8th Grade 1st and/or 4th 6 Weeks at a Glance

Week 1

Introduction to Class

·   RUP – Technology Rules and Class Rules

Pre-Test Computer Skills Assessment

Week 2

Introduction to Microsoft Word

·   Tool Bar

·   Font Style

·   Font Size

·   Font Color

·   Saving

Computer Vocabulary

Rubrics – Evaluating Projects
·   Project #121
·   Evaluate process and quality of end of project.

Introduction to Access
·   Tool Bar
·   Wizard
·   Create Fields

Setting up Database for Managing Projects
·   Project #125
·   Organize project information
·   Track project’s process
·   Create project reports

Begin Mavis Beacon – Keyboarding
·   Correct Posture
·   Correct fingering
·   Work on speed and error-free keyboarding

Keyboarding
(Warm-Up)

Computer Hardware
·   Project #157
·   Computer terms
·   Three basic task of computers
·   Major components of the motherboard
·   Common devices of a computer

Electronic Communication
·   Project #177
·   History of technology

Keyboarding
(Warm-Up)

Continuation of Communication

Privacy Protection on the Internet and through E-Mail
·   Project #180
·   Safety guidelines
·   Private Policy
·   Protection of privacy
 

Keyboarding
(Warm-Up)

Types of Electronic Communication
·   Project #164
·   Terms of operating systems
·   Basic types of computer networks
·   Compare different network applications

Netiquette
·   Project #174
·   Manners using the internet