C152-02-07

~ CSC 152: The Week beginning Feb. 7 ~

Homework: Imagine you are applying for a position or to a graduate school, etc. and write a resume for your application. See Project 2 in Microsoft Word 97 (Shelly, Cashman and Vermaat) for help (starting page 2.6). It should be your resume, not Caroline Louise Schmidt's! You can use the template they use in the book, but it should only serve as a starting point. I'll bring in a book with other examples you can look at. You want a resume to attract the prospective employer's attention. If you simply fill in the template blanks, your resume will look just like a lot of other people's. Some suggestions:
- Increase the return address font size.
- You may want to eliminate the underlining of your email address. To do so, highlight the email address, click on Insert and Choose Hyperlink (at the bottom). Then click the box Remove Hyperlink.
- If your resume is short, you might increase the font size but don't go too high. On the other hand, try to keep your resume to one page unless your profession requires you list various certifications, and so on.)
- If your resume is short, add a fuller description of your responsibilities for positions you have held.
- Spell check it!
Hand in a disk with the Word file (LABEL IT!!!!) as well as a printed version.
Due: Feb. 14
Reading: Chapter 3 in Discovering Computers 2000 (Shelly, Cashman and Vermaat).
Monday: Lecture: Anatomy of the computer (See the slide show on the web or download the PowerPoint file.)
Wednesday: Word table lab. We are not doing Project 3 in Microsoft Word 97, but you may want to refer to it, especially pp. 3.31-3.36. Use these instructions to make a this Elements of the Body Table file. (Source: Biology, Campbell.)
Friday: Paragraph formatting lab. We are not doing Project 3 in Microsoft Word 97, but you may want to refer to it, especially pp. 3.8-3.14. Use these instructions to turn this rough draft into this final product. (Source: Information Technology: The Breaking Technology Curtin, Foley, sen and Morin.)