TUES: Mac 101 & PowerSchool

Learning Target(s):

• I can name the parts of the Apple OSX User Interface (UI), detail default file behaviors & extensions, and pass a quiz on them...
• I can log in to my PowerSchool and email my advisor with a GRADE GOAL

Announcements:  

• Yearbook meets this Thursday at 4PM

Agenda:

• WarmUp [15]
• When you have finished the warm-up you can check your email and answer any school related emails

• Mac 101  Part II - Using the Computers [25]

• The FINDER is your friend! 
• The FINDER is how you view the files where they are physically stored on the hard drive.
• The finder has VIEWS and SORTS
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• The LIST VIEW is the easiest to find things in because you can SORT by clicking on the columns
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• SPOTLIGHT let's you SEARCH for a file or Application

 



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• Moving and copying files
• OSX (the Mac Operating System) has rules for moving and copying
• On the SAME DRIVE the default is to MOVE
• On DIFFERENT DRIVES the default is to COPY
• To force a MOVE between drives hold down Command (⌘) while dragging and dripping
• To force a COPY on the same drive hold down Option while dragging and dropping
• File NAMES and EXTENSIONS
• There are FEW limits on what a file can be nameD but "/", ":" and other  special characters are usually NOT allowed
• File EXTENSIONS tell the computer what program to use to work with that type of file
• Big List of File Types/Extensions
• BIGGER List of File Types
• Top 15
• .doc/x = Microsoft Word Document
• .pages = Pages Document
• .txt = Plain Text File
• .csv = Comma Separated Values File
• .key = Keynote Presentation
• .vcf = vCard File - Address Book File
• .mp3 = MP3 Audio File
• .flv = Flash Video File
• .m4v = iTunes Video File - SAME AS MP4
• .mp4 = MPEG-4 Video File - SAME AS M4V
• .mov = Apple QuickTime Movie
• .jpg = JPEG Image
• .png = Portable Network Graphic
• .psd = Adobe Photoshop Document
• .pdf = Portable Document Format File
• Your Powerschool Accounts [20]
• Distribute
• Login
• envision.powerschool.com/parent & Student Login
• Reflect on your grades and your self defined greatest area for improvement
• Email your advisor with one concrete GRADE GOAL that you are willing to be held accountable to.