Types, loops, and Assignments!

Just in case I don't make it in tomorrow (I'm currently in and out of bed with a cold), here's an outline of the day that I was planning:

1. 9-9:30am - Finishing Easy Cash Loans. For homework we should have finished up to task 6. Now take a look at tasks 7 and following. Note: you might need to hassle Josie or Kym about the difference between comparing "65" < "639" and 65 < 639. It's all to do with the type of information you're comparing!
2. 9:30-11:00 - Last week we got our first taste of Looping in Excel. Take a few minutes to review your solutions to the Getting Started with Looping activity, before taking it a few steps further with Microsoft's Get in the loop with Excel Macros. Note: it's really important to review your work from last week first, as although the MS tutorial starts with the basics, it moves incredibly fast (If I'm in, we'll do a review of loops together)! Make sure you help each other with the hands-on workbooks! If you finish this early, you can start on the next chapter of our text that includes Band Scene 7.
3. 11-11:30 - Take a break!
4. 11:30-12:30 - Assessing our Alice assignments! It's important to do this before lunch, as some people can't be around afterwards. Everyone needs to print out 3 copies of the assessment checksheet (it's on the Intranet under IT->Cert III->Assessment Items). Make sure you print with duplex (double sided). Next, set up your Alice assignment on your computer, for other people to try out, with the three assessment sheets next to your computer. Then go for it! If everyone can walk around the computers and assess a few other assignments until each project has 3 completed assessment sheets next to it. When finished, read over your own assessment sheets to get an idea what others thought of your app, then if someone could put them all on my desk.
   
5. 12:30-1pm - Lunch.
6. 1-2:30 - I was hoping to show a few demonstrations of the second assignments, but that will depend on whether I'm in. Everyone should be able to print out the second assignment (and it's corresponding checksheet) from the intranet (see previous address). After reading through the assignment, take a choice:

• If you already have an idea of an Excel application that you can do for the second assignment, then get started straight away! Import your data, create your Documentation tab, your Fixed Data sheet etc. Start setting up your menus and forms!
  
• If you're currently stuck for ideas, please work through the next chapter of our text and then complete Band Scene 7.

Getting all of the above to happen will take a bit of coordination, so if anyone slots naturally into the role of a coordinator, feel free to try to get things happening on time!