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Radnor Middle School Course Syllabus Created November 5, 2013: Gail Furman Fill in course name: Technology Education Computers Put in course number (4 digits): Credits: Grades: 8 Weighted:

1 Radnor Middle School Course Syllabus Created November 5, 2013: Gail Furman Fill in course name: Technology Education Computers Put in course number (4 digits): Credits: Grades: 8 Weighted: Prerequisite: Length: 1 Semester, Every Other Day Format Overall Description of Course Students meet for one semester every other day and learn advanced concepts using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Access. Students build their typing speed and accuracy using proper typing techniques. Students will also learn HTML coding, digital photography, Photoshop Elements, Google Picasa, and scanning. Also learn how to be safe when using the computer. Common Core Standards Keystone Connections: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts. Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks. Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics. Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic. Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table). Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text. By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Student Objectives: Students will learn how to create a newsletter using the various features in Microsoft Word Students will learn how to create a table using relative and absolute numbers, pie chart, and formula page using the various features in Microsoft Excel Students will learn how to create and present a PowerPoint presentation using the various features in Microsoft PowerPoint Students will learn how to create a mail merge using Microsoft Access 2007 and Microsoft 8 th Grade Computers 1 11/26/2013

2 Word Students will learn how to create and show a mock web page using HTML coding and Notepad. Students will learn how to take photographs using a digital camera, how to scan documents using a scanner, and manipulate both with Adobe Photoshop Elements and/or Google Picasa 3. Students learn how to build their typing accuracy and speed using the software program Typing Instructor. Materials & Texts MATERIALS Students use PC computers with headsets to learn the following: Use the software program Typing Instructor Use the software program Microsoft Windows 7 Use the software program Microsoft Word 2007 Use the software program Microsoft Excel 2007 Use the software program Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Use the software program Microsoft Access 2007 Use Notepad to create HTML coding. Use a digital camera and scanner to learn photography skills Use the software program Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 and/or Google Picasa 3 to fix and enhance their digital pictures. TEXTS Shelly, Gary B., Thomas J. Cashman, and Misty E. Vermaat. Microsoft Office 2007: Introductory Concepts and Techniques. Boston, MA: Thomson Course Technology, Shelly, Gary B., Thomas J. Cashman, and Misty E. Vermatt. Microsoft Office 2007: Advanced Concepts and Techniques. Boston, MA: Thomson Course Technology, Activities, Assignments, & Assessments ACTIVITIES Using the various programs, students will learn the following: Microsoft Word Margin settings Columns Font Size/Color Bold, Italics, Underline Tab Settings WordArt 8 th Grade Computers 2 11/26/2013

3 Formatting Styles Page Layout Header/Footer Inserting Pictures and Clip Art Symbols Bullets and Numbering Organizational Chart Borders Drawing toolbar (rotating) Text box Drop Cap Saving and Printing Microsoft Excel Set up a table using formulas Slanted column titles What-If statements Pie Chart Currency vs. Accounting styles Comma styles and percentages Bold, Italics, Underline Borders Font Colors/Sizes Background Color Absolute vs. Relative Numbers Increase Indentions Inserting and Deleting Rows/Columns Renaming worksheet tabs Worksheet tab colors Formula page Microsoft PowerPoint Create a New Presentation Slide Design/Background Custom Animation Slide Transitions Inserting text from an outline Inserting Pictures, Clip Art, and animated GIFs Resizing, positioning, and aligning pictures Slide Layout Bullets and Numbering Notes Page Different Layouts (handouts, notes page, outline, slides) Header/Footer Symbols Font Size/Color 8 th Grade Computers 3 11/26/2013

4 Bold, Italics, Underline WordArt Hyperlinks within the presentation, to the Internet, and to another document in their folder Insert and format action buttons Indent and align text in placeholders Create columns within the placeholder Present the Show Saving and Printing Microsoft Access with Microsoft Word Create a table using Access Create a letter using Word Create a mail merge with Access and Word Create an envelope using Word Create a report using Access Notepad with HTML Coding Different paragraphs Background color Different font sizes/colors Various alignments (left, center, right) Italics and Bold Internal and External Hyperlinks Inserting a Picture/Clip Art Word count Internet Research Bibliography Saving and Printing Digital Photography/Scanning Take pictures using a digital camera Upload pictures from the camera to the public drive Scan pictures/documents into the public drive Manipulate pictures/documents using Adobe Photoshop Elements o Crop o Resize o Rotate o Remove Red Eye o Borders around pictures o Text on the picture or underneath o Brighten/Lighten/Darken/Enhance Saving Print in various sizes (3 x 5; 4 x 6; 5 x 7; 8 x 10; custom size) Learning.com Exercises 8 th Grade Computers 4 11/26/2013

5 Instant messaging Podcasts Blogs Audio/Video Networking Proofreading--Spelling and Punctuation HTML Coding Atomic Learning Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 Common Sense Media.Org Trillion Dollar Footprint Learn they have a digital footprint and that this information can be searched, copied, and passed on, but students can take some control based on what they post online. ASSIGNMENTS Newsletter in Word using Advanced Features PowerPoint Project using Advanced Features Table, Pie, and Formula pages using Advanced Excel Mail merge using Access and Word HTML Project (Web page and Code page) Original Digital Pictures (5) and Manipulated Digital Pictures (5) ASSESSMENTS Students are able to log into their computers, save their work to their H drive, retrieve their work, and understand the terminology used when referring to the computer. Students are able to type at least 25 words per minute with 90% or better accuracy. Students are able to hand in a completed Newsletter using the features shown in Microsoft Advanced Word Students are able to hand in and show the class a completed PowerPoint presentation using the features shown in Microsoft Advanced PowerPoint Students are able to hand in a completed Table, Pie Chart, and Formula Page using the features shown in Microsoft Advanced Excel Students are able to hand in five mail merge letters and envelopes using Microsoft Access 2007 and Microsoft Word Students are able to hand in and show the class their mock web page using HTML coding and Notepad. Students are able to hand in various pictures taken with a digital camera and scanning and manipulated/fixed using Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 and/or Google Picasa 3. Terminology 8 th Grade Computers 5 11/26/2013

6 Media, Technology, Web Resources Learning.com - Internet-based tutorial Microsoft Office 2007 software Typing Instructor software Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 software Picasa 3 from Google 8 th Grade Computers 6 11/26/2013

Radnor Middle School Course Syllabus. Fill in course name: Technology Education Computers Put in course number (4 digits):

Radnor Middle School Course Syllabus Created November 5, 2013: Gail Furman Fill in course name: Technology Education Computers Put in course number (4 digits): Credits: Grades: 7 Weighted: Prerequisite: