Parents-
Please read and review with your son/daughter the information in the syllabus. Once read, do the following:
- Simply sign a blank sheet of paper saying:
- "I have read and understand the information in the syllabus"
- "My child agrees to comply with the rules/requirements"
- Make sure your child PRINTS their name on this sheet as well
Goals:
The student will:
Demonstrate the use of technology as a problem solving tool by performing intermediate level competence in following following areas of study:
Word processing, Spreadsheets, Database Management, Graphics, Internet based research, Management Skills in a Windows XP operating environment and functioning in a network based computer lab.
Objectives:
The student will:
| Enhance Word Processing Skills | Inserting and formatting images, word art, files, charts and symbols. Formatting fonts, paragraphs, borders, and bullets. Inserting and manipulating tables |
| Enhance Database Management Skills | Design databases in Access. Extensive searching techniques, query and report building. Integrate with Word/Excel. |
| Enhance Spreadsheet Skills | Basic design strategies. Special formatting functions. Variety of math functions. Many business related projects. Integrate into Word and Access |
| Enhance Graphing Skills | Proper use of bar, line, pie charts. Analyze tables of data. Integrate into Word. |
| Develop Internet Skills | Improve Internet research techniques. Improve skills working in an integrated environment (moving between Word, Excel, the Internet). ***Students will be asked to make and use a gmail account. Tremendous tools are available with a simple gmail account and we will learning to use them. If parents have a problem with this, please contact me. We will work out a solution. *** |
| Enhance Networking Skills | Organizing and managing files and folders on the local PC and on our lab network, transferrring files from PC to our network and to removable storage devices, backing up work to prevent data loss. |
| Major Project | The project will give students the opportunity to show what they have learned this semester. Students will be asked to solve some problem and the solution could involve using any software that they have been taught to use. The problem will be able to be solved in a variety of ways which will give students a chance to think creatively. |
Grading:
Success in this class is mostly a matter of paying attention, following directions, and putting forth effort on assignments. Students that are able to do this are successful in Computer Skills 1.
Due dates for projects/assignments will be given from time to time and these will be posted on the website in the assignment list. Students can turn in any missing work up to these deadlines but not after. It is important to listen in class and check the assignment list for due dates. Below is a grading scale. It is a standard scale that most teachers use.
| A | 90 - 100% of possible points |
| B | 80 - 89% |
| C | 70 - 79% |
| D | 60 - 69% |
| F | below 60% |
Conduct:
- Respect others in the room, both person and property.
- Respect the equipment. It is a privilege to work on the computers. Failure to treat the computers with respect may result in losing the right to use them.
- No food or drink of any kind is allowed in the lab.
- No video games of any kind and no head or earphones.
- No downloading of any unauthorized material off the Internet.
- Internet use should be related to class activities.
- Any use of a "proxy server" to avoid district Internet filters is a serious matter and will involve administrative action.
- Students are expected to do their own work. School policy will be enforced if a student is caught cheating.
Student Expectations
- Be on task - activity not related to the assigned task is unacceptable and may result in a student being taken off the computer for part or all of that class period.
- Treat everyone respectfully - teachers, students, guests and substitute teachers should be treated in an appropriate and respectful manner.
- Be willing to offer assistance to other members of the class - we are a class, as such, everyone (students and teacher) is expected to offer ideas and assistance to the class.
Completing All Assignments:
Students are expected to complete each assignment to the best of his/her abilities. Students that do not turn in assignments may be required to attend "homework club". Details about this program will be available on the Sprague website and other literature
TAG:
Computer classes offer all students the unique opportunity to work beyond the assignment. Students are encouraged to utilize the many features of computer software and their own creative abilities to enhance the curriculum to meet their needs. In each subject/course students will be pre-assessed on the knowledge and skills that will be learned in the subject/course. The purpose of this pre-assessment is to find out what students already know in order to provide differentiated instruction. All students are encouraged to "think outside the box" to find unique challenges and problems to solve.
Formal or informal pre-assessments may include end of chapter/unit tests, student input and self-evaluation, placement test, specific teacher observational data, lab demonstration or test, work samples, fist of five, thumbs up/thumbs down, or other forms of pre-assessment. Below is a list of differentiation strategies that may be used.
| Differentiation Strategies | ||
| Acceleration | Enrichment | Multiple Intelligences |
| Independent Study/Project | Compacting | Learning Styles |
| Assignment Modification | Tiered Assignments | Critical Thinking |
| Cluster Grouping | Contracting | |
