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 =High School & College Computing = //9th Grade Course Overview//

High School & College Computing is an elective for ninth-grade students. The course is taught on an A/B day schedule for the entire year. This course is worth .125 credits towards graduation requirements for Computer Applications.

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 * Internet Tools
 * Advanced Desktop Publishing
 * Advanced Database Management
 * Advanced Spreadsheet Analysis
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Advanced Presentation Skills
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Advanced Word Processing <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">

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 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Maiandra GD','sans-serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Create business-related documents (i.e., letters, memos) in the correct format
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Maiandra GD','sans-serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Maiandra GD','sans-serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Create advanced databases using sort and filter options
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Maiandra GD','sans-serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Maiandra GD','sans-serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Calculate and summarize numeric fields in Excel
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Maiandra GD','sans-serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Maiandra GD','sans-serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Create advanced spreadsheets while determining correct mathematical formulas and functions
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Maiandra GD','sans-serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Maiandra GD','sans-serif'"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Create an advanced multimedia presentation using PowerPoint

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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Publisher, Internet Explorer, Wikis, Blogs, and other Web 2.0 tools.

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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">You will be graded on a variety of assignments, warm-up exercises, and class participation. For success, it is essential that students attend class and participate in classroom activities. Students are expected to work the entire period and make a sincere effort to attain the highest possible degree of skill. Missing assignments can be made up during resource.

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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">1. No food or drink is allowed in the computer lab! 2. //RESPECT// yourself, your equipment, your classmate, & your teacher. 3. Students are expected to complete ALL class projects (in class, during resource, or after school). 4. Students should stay on task and work diligently. 5. Students must abide by the “Central Bucks Technology Use Agreement for Students”. 6. Students will create a folder where they will store ALL their work. You may only add, delete, or alter assignments in YOUR FOLDER ONLY!

=<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Contact Information: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> =

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Miss Kelly
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">ckelly@cbsd.org <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Phone: 267-893-7984

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Ms. Casciole
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">scasciole@cbsd.org <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Phone: 267-893-3293