Course Overview

This course provides a foundation to understanding key applications, computing fundamentals, and online living. It is one semester with 7 units containing 48 instructional lessons and 1 project. Most lessons in this course are designed to take 1-2 days to complete, while most projects take 2-3 days.

  • Unit 1: Describe technology basics including finger placement on the keyboard and the differences between hardware and software.
  • Unit 2: Describe the functions of operating systems and their utilities.
  • Unit 3: Identify computer networks, how they work, and computer and internet safety.
  • Unit 4: Identify different communications industries and how to use email, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. 
  • Unit 5: Describe how to create spreadsheets, enter data, create graphs, and use formulas and shortcuts in the spreadsheet. 
  • Unit 6: Identify the functions of PowerPoint, digital media, intellectual property law, workplace crimes, privacy concerns, digital citizenship, and how to stay safe on social media.
 
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Curriculum Content and Skills Focus

Unit 1: Technology Basics

  • Review proper keyboard techniques and identify home row on the keyboard. 
  • Demonstrate keyboard speed, accuracy, correct finger placement through timed tests.
  • Identify hardware and software types and how they work together. 
  • Explain how technology helps a worker be more efficient and effective. 

Unit 2: Operating Systems, Utilities, and File Management

  • Explain the functions of operating systems and their utilities.  
  • Identity and describe common operating-system utilities such as file management, security, communication, accessibility, and entertainment. 
  • Compare pros and cons of operating systems: Apple, Microsoft, and Linux.
  • Explain how to operate a user interface. 
  • Create a file directory and examine file management procedures.

Unit 3: Networks and Security

  • Explain what a computer network is, function, types, and benefits, of using one. 
  • Determine the difference between LAN, MAN, and WAN. 
  • Examine the characteristics of reliable and safe Internet sites.
  • Identify computer storage types, their reliability, and options to protect data. 
  • Explain what malware is, problems caused by malware, and how to protect against it. 
  • Determine digital solutions to security threats.
  • Identify hardware components and functions and the difference between storage and memory. 
  • Explain the differences between RAM and ROM and the function of a central processing unit. 
  • Describe repetition (looping structures in Java, how to minimize errors in looping, and how-to code and use nested loops. 

Unit 4: Email and Word Processing

  • Identify guidelines for effective electronic communication, including netiquette.
  • Identify and describe the components of the telecommunications industry and the strategic role of telecommunications technology within the workplace.
  • Send, receive, reply to, and print e-mail messages.
  • Explain basic presentation techniques in PowerPoint and describe how to create a PowerPoint presentation.
  • Explain the purpose and function of Microsoft Outlook.
  • Explain the rules of netiquette and apply netiquette in electronic communication.
  • Demonstrate how to open, save, share, and print a document and create folders for organization.
  • Change text formatting of a document to include color, size, and effects. 
  • Format page margins, page orientation, and include columns.
  • Insert and format images and a table in a document.

Unit 5: Spreadsheets and Databases

  • Identify the parts of a spreadsheet and create a basic spreadsheet with data.
  • Write formulas to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
  • Use shortcuts to enter formulas and create spreadsheets with formulas.
  • Identify the correct order of operations and errors in formulas.
  • Create spreadsheets with advanced formulas.
  • Select the appropriate type of graph. Create and edit a graph from data in a spreadsheet. 
  • List the actions a database can perform.
  • List the differences and similarities between a database and a spreadsheet.
  • For a specific business task, select a spreadsheet or a database based on which is more appropriate.
  • Plan and build a simple database.
  • Locate, sort, and update data.
  • Add and delete records.

Unit 6: Digital Media and Protections

  • Open PowerPoint and identify the sections of the PowerPoint window.
  • Modify the views of the PowerPoint screen and configure the toolbar.
  • Create, modify, and design text, animations, and transitions in presentation slides.
  • Insert pictures, WordArt, and SmartArt into a presentation.
  • Recognize the Insert tab as the location for accessing image formatting options and add audio and video into a slide presentation.
  • Discuss the advantages of using both audio and video in communication media.
  • Compare different programs for audio and video production.
  • Describe five administrative positions related to audio and video production.
  • Compare and contrast digital media and traditional forms of media.
  • Define intellectual property rights and describe potential benefits and harmful effects related to intellectual property rights.
  • Identify sources of privacy concern and identify problems related to the collection of private data through automated processes.
  • Explain security measures in an office/work environment in terms of efficiency, feasibility, and ethical impacts.
  • Describe digital citizenship and identify components of a digital footprint (e.g., active and passive data) and its lasting impact.
  • Develop a plan to help keep you safe when using social media.
  • Identify some laws that relate to social media and interaction on the web and discuss cybercrime.
 
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Additional Resources

In addition to the default course content, some projects may require software applications to complete the assignment.

 
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