General Information: see calendar for dates of work due and notes for what we are doing on a daily basis and grades for this course assessment is on.

 

Essential Technology

Albany Academy lesson plan and notes

Courses taught by Dr. Neuage at AAG and AA

http://www.albany-academy.org/compcon/

 

Instructor Dr. Terrell Neuage neuaget@albanyacademyforgirls.org

BA (journalism), Honours (literature), Master (Internet Literature) Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia; Ph.D. (Internet Communication and New Media) University of South Australia

 

 

Teaching Methods:

 

1.        Lectures/Demonstrations:  The first half of each class will be used to highlight the important material we will work on for the class using interactive discussions, group work, handouts, and computer demos.

2.        Labs:  The last half of each class is dedicated to hands-on learning.  You will work at your own pace during this portion of the class to solidify the lesson material or to begin work on the weekly projects.

3.        Projects:  Each project consists of three parts:  the Concepts Review, Skills Review, and Visual Workshop.

4.        Quizzes:  Ten hands-on quizzes will be given.  Quiz exercises are pulled from what we discuss in class and work on in lab.

 

Material for these classes come from the Microsoft Office Online Training Pages as well as 'Microsoft Office Outlook 2003' (2004), Matthews, Marty; Diamanti, Kellen; Simmons, Curt; McGraw-Hill, Emeryville, California and from our practice sessions using the Microsoft packages.

 

Course Description

 

This class meets four days a week.

This course is designed to give students daily use of computers and to be exposed to MicroSoft Office as well as the Internet.

Our plan for the year is:

• 1^st trimester: Outlook, Word, Office Tools, InfoPath
• 2^nd trimester: Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access, Nanotechnology  
• 3^rd trimester: FrontPage, HTML. Java Script, Gif Animation - Internet Technology: discussion forums and newsletters - Search Engines, Hosting WebSites; how the Internet works

 

Grading see: http://www.albany-academy.org/compcon/et/gradesET.htm

Calendar see: http://www.albany-academy.org/compcon/et/et_calendar.htm

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of the course students will:
1. Operate (at an entry level) the software used in all forms of computer writing, spreadsheets, calendars, email, web design, image editing, and related topics.
2. Successfully build a variety of Web sites, be successful at organizing data online; being efficient with email and other online communications; creating online journalistic articles, reviewing other technologies such as Nanotechnology (State University at Albany has the first Nanotechnology College in the world).
4. Understand basic file management as it relates to email, Word documents, new letters, Web design.
5. Have fun, get creative, expand computer design skills, develop a portfolio and more....

Academic

Effectively follow written and oral instructions

Proofread and edit material

Use simple mathematical computational skills to create proper document layout

Use simple English skills in language development activities and composition

Thinking

Use critical thinking to plan, design, and create presentations, web pages, spreadsheets, datadesigns, and newsletter layouts

Apply decision making skills to select the order of completion of certain elements of projects

Personal

Maintain good attendance and punctuality

Effectively use time to complete projects

Model good work ethics regarding classwork and use of the internet

Maintain clean, neat work station

Bring proper supplies to class (paper, pencil and keep all handouts in folders) 

Guidelines

Each student will be assigned a specific computer to use for the duration of the school year. Students will sign an acceptable user policy before using any computer equipment

All work must be completed at school. No disks from outside may be used without prior approval for any reason.

 

While cooperation and collaboration is an important part of academic work; and we will do webpages as a collaborative effort for a few exercises, class assignments should not be duplications of work done by others. All assignments should be the original work of the individual student/student teams and should include appropriate citations as appropriate.

 

Makeup work may be completed with prior approval of me It is the students’ responsibility to get missed assignments and complete them within two weeks from the date of excused absence. No makeup work will be completed during class unless and until all current classwork is done.

Instructional Delivery Plan

The primary emphasis of the course will be hands-on planning, design, and production of interactive multimedia applications; but the course will also include demonstration, discussion, and limited lecture.

 

Headphones are not allowed when a student is in a class. 

Cell phones should be off during the day - or used outside of the school building.  Any phone left on will be given back at the end of the class.