7th GRADE

 

1.        UNIT 1 - Rules of the Computer

a.       Lesson 1- Basic Rules and School Contrac

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• Video on Safety
• Differnt Resources
•  What are ten tips Internet Safety?
•     Password Safety                             

b.       Lesson 2- Copyright

                                                               i.      COPYRIGHTS – Link on Copyright Use

                                                              ii.      Copyright lesson

 

2.      Unit 2 Excel

a.        Excel Spreadsheet

b.       Excel Spreadsheet 2 for advance users. Try an excel worksheet.  Make three columns. Name, phone number, and email address.  You may add a fourth column if you want. 

3.     Unit 3 – Email

a.       Lesson – Rules, address books, attachments, and uses Lesson 1

b. blog- http://www.gaggle.net/blog/httpwwwgagglenetblogscirillom

c. Email rules -Email lesson 2

d, Safety 1

e. Safety 2

4.      Unit 4- Searching

Searching on a search engine.  How do we use Booleans and other tips to searching  Read through these clues on how to search.

c.       Booleans Practice –

d.       Clues on entering words

e.       Seven tips to Searching

                                                               i.      QUIZ

SEARCH PARTY 3

SearchParty4

 

f.         Definitions

g.    Google Earth, Searching, and Blog project                                                               i.      Computer

                                                              ii.      Boolean logic

                                                            iii.      Boolean Operator

                                                            iv.      Subject directories

                                                              v.      What are three search engines?

5.     Unit 5 – History of the Computer and computer parts

a.          ComputerHistory - Search to learn about the history of the computer.  Teach find on this page that day.  Learn about the history of computer

b.       http://computer.howstuffworks.com/microprocessor.htm - in this video the class learns about the seven main parts of the computer.  Watch the video and then find pictures each item.  On a powerpoint slide called Computer Parts find pictures and place each part on the slide show.  If time remains look at  http://computer.howstuffworks.com/microprocessor.htm .  Under the video click on more computer videos.  Find interesting videos. 

c.       LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INSIDE OF THE COMPUTER look through this website

d.       Parts of a computer part two:

                                                               i.      Look inside a computer

                                                              ii.      Learn how to clean a computer http://www.computerhope.com/cleaning.htm

6.     Unit 6- Movie Maker And PhotoStory

Intro to Magix

•         Pictures
• Movement of Pictures -Zoom
• Title
• Credits
• Special Effects -one
• Your audio
• Music
• Transitions
• Change timing of slides
• Convert to WMV

Photo Story

1. 1. use the Superhero pics to make a move
2. http://freeplaymusic.com/ for song backgrounds

Movie Maker

a.       Making movies and editing pictures with computers

b.       Inserting pictures from camera

c.       Inserting music and finding music online- Sound clips -

d.       Inserting a digital movie from a camera

                                                               i.      Titles

                                                              ii.      Video Effects

                                                            iii.       songs http://freeplaymusic.com/

                                                            iv.      background music

                                                              v.      songs

                                                            vi.      videos and picts

                                                           vii.      Project

e.       Music Video

7.      Unit 7-  HTML and Glogster

8.     Tech Careers

a.       BUYING A COMPUTER

 

b.  JOBS OF TECHNOLOGY 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. MLB

10. Photoediting  and more