7th Grade Keyboarding With Computer Applications And Research

    Keyboarding is recognized today as a communication skill and a tool of literacy for everyone.  Keyboarding contributes to the development of basic skills of reading, writing, and following directions.  This course is designed to develop introductory competencies suited to most personal use and some minimal employment needs.  Introductory competencies consist of fluent manipulation of letter, figure/symbol, and basic service keys to “touch.”  Emphasis is on the daily use of a computer system to develop keyboarding skills.  Writing skills are reinforced as the students format, compose, and proofread documents.  

     This is a full year course that has been expanded to cover Computer Applications and Internet Research. 

The applications covered will include:

• MS Word - Word Processing

• MS Excel - Spreadsheets

• MS PowerPoint - Presentations

• MS Publisher - Desktop Publishing

• Multimedia and Digital Photography

• MS FrontPage and HTML

Internet Research will include:

• Effective use of Search Engines

• Web Page Evaluation

• Plagiarism and Citing Internet Data

• Internet Safety, Conduct, and Ethics

Attendance & Participation

      Because so much of this course depends on in-class participation, it is essential for students to attend all the classes.  Absences cause students to lose important information, class instruction, and practice time.  If you miss a class, you are expected to obtain notes, and assignments and make-up all missed work.   

    Students are expected to contribute in all class discussions and group projects in constructive and intelligent ways.  Students are not to behave in a manner that infringes on another student's instructional time.

Materials 

    Students will use classroom text books and computer systems.