jordan l

Accounting I and II
Business Image Management and Multimedia

Email: ljord@springhill.esc7.net
Phone: 903-323-7867
Conference 1:44-3:15

Schedule for 2007-2008 School Year
A-Day	B-Day
Block 1 – Technology	Block 5 – Technology
Block 2 – BIMM	Block 6 – Accounting I
Block 3 – Accounting I & II	Block 7 – BIMM
Block 4 – Conference	Block 8 - Conference

UIL Accounting

The accounting team participated in three Invitational meets this year, at Daingerfield, Pine Tree, and White Oak. At District we had the 1^st place team, with 1^st (Melissa Thompson), 4^th(Danielle Donaldson) and 5^th (Landon McBride) place individual medals. Others who have participated in UIL Accounting this year are Megan Eades, Jessica Nichols, Louden Barnes, and Josh Andrews. At Regional competition on April 12, Melissa Thompson placed 3^rd, qualifying her for another trip to the State Meet on May 3^rd. Even though she didn’t place at State, she significantly improved her score over last year. I am so proud of all these students for their intelligence and for extending the extra effort it takes to participate in Academic UIL.

Students at State Meet

Students at University of Texas at Austin
at the 2007 State Meet

The grading policy in the Business Department places 67% weight on tests and major projects and 33% weight on daily grades. One re-teach/re-test opportunity will be available per grading period for the student who scores below 70 on a major test. Make-up work is accepted up to one week after an absence without grade penalty. I am available daily for tutorial, re-teach/re-test, or make-up work in the mornings before school from 7:45 – 8:15 AM, and after school from 3:15 until 3:55 PM. Students are expected to check for make-up assignments on my Web page in the event they are absent. Late work received one day late will be accepted with a 20-point deduction. A $5 course fee is required in BIMM to cover the cost of printer paper and printer ink.

In Accounting I we will explore accounting as a career and learn accounting principles used in sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations. We will utilize "pencil and paper" spreadsheets, from the workbooks that accompany the textbook, as a starting point for understanding the "in's" and "out's" of accounting. We will also utilize Peachtree Accounting software as a real-world tool for keeping accounting records. Accounting students actively participate in academic UIL competition.

In Accounting II we will review skills learned in Accounting I, and take accounting to a whole new level. We will work on UIL quite extensively with these second-year students

In Business Image Management and Multimedia we will explore various software programs such as Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe GoLive, Microsoft Front Page, Adobe Image Ready, Microsoft Publisher, and Microsoft PowerPoint. The use of graphics and multimedia in both print and on-line publications is the major emphasis in this course. As students’ skills develop, they may routinely assist in the upkeep and enhancement of the school's web site.

In addition to my duties as a faculty member at SHHS, I am also the district webmaster and the editor of the monthly high school e-mail newsletter. You may forward any questions or suggestions regarding the district's Web site to my attention. My other duties include troubleshooting computer problems at the high school and occasionally elsewhere in the district.

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PhotoShop was used to place my son’s face in this still of Frodo taken from Lord of the Rings. I had to add smudges and lighting to his face to make him look as if he belongs in that setting. Of course other PhotoShop extraction techniques were used to extract his face from the original photo. Students in BIMM will create projects similar to this one.	Students will use Macromedia Flash to create flash movies of their own. I drew my own version of Mudbubble Boy and animated him with a shadow and a background. Students are asked to do a similar project during the semester. (Mudbubble Boy is a character originally created by Chris Georgenes whose work can be seen at www.mudbubble.com.)