MS COMPUTER CLASS
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Class Schedule |
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Day |
Activity |
Description |
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Monday |
Keyboarding |
--Students will use Mavis
Beacon Teaches Typing to improve the speed and accuracy of their typing
skills. Advanced students will use the
SpeedSkin for touch typing. |
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Tuesday |
Project |
--Students will work on long-term
projects, based on their classroom studies. |
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Wednesday |
Tools |
--Students will learn
various aspects of the computer tools available to them, such as the
"copy and paste" command, MS Word, Paint, Excel, the Internet,
etc. |
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Thursday |
Concepts |
--Students will study
issues and events surrounding Technology, such as history, ethics, security,
commerce, etc. There will be periodic
assessments. |
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Friday |
Keyboarding/Study Hall |
--Study Hall or Mavis
Beacon Teaches Typing) |
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Each class session will consist of: |
5-7 min - logon, daily Internet activities 35 min - main activity 5 min - summary, logout |
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Grading: |
Homework will be rare but very important. I will make you well aware of homework due dates--late work will NOT be accepted. Most assignments are created/completed in class. A completed document, a vocab crossword, a correctly designed spreadsheet; in other words, work product. Progress will be determined by project portfolios, content assessments, MBTT evaluations, participation score. Grades will be recorded using the Middle School Interdisciplinary scale. |
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Projects: |
The projects and activities are designed to help students meet the standards and benchmarks of NETS and the OMA Tech. Ed. curriculum. Over the course of three years, students will become proficient in using documents, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics and networks to research, organize and demonstrate learning.
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Notes