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Mrs. Vatthauer is the
Technology Coordinator and teaches French, Web
Page Design, Computer 8 and 7th Grade Keyboarding. She has been
teaching since 1983 and has been at Lafayette High School since 1997.
Mrs. Vatthauer LOVES to cook, walk (especially with her Golden
Retriever), bike, have coffee with friends, travel and spend quality
time with family and friends. She is married and has 3
step-children, a dog and cats (outdoor ones who just showed up one day
and decided to stay). Mrs. Vatthauer graduated from Backus High School before attending St. Cloud State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in French Education. She received a FLES certification from Concordia, Moorhead; a Masters of Arts in Education and Curriculum Instruction from the University of St. Thomas; and Certification in K-12 Keyboarding and 7-12 Computer Applications from the University of Winona. Prior to finding her "Dream Job" in Red Lake Falls she taught in Crookston, Brainerd, River Falls, WI and Cheyenne, WY. If she could meet one famous person it would be chef Paul Bocuse. Her Junior High (Fred Moore Junior High in Anoka, MN) French Teacher, Mme Cushing, inspired her to become a French teacher. |
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 Second Semester Computer 8 Class having fun after a tough few weeks editing pictures to get on the web at the end of the school year. |
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This course provides an overview of
creating FrontPage Webs. Microsoft Front Page 2003 and Photoshop Elements 7 will
be used to maintain the school's website. Web design
criteria, FrontPage templates, the FrontPage Editor, inserting tables, images,
and photographic images onto Web pages, applying special formatting features,
assigning URLs to image map hotspots, creating thumbnail images, creating forms
in a Web page, and creating frames Web pages in Front Page.
Keyboarding is a beginning course for persons with little or no previous keyboarding instruction. Students will be introduced to the computer keyboard and in using proper home row positioning of the fingers. They will develop the proper techniques for attaining useful levels of speed and accuracy. You will be introduced to various letter styles and be able to use the proper layout for each. You will also be able to type one and two page reports using proper page layout.
This second year keyboarding course is designed for students to brush up and become faster and better at their keyboarding skills, (previously learned in the 7th grade course). Students will work on a variety of letter styles, one and two page reports, working with tables, and tab markings. Students will be introduced to Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Publisher 2007 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2007.
