions by March 31.

11. Start a vocabulary page in your blog. Put five new words in it each week. Give a definition of each new word and a related picture. Have this ready for an oral quiz by March 16.

12 Start a spelling post in your blog. Put in words that you find hard to spell. Add any pictures and tricks to learn how to spell your words. At least five each week should go in. Be ready for a quick test in the last week in March.

13. Write a definition of each of the words in List of all the things writers have to be in the blog post above.

14. Pick 20 words out of this list of 1000 words we all should know. They should be words you didn't know or couldn't remember the definitions of. Be ready for a short quiz about your words.

15. What two things in this article do you think are most important?

16. Prepare a 30 second talk to the class on an interesting spelling, vocabulary or grammar site you have seen on the net. Use three PowerPoint slides to show a screen shot of your site and some of the interesting features. Comment on what you like about it. Put the name of your site next to your name on our Wiki.

17. Write 100 words about what constitutes a good presentation including what the presenter does and the kind of slides shown. Put into your blog but also put onto paper and handed in.

18. Take your PowerPoint presentation on My Favorite Animal and convert it to a MS Word document preserving most of the character of your slides. Add the equivalent of two more slides to your report and include two references to some facts or pictures.

Welcome to our class, CR431 Foundations, first semester 2017. Here you'll learn skills that will give you an extra edge in IT.

Keep an eye on this blog and do the tasks in the tasks page. Do the answers to any questions, or written code in your own blog. Please put the answer number in your post.

So your first task is to create a blog in Blogger. When you have done this remember your blog address so it can be pasted into our wiki in Moodle.