| Timeline | Content / Skills
| Lesson/Project Resources
| Assessment
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| Class 1 | Course Overview Bookmark homepage
Responsible & Ethical Use
Rules of the road. Vocabulary: dock, icon , bookmark Create "Computer Skills" folder | Copy of the District AUP. TechKnow Park – Computer & Technology Skills 6th Gr. Computer Skills Outline Computer Viruses, Vandals, Hoaxes | Summarize the rules in the Acceptable Use Policy. Successfully add applications to dock Successfully create "computer skills" folder |
Class
1 - 22 | Keyboarding techniques. Keyboarding for accuracy & speed. | 5-10 minutes of keyboarding practice at beginning of each class period. Keyboarding Practice. Online Touch Typing Keyboarding Technique Checklist | Complete UltraKey lessons 1-9 Goal on UltraKey typing test: 20 wpm/ 90% accuracy
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| Class 2-5 | Basic word processing review of formatting skills. Vocabulary: menu bar, tool bar, formatting palette, file extension | Formatting a Document
Keyboard Shortcuts table Key
Caps: Foreign Language Accents/ MathSymbols Popcorn exercise. WP diagram w/labels. | Type letter - reformat according to instructions Create shortcuts table Complete key caps exercise Create poster or brochure based
on AUP summary. |
| Advanced Word Processing
/Desktop Publishing
| Explain difference between desktop publishing and word processing. Use drawing, columns, graphics and other tools to create a polished document.: | Completed project based on rubric provided.
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Class 6
| Computer operations - operating system,
navigate through desktop and files. Vocabulary:
browser, search engine, URL, domain, Boolean searching, links,
truncation, standalone computer,LAN, WAN, file extension types. | Internet Literacy Test Discuss vocabulary | |
Class 12-17
| Use multimedia tools to create linear or non-linear presentation.
Storyboard organizer.
Appropriate rules for effective design.
Insert clip art/graphics – crop and/or format.
Include background and transition. Vocabulary: PowerPoint, outline view, slide sorter view, slide view, format, transition, animation | Multimedia Diner - Graphics, Effects and more. Storyboard planner. What is Multimedia? | Finished multimedia presentation.
Assessment rubric to be used.
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| Class 7-10 | Internet/Telecommunications Web Authority - Who is the author? What are the author's qualifications? Misinformation: Truth or Spoof Search Engines - compare Google, Dogpile, Yahoo, Ask Citing web resources using citationmachine.net
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Internet AUTHOR-ity
Power to Learn case studies: Misinformation: Truth or Spoof Search engine worksheet
Citing Web Resources Urban Legends Reference Pages PPI Primate Programming Inc. spoof site Gone Phishin' What is Phishing? Information from Paypal Tools for Teaching Search Habits Journey Inside: The Internet from Intel
The Boolean Machine
| Complete worksheet
Participation in class discussion
Complete worksheet Correctly formatted Works Consulted slide in PowerPoint presentation |
Class 19-20
| Spreadsheet Create spreadsheet of 'Pizza" database data; graph Create own spreadsheets and graphs: pets, movies; favorite TV shows; favorite books | Single-use spreadsheet Online Technology Practice Modules -Excel Standard Toolbar Spreadsheet diagram Create a Graph Tool Online Spreadsheet Resources | |
Class 18 -19
| Databases Explore Online databases: Destiny, SIRS Create "Pizza" database; sort, filter, sub-total data | Collection of Lessons, Activities, Handouts and Tutorials | |
| Class 11-12 |
Responsible and ethical use
Internet Safety:
Power To Learn: Keeping Personal Info Private
Power to Learn: Cyberbullying
| Copyright with Cyberbee - do the online exercise. Power to Learn - Internet Smarts Case Studies. | |
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