Technology Education
Course Syllabus
2006/2007
Teacher: Clay Halverson
E-mail: cqhalverson@capousd.org
http://www.capousd.org /sms
Welcome to an exciting year of computer and technology education. Please
read the following course description and expectations. Your signature
indicates agreement to these requirements. Your parent or guardian must
sign also, indicating her/his understanding and support of the requirements
of this elective course and classroom behavior responsibility. All technology
courses will be taught to the standards of the State & National
Technology Education and the technology framework of the Capistrano
Unified School District.
Computer Applications (Exploratory Wheel) Grade
6 - Quarter
This exploratory course will develop beginning and intermediate computer
skills. The class will explore computer applications, but primary focusing
on keyboarding/typing skills. All students will be learning the homerow
keys and will be building their typing proficiency skills using a program
UltraKey (http://www.ultrakey.com). Students will also learn basic graphic
design, Internet searching skills and spreadsheet layout. Students will
also be creating and presenting a final Multimedia presentation.
• Traditional grading for all projects & tests: 90%=A, 80%=B,
70%=C, 60%=D, 50%=F
• Classroom participation and excellent behavior will earn you
extra credit points.
Computer Applications (Semester) - Elective Grades
7
This elective course will provide students with an introduction to the
influence of computers in our society and how technology things work.
In addition, students will become more familiar with keyboarding skills
and will be building their typing proficiency skills using typing applications
such as UltraKey (http://www.ultrakey.com). Students will become familiar
with work-processing and spreadsheets using Microsoft Office. Additionally,
students will explore video editing, multimedia, CAD, graphic and web
page creation, database layout and Internet searching techniques.
• Traditional grading for all projects & tests: 90%=A, 80%=B,
70%=C, 60%=D, 50%=F
• Classroom participation and excellent behavior will earn you
extra credit points.
• Personal headphones (multimedia/video editing) and USB flash
drives are recommend.
Global Communications (Adv. Computers) - Elective
Grades 8
This advanced elective course will provide students with a global influence
of computers in our society and how technology things work. In addition,
students will be proficient with keyboarding and typing skills using
typing applications such as UltraKey. In addition, students will be
proficient with word-processing and spreadsheets using Microsoft Office.
Students will be creating video film projects, multimedia presentations,
graphic design newspaper flyers, and web page design. Additionally,
students will learn digital photography, CAD, database layout and Internet
“Boolean” Adv. searching techniques.
• Traditional grading for all projects & tests: 90%=A, 80%=B,
70%=C, 60%=D, 50%=F
• Classroom participation and excellent behavior will earn you
extra credit points.
• Personal headphones (multimedia/video editing) and USB flash
drives are recommend.
Classroom Pictures
Our computer lab is fully networked with Cisco
routers and an Apple Xserves.
The computer lab will have Macintosh computers
installed with OS X, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Internet Explorer,
Netscape Communicator, Graphic Converter, UltraKey (Typing), HyperStudio,
iMovie, Inspiration, KidPix, AppleWorks. Some computers will have Adobe
Photoshop, Adobe GoLive/Live Motion and Macromedia Studio MX.
The technology students are working hard
in the computer lab.
2002/2003 Highlight Projects
Mass Media Student Articles
(Period 5): WebPage
2001/2002 Highlight Projects
San Diego Travel Presentation
Project
Thursday, April 12,
2002
The students in the advanced
computer class created a travel presentation project about San Diego.
David J. Smollar, Capistrano
Unified School District Director of Communications, heard the news
about their presentations. He contacted NBC News in San Diego. The
reporter from NBC News visited Shorecliffs Middle School
and spent two hours filming the students' giving their San Diego travel
presentations. They also interviewed
many students about their projects and their future in technology.
See the entire NBC News
airing (Shown on Ch. 7/39 out of San Diego on Friday, April 12, 2002).
Just click on the small quicktime ICON below:
See the San Diego NBC
News reporter interviewing the students. Just click on the small quicktime
ICON below:
2000/2001 Highlight Projects
Promotional
Video for Kona World
The advanced
technology class created a 30 minute promotional
video for Kona World during
the 3rd quarter. The video was summited and evaluated by Kona. The
students used advanced programs such as Macromedia, SoundJam and Photoshop.
This project was very exciting because the students not only learned
how to use timelines, but integrated and overlapped sounds, graphics
and text as well. They also incorporated slogans to promote kona bikes.
We had fun and the finished video looked very professional.
Our Town
Web Site Competition
Congratulations
to all advanced technology students for winning 2nd place in the Our
Town Merit Competition during
2nd quarter. The students used pure HTML codes learned from webmonkey.com,
webteacher.org and logos and
text from cooltext.com. They
also used computer programs such as KPT Bryce, Photoshop and Graphic
Converter. We learned many interesting things about our community.
Our
Town Entry Page
Rome, Paris, London, Moscow, Munich, Madrid,
Tokyo, Singapore, Mexico City
Sydney, Montreal, Stockholm, Vienna, Barcelona,
San Jose, Toronto, Athens
Foreign City Web Quest Project
Due date: June 8, 2001
Presentation Dates: June
11-15, 2001
PART #1 - The City - (50 points)
- Build a major city outside of the USA with a population of more than
1,000,000 using SimCity.
First, you will need to find and print a map of a foreign city that
you would like to build and duplicate. You may use the internet, library
almanac or encyclopedia to find a city map of your foreign city. Next,
you must use Sim Cityıs Urban Renewal Kit and Map Editor before you
start building your foreign city. Finally, you will be graded on your
Sim City by how close it resembles the actual city (e.g., geographic
landscape, buildings and economy). Label (with the sign tool) all major
landmarks including rivers, stadiums, historical buildings, parks, districts,
etc.
PART #2 - The Web Quest - (100 points)
- Use HyperStudio to create the demographics, pictures and vacation
itinerary cards for your foreign city. Use several Internet search engines
to research information about your city. Complete each HyperStudio card.
Get your text logos from cooltext.com or TypeTwister. You will need
to research the demographics of your city (such as cultures, education,
economics, transportation, crime rate, military, etc.). Again, try to
use several different search engines to find information about your
foreign city. Finally, as a traveler from the USA with a vacation budget
of $1500, you will need to plan an 5 day vacation excursion including
the airline fares, accommodations, restaurants, transportation, entertainment
and points of interests. You will need to support all of your findings
by citing the web sites. This web quest project will be presented to
your teacher and peers during the second week in June.
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