Monthly Archive for June, 2008

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Certificate 1 – Week 15

Published on 11:39 am - Monday 23 June 2008 in Certificate 1, TAFE and TAFE IT ICA10105 / 19000. 0 Comments

Actually Posted on 23rd June 2008

Hi everyone. This week we went through a process of cutting, copying and pasting text and other items from a PDF document into Microsoft Word. The goal of this exercise was to help you become more competent with cutting, copying and pasting on your computer, but also to use the skills we have learned in previous lessons, to recreate the text as it looks in the PDF document, in your Microsoft Word document.

You can download a copy of the PDF document here. The document is compressed in a zip file, so you will need to unzip it first.

I have followed up this session with a video tutorial of what we covered.

Due to the length of the video, you may want to let it buffer through one time, before watching it. You can also click the link above to download a copy to your computer. You will need to use a program like VLC or FLV Player to watch it.
Next week you will be completing a quiz, to finish up the semester, and also this current topic. Nothing overly complex, just a Microsoft Word document!

Remember; I put these links and resources here for your use. So if they are of no use to you, too hard to understand or you feel they are off topic, then please let me know, via any of the communication channels you have with me. I am more then happy to make changes, source better content or even create fresh content from scratch, just for you! You need only ask … nicely!

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Digital Media – Week 16

Published on 9:01 am - Thursday 19 June 2008 in Digital Media, TAFE and TAFE IT Foundation / 19040. 0 Comments

Actually Posted on 23rd June 2008

Hi everyone. This week we started another new PowerPoint presentation, using all the little tricks and features of Microsoft PowerPoint that we have learned. Owing to being somewhat tired that night (and I do apologise for my lack of teaching), I decided to leave you to your own devices, to copy what I was creating on the screen. From what I could tell, most of you seemed to be getting the hang of it, which was actually pleasing to see! While PowerPoint is not an overly complex program to use, it is hard to get a good grasp of it, when we only work with it for 3 hours, once a week. Having said that, everyone has progressed with PowerPoint at a good rate, which gives me some time up my sleeve. I wonder what we’ll do next lesson?

Below is a completed copy of the PowerPoint presentation we created. Actually it’s only completed as far as we got in the lesson. Feel free to add more to it, and send it in to me!

Jumping Jack Rabbits

Below is a video tutorial, of how to create the PowerPoint presentation above. You can watch it online, or download a copy if you wish.

Due to the length of the video, you may want to let it buffer through one time, before watching it.

You may or may not need the following PowerPoint file, if you are planning on following along with the video. I found that sometimes when searching through clipart, I was not able to find the pictures I wanted. For your convenience, I have put these pictures into another PowerPoint file, and in the video, you will see that I actually access this file, and copy the pictures from it.

You can download a copy here.

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Certificate 2 – Week 15

Published on 9:00 am - Thursday 19 June 2008 in Certificate 2, TAFE and TAFE IT ICA20105 / 19001. 0 Comments

Actually Posted on 23rd March 2008

This week we read through the ICAI3021A – Connect Internal Hardware Components – Task 2, and discussed the key points of the assessment task. Next week you will complete the assessment task, and move onto ICAI3021A – Connect Internal Hardware Components – Task3 reading notes over the holidays.

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The Weekly Funny – Australian Computer Terms

Published on 9:00 am - Wednesday 18 June 2008 in TAFE, The Weekly Funny and Time of the Time. 0 Comments

Actually Posted on 17th July 2008

Apparently the new australian release of the oxford dictionary will be including the following:

Log On – Make the barbie hotter
Log Off – Don’t add any more wood
Monitor – Keeping an eye on the barbie
Download – Get the firewood off the ute
Hard drive – trip back home without any cold tinnies
Floppy Disc – What you get lifting too much firewood at once
Keyboard – where you hang the ute, and bike keys
Window – What you shut when it’s cold
Screen – What you shut in the mozzie season
Byte – What mozzies do
Bit – What mozzies did
Mega Byte – What Townsville mozzies do
Chip – A bar snack
Micro Chip – What’s left in the bag after you have eaten the chips
Modem – What you did to the lawns
Dot Matrix – Old Dan Matrix’s wife
Laptop – Where the cat sleeps
Software – Plastic knives and forks you get at Red Rooster
Hardware – Real stainless steel knives and forks from Woolies
Mouse – What eats the grain in the shed
Mainframe – What holds the shed up
Web – What spiders make
Web Site – The shed or under the verandah
Cursor – The old bloke down the pub who swears a lot
Search Engine – What you do when the ute won’t go
Yahoo – what you say when the ute does go
Upgrade – A steep hill
Server – The person at the pub that brings out the counter lunch
Mail Server – The bloke at the pub that brings out the counter lunch
Internet – Complicated fish net repair method
Netscape – When fish maneuver out of reach of net
Online – When you get the laundry hung out
Off Line – When the pegs don’t hold the washing up

Remember: If you have something funny that you would like to see featured in The Weekly Funny, submit it to me or tell me about it via one of the many communication channels you have with me.

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