Technology 7 is an elective course open to 7th graders. The focus of this course will be to look at how we communicate ideas and information through the various technologies available today. We can't possibly look at all the methods available, but hopefully we can look at a variety of methods that will give even the pickiest of communicators a selection of methods they can use to communicate their ideas.
The following topics will be explored throughout this 12-week course:
Course Outline
The following topics will be explored throughout this 12-week course:
Course Outline
- Basic Computing (2 weeks)
- Computer Strategies & Shortcuts
- Digital Citizenship
- Effective Searching
- Word Processing w/ Google (2 weeks)
- Setting Tabs/Margins/Columns
- Research Tool & Citing Sources
- Assessment Project: Family Portrait
- Creating Spreadsheets & Collection Data (5 weeks)
- Calendar
- Checkbook Register
- Data Collection/Analysis - Hungry Mungry Activity
- Assessment Project: Dream Vacation
- Digital Photography (3 weeks)
- Rules for Good Photo Composition
- Post-processing Editing
- Online Photo Sharing Tools
- Flickr
- PhotoPeach
- Animoto
- Assessment Project: Photography Rules Project
For more class information, please refer to the Tech 7 Resources page.