Mrs. Peterson

1. Mrs. Peterson

2. www.mrspeterson220.com (Link on my BHS schedule to www.mrspeterson220.com)

3. My Credentials • BA and MS degrees in Business Education • Harper, Western, Northern Illinois University • National Board Certified • Certiport Certifications • Microsoft Office Specialist • PowerPoint • Excel • Word • Access • Adobe • Dreamweaver • Flash

4. Professional Organizations • SET Connections • Special Education Technology • www.setconnections.org • Chicago Area Bus. Ed. Assn. • www.cabea.org • Illinois Business Ed. Assn. • www.ibea.org • National Business Ed. Assn. • www.nbea.org • CIS Advisory Committee • www.HarperCollege.edu

5. My Background 10 years at Hoffman Estates High School • Dedicated Word Processors • Word Perfect • Apple 2e

6. My Background Adult Ed & Corporate Training • District 211 Staff • WordPerfect & Dbase 3+ • Harper College • WordPerfect • MS Office • Catapult Software Training • Lotus SmartSuite, Perfect Office, & MSOffice • The RGB Group, Inc. • Training Development • Website Design & Maintenance

7. Barrington High School 10 Years at BHS • Courses • Introduction to Business • Tech Certifications 1-4 • Digital Webpage Design • Clubs • Business Professionals of America • The Company Program

8. Competitive Event Opportunities • Over 50 different types of business and computer related competitions • Started at BHS 2010-2011 • Many regional winners & several state winners • bpa.org • mrspeterson220.com/bpa.html

9. Competitive Event Opportunities The Company Program • Funded by Junior Achievement • Sponsored by Pepsico • BHS won 1st place last year! • Open to all students • Tuesdays 4-5:30 pm at Pepsico

10. Intro to Business Test Schedule, worksheets, projects, and study guides are available on my website.

11. http://mrspeterson220.com/ • What employers say • What students say • Who’s Certified • Check out Tech 1-4 • Certify = 100% on final exam • Credit at Harper Authorized Testing Center

12. Tech 1-4 Certifications MOS Certifications • One Semester • Students prepare for MOS Certification • Microsoft Office Specialist • Word • PowerPoint • Excel • Access Google & BHS Certification • One Semester • Google Apps for Education Qualified Individual certificate • BHS Tech Tools BHS Student Tech Coach • One Semester • Complete IC3 or MOS • Complete Google and BHS Cert. • New 2014/15 www.Certiport.com IC3 Certification • One Semester • Students prepare for IC3 GS4 Certification • Internet and Computing Core Certification • Three exams • Computing Fundamentals • Key Applications • Living Online

13. Digital Web Design • Adobe Certification • Two Semesters • Students are preparing for Adobe Certified Associate Certification • Two Certificates • Dreamweaver • Flash

14. Class Routine • 80% = Daily work • Lessons at www.mrspeterson220.com • Tech 1: Begin with Key Applications • Tech 2: Begin with Pearson MS Office Deluxe Edition • Attach completed assignments to your Google site • Enter a reflection and some notes you’ll want to remember • Complete the “Please Grade” Form to notify me to grade your work • 10% = Speed • Play racing games at Play.typeracer.com • Top three speeds are recorded in Infinite Campus • Complete the New Timing Record form when you break your record. • 10% = Effort (Timings per Week) • Complete at least four races each week

15. Lesson 1 Tech 1 • Create a Google Site. • Name: Sp 2014 Tech by (your name) • Pages: • Home (this will be here automatically) • Computing Fundamentals • Key Applications • Living Online • Mock Interview Day • Share with me as an editor • Mary Ellen Peterson (mpeterson@bsd220.org) • Please Grade form Tech2 • Add these pages to your Tech1 site: • MOS • PowerPoint • Word • Excel • Access • Create an account at Pearson • Instructions are on my site: mrspeterson220.com/tech2.html • Routine: • Grader projects • Please Grade form • Practice tests • MOS exam