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Brownie Workshop
  • Computer Smarts
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Today in the Lab
  • Computer Smarts
    • Being Safe
    • Learns parts of the computer
    • Using a Browser
    • Find a Favorite
    • Make a Chart
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Lab Rules
  • Sign the Internet Safety Pledge
  • No food or drinks
  • No horseplay, scuffling, running
  • A Girl Scout always leaves a place nicer than she finds it – room and computer!
  • Don’t copy music, software, or images unless they are free




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Computer Lab Time
  • Teach Me
  • Show Me
  • Let Me Try
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Let’s Play Simon Says…
  • Keyboard


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Let’s Play Follow the Leader
  • Mouse
    • Hover
    • Drag and Drop
    • Click and Double click
  • Computer Screen
    • Open the Brownie Workshop Folder
  • Windows
  • Start Button



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The Internet
  • Opening the door
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What is the Internet?
  • A global network connecting millions of computers
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Internet Safety
  • Safety rules are the same in the world as online.
  • Don’t give out personal information.
  • Visit websites for kids only.
  • Ask your parents
  • Girl Scout Internet Safety Pledge
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Internet Safety Practice
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Open the Door
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Open the Door to the Internet
  • READY, SET...
  • To visit a Web site, you'll need Web-browsing software, a modem, and access to the Internet.
  • The browser has a place where you type in the address of sites you know and
  • Buttons to help you search for those you don't know. It even has buttons to go forward and backward. They work like the rewind and fast forward buttons on a tape recorder.
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Browser Window
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Just for Girls
  • Travel from one site to another by clicking on hyperlinks
  • Access with an Internet Browser:
    • Internet Explorer
    • Firefox
    • Safari
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"Art Kids Rule"
  • Art Kids Rule. Explore the arts and create a work of art.
    http://accessarts.org/ArtKids
  • Cyberchase. Use your brain on this PBS adventure in cyberspace.
    http://pbskids.org/cyberchase
  • KidsHealth. A great site that answers questions about your health and feelings.
    www.kidshealth.org/kid
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World Wide Web
  • Finding a Favorite
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Websites
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What’s out there
  • Go to www.yahooligans.com
  • Key to successful searches is choosing the right keywords.
  • Choose a category that you are interested in and explore.


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Find Your Favorites
  • What are your favorite things? What websites would you share with your friends?
    • Sports
    • Games
    • Hobbies
    • Places
    • Parks
    • Museums
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Making a Chart
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Make a Kaper Chart
  • Use the table function in Excel to divide troop kapers
  • What is a table?
    • Information organized in Rows and Columns
    • The column titles are in a “Header”
    • The data is entered in to “Cells”
    • The lines that separate the data create “Borders”


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Create a Chart
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What’s next?
  • We will Open Excel
  • Enter the Kapers in the “Header”
  • Under the header list the girls names assigned to the kaper
  • Change the format of the Text
  • Add Color to the background
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Try it- Enter your data (text)
  • Open Excel
  • Name and Save your file to the Brownie folder.
  • Enter kapers in the first row of the table
    • Click on the outer corner to select the entire table
    • Make the Columns wider by “dragging” the border
  • Click in the cell at Row 1 Column 1
    • Type the first kaper, use the Tab key to move to the next cell and continue.
  • Click in the cell at Row 2 in Column 1
    • Type in names under the kapers
    • Save your chart.


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Add Style
  • Increase the font size of the “Header”
    • Click the number 1 in row 1 to select the row
    • In the format tool bar lets change the font size.
    • Click and drag column borders to make the cells larger
  • Add a Text color
    • Using the Font Color drop down in the tool bar select a different color
  • Add a Border
    • Use the short cut Ctrl-A to select all
    • Using the Border drop down select “all borders”
  • Add a Background
    • Use the Fill color to change your background
  • Great now try different combinations on your own. Remember to Save often.
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