Welcome to Data Entry
- Mrs. Hageman -
Spring Semester is Under Way!
Welcome to Touch Systems Data Entry!! I am looking forward to the coming semester with your child. I believe that the classroom should be a welcoming environment that encourages learning through discovery. We are fortunate in RISD to have classroom technology that supports such an environment. Our West labs are loaded with fantastic software that will assist us in our learning. This course will introduce your student to skills he/she will use through school and even his/her career.
My classes are business-themed classes, the teacher representing the employer and the students the employees. Not only will we study the importance of computer use in school and work, but how to professionally interact and cooperate with one another. Each student must recognize the responsibility of care placed on them in my classroom, they are responsible for their machine.
Progress reports will be sent home the third week of each six-weeks. The report needs to be signed and returned within three school days. If not returned the student will receive a teacher detention.
Attached are the course policies. In my classroom there is room for flexibility concerning these policies as long as the student shows effort and cooperation. Please sign and return the attached sheet indicating your and your student’s awareness of the policies.
My conference is 4th period (11:30-12:25). I can be reached through e-mail,
jennifer.hageman@risd.org or through voicemail, 469-593-3668. Again, I look forward to the coming semester!
Thank you for your support,
Mrs. Hageman
Upcoming Activities this Semester!
Students Can Obtain Microsoft Office Specialist Certification
RISD is offering to pay the $85 fee for your child to take their MOS Certification in PowerPoint, Word and Excel this year. This is a phenomenal opportunity as this is the same certification many business professionals are working to earn.
If you or your child are interested in he/she obtaining this certification please contact me. I will create a special account for them in http://sam.cengage.com and they will be able to work on practicing for this certification at home or in tutoring. We will test for this certification in early May and they will have three attempts to test.
For more information please visit: www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/mos-certification.aspx
Practice Your Typing!
Complete Assignments at Home!
Monday, Wednesday and Fridays are typing days. Every Friday your student will have a typing exam that will test them over speed and accuracy. They can take the test as many times within the class period but will have to turn in their best grade at the end of the period.
Tuesday and Thursdays we will be working in http://sam.cengage.com
This online software will teach your student in depth knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Your child can work on these lessons at home as well as in class. Each assignment will have a training and a follow up exam. They can take each test up to 3 times to improve their grade as the importance is to learn the skills.
In class students will be working in Microtype to learn to type. The goal for the semester is for your child to be able to type 35 words per minute with 5 or fewer errors. Each student will receive a www.typing.com account so that they will be able to practice thier typing skills at home to practice these skills. Typer Shark is an online game that is also helpful for students to use at home.
Semester Overview
The first six weeks will focus on teaching your student to type. They will also learn Microsoft Word.
Second six weeks the required grade for speed and accuracy on their Friday final exam will be higher to challenge your child a bit more. Excel will be taught at this time and we will focus on researching colleges, cost of living expenses and how to use the AutoSum feature, creating pie charts, and importing and exporting data. Students will be working in www.texasrealitycheck.com as well as www.kuder.com to find out what potential jobs and fields of study they should look into later down the road.
Third six weeks will focus on taking all of the information they have studied and importing this into excel, and exporting the data into PowerPoint to create a 10 slide presentation. Students will be required to dress professionally for a presentation to the class telling us the two colleges they are looking to attend, the two jobs they are interested in, the costs and their expected living expenses.
The final exam will consist of the PowerPoint presentation grade, a timed typing exam and a test in sam.cengage.com covering Microsoft Word and Excel.
Keep in Touch!
Email: jennifer.hageman@risd.org
Website: http://www.edline.net/pages/rwjh
Location: 1309 Holly Drive, Richardson, TX, United States
Phone: 469-593-3668