COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

(Enrollment is limited to 20 per class per semester)

450 COMPUTER LITERACY

Grade 8 (1/2 Year Course)

This is a basic course in computer literacy. Topics will include the history, vocabulary, how the computer affects our lives, and legal issues associated with its use. The internet will be used for research and communication. Social and ethical issues will be discussed.

Microsoft Professional Office software is used for the application part of this course. Microsoft Excel is used by the students to setup their own spreadsheet. Financial, world and sports statistics are some of the topics put on spreadsheets and then graphed. Microsoft Access is the database program the students will use to do student surveys, address book and history databases. Word processing is taught through Microsoft Word. The principles of word processing can then be applied to a variety of other word processors.

Students will be introduced to the concepts of developing a web page in HTML.

SOFTWARE:

Windows XP, Microsoft Office Professional

703 TECHNOLOGY in the TWENTY FIRST CENTURY:

This course is an introduction to the computer and multimedia. Instructions on keyboarding and touch-typing will be emphasized during the semester. The computer, different software and peripherals will be demonstrated throughout this course.

Letter writing, general rules of formatting a paper, and dictation will be some of the ways in which word processing and keyboarding will come to life.

Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows are used for the application part of the course. Spreadsheets, data bases, Power Point presentations will be introduced. The students will become familiar with web page design in HTML, imaging Microsoft Schedule+. The internet will be used for research and communication. Social and ethical issues will be discussed.

SOFTWARE:

Microsoft Professional Office and Windows XP