| 8th Computer Enrichment |
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| Theme
- "Making a Difference with Computers" |
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| Sample
of topics covered during 9 weeks |
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| I. Keyboarding improvement |
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| 2. Elements of Word and applications -
Business cards, Create a newspaper, pdfs, Outlines, Tools, Table, Window,
Help, Drawing toolbar, Edit, View, Insert various media |
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other applications |
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Excel applications - banking, stock investments, human traits percentages,
8th grade party budget, Family budget |
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| 4. Power Point Applications - Making a
Difference- setting up a small non profit business, Profile of Company/
Stock, "I Love My Body" |
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| 5. Internet Use Applications - Scavenge hunts,
Research, Referencing the Internet in all computer applications |
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| 6. Access Applications - New vocabulary words,
small groups develop useful database from start to finish |
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| 7. Create 8th grade Webpage in Word - personal
webpage with Resume |
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| 8th
Computer Enrichment Vocabulary |
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| General Terms |
DEFINITION |
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| 1st Quiz covers the following: |
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| Windows |
operating system |
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| LAN |
Local Area Network |
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| 4 Functions of the
Computer |
input, output, storage, processing |
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| CPU |
(Central Processing Unit) brain of the computer |
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| Network |
the connection of computers so that they may use the same software and
hardware |
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| Office |
the group of application programs that include: Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, and
Outlook |
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profession & job that uses primarily each application software in office:
Excel - Accountant to do taxes or budgets |
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| Wizard |
also known as the Office assistant,
provides help & templates (pre constructed commonly used form such as
business letter) |
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| Math Symbols, Order of Operation |
Parentheses, Caret, Multiplication and Division, Addition and Subtraction |
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| Internet referencing |
Last,First(author)."Title of page." Database. 12 Sept. 2007 (date of visit). <URL(wesite address> |
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| Inside parts for the computer |
RAM, ROM, power supply, fan, CPU, Input/Output ports, hard drive, mother
board |
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| AUP |
Appropriate User Protocol - a contract between user and owner of
computer/tech provider |
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| Ethics |
moral principals, acting in accordance with the standard of right conduct
or practice of a group or profession |
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| 2nd Quiz covers the following: |
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| Internet |
the connection of millions of computers so that they may send and receive
data (a tool that connects people to the world |
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| 4 things to use the Internet |
communication lines, modem, software, enough memory |
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| Browser |
software that enables Internet use |
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| URL |
the complete website address ex.- http://www.aloysius.org |
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| Search Engine |
Software that allows searching the internet on specific key words |
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| Domain |
just the name of the website (aloysius.org) |
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| html |
(hyper text markup language) the coding of web pages |
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| Microsoft Front Page |
software that lets you create web pages |
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| Hyperlink |
Text or graphic that when you click on it, it takes you to another
website, usually changes color |
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| World Wide Web |
the connection of millions of websites |
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| http |
hypertext transmission protocol - the rules for transfer data by internet |
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| Home page |
Website's first page |
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| ISP |
Internet service provider |
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| ftp |
file tranfer protocol |
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| 3rd Quiz covers the following: |
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| Spreadsheet (ss) |
Columns and rows of data that do calculations |
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| Excel |
the application software that creates an uses spreadsheets |
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| 3 types of data in ss |
numbers, labels, formulas |
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| cell |
location of 1 piece of data in ss or intersection of a column letter and
row number |
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| examples of Spreadsheet uses |
grade avg., accounts payable and accounts receivable, budgets, taxes,
sales projections, scientific calc. |
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| "=(B4+C4+D4)/3" |
Give an example of a formula to calculate the avg of any three cells |
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| binary code/binary number system |
the coding that computers understand, consists of 0s and 1s,
know as a bit (binary digit) |
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| byte |
8 bits, size requirement for 1 character on one's keyboard |
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| kilobyte (K) |
1024 bytes |
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| megabyte (MB) |
1 million bytes |
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| Gigabyte (GB) |
1 billion bytes |
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| Hi level programming language |
Comp. programming languages more like english to provide
instructions to comp. to tell it what to do. |
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| Examples of prog. Language |
Fortran, Pascal, C++, Perl |
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| database |
Huge collection of related data that can easily be searched, sorted and
accessed |
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| Access |
the application software that creates and uses databases |
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| field |
location of one piece of data in a database |
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| record |
a group of fields |
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| Table, Query, Form, Report |
Examples of data base objects,
Query allows selection from a table or query by criteria of =,
<>, >, <, <=, or >= |
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| Examples of Databases |
Phone book, Internet search engines, library card catalog |
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| Grade
determined by avg of the following: |
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Exam
for HS Credit (1 week) - Counts as 2 grades
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| Record of Keyboarding for grade -
Neatness: 2, Parent Sign.: 2, Complete: 4, Improvement: 2 |
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Power Point and Brochure graded
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| Participation Grade |
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| 3 Quizzes |
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| One class projects graded |
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| Participation Grade |
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| Behavior |
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| Keyboarding Record - Neatness: 2, Complete: 4, Parent Sign.: 2,
Improvement: 2 |
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