Last Class Test Day

I will be in the lab room from 9:00am - 12:00pm. You may come at any time to take your Access and Lecture 4 tests. The two access and the two integrated projects assignments are due by 12:00pm. I will not accept any e-mails after 12:00pm on Wednesday. The semester ends on 8/4 at 12:00pm. No exceptions, sorry.

I have really enjoyed this class. It's been a bit different, but that's OK, for the most part it has been fun. I hope you have gotten something out of it and had a good time as well. Take the Access practice test, study hard, don't wait till the last minute to do these assignments, and we'll see you Wednesday.

Integrated Projects Files

As I said in class, the files for these assignments are NOT on the CD you found in the back of your lab book. The files are on all Brookdale computers. If you are not on one of those, you can follow these instructions:

Go to brookdalecc.edu

Hit the drop-down for ‘quicklinks’, click on academic depts.

Click on Computer Science

Click on Comp-129

Click on File Downloads

Last section has a link for Integrated Projects. Click on that.

That will allow a Zip file to be created on your destination drive. Open
the zip file and you should find all the files you need.

Last Teaching Class

This week will be our last teaching class of the semester. No tears please.
In Lab we will tackle Access chapters 1 and 2. THUMBDRIVES REQUIRED. In Lecture we'll discuss chapter 9. Lecture starts at 11:15am.

I will accept Excel assignments thru next week at 50% credit.

The scores for the Excel test were excellent, congrats to all on a job well done.

Stay cool. This is crazy.

Test Day

I will be in the lab room from 9:00am - 12:00pm. You may come anytime you like. You will be taking two tests, the Excel test and Lecture Test #3.

Excel assignments are due on Wednesday as well.

Anyone who has already taken a make-up test, please note you have no choice but to take these tests Wednesday. If you don't show, regardless of the reason, you will be getting zeroes on both tests.

I thought my rain dance was fairly effective last week. This week I'm going for the winning lottery ticket dance.

Stay cool. Where's Al Gore when you need him?

More Excel work, Excel Practice test

First things first. While I thought, as a whole, the classes did well with Excel this past week, I know some of you struggled. This is no time to kid yourself guys. If you were not 100% comfortable with the material we went thru, you need to get help, either with the learning assistants, with friends and/or family of yours. You have a test in 11 days, you will have most likely 4 assignments due then as well. Give yourself every chance to be successful, get help if you need it.

This week we will do Ch. 7 in Lecture. In lab will will finish Ch. 2, do Ch. 3, and hopefully hit the important points of Ch. 4. Regardless of how far we get, we will absolutely do the practice test as a class in the last hour of the lab time.

Lecture will start at 11:50am.

You have term papers due this week. Check the syllabus for the instructions.

I'm going back outside now and continue my rain dance. It actually did rain here for like 5 minutes this morning. I think I'm on to something.

Heavy Lifting Alert

I will go thru the complete schedule for the remainder of the class in Lecture this week. For each of the three teaching classes remaining (July 7, July 14, and July 28) the class times will be as follows:

Lab 1: 9:00am - 11:40am

Lecture: 11:50am - 12:30pm

Lab 2: 12:40pm - 2:50pm

I have shortened the lecture classes to maximize the time we have in Lab. We're going to need it.

This week, in lab, we will do:

Lecture Test #2 (ch 3 and ch 4)

Excel Ch1 and as much of Ch2 as we can get thru.

We will have a lecture, starting at 11:50am, on Ch. 6 (we don't do Ch. 5)

I have, with regret, eliminated the class participation exercises. Something has to give when a class is missed, and, because that's not part of the core class, the class discussions are the first item to go. Too bad.

Next week (July 14th) we will get as far in Excel as we can, but also leaving enought time for us to do the practice test as a class. I would rather do less of Excel and take the practice test in class than do all of Excel and no practice test.

Your term papers, originally due this week, will be due on July 14th. I like to review what is required the week before they are due, and I didn't have that chance last week.

Please study for this lecture test. It will be harder than the first one, and you have the added burden of an extra week between being taught and being tested.

I hope you are enjoying this fabulous weather, I hope you have a great (and safe) July 4th holiday, and we'll see you on the 7th.

Mr. DeMaio

NO CLASS TODAY JUNE 30TH

I have one nasty stomach bug. No way I can get thru a class today.

Please check back here for next week's schedule. Sorry.

Mr. DeMaio