SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS BY DESIGN
UNIT 1 - MICROSOFT WORD
UNIT 2 - MICROSOFT EXCEL
UNIT 3 - MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
UNIT 4 - MICROSOFT ACCESS
Unit Overview
Overarching
Goal
The student will use word processing
technology effectively to create a variety of professional
documents.
SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
BY DESIGN A & B
Assumptions:
• The
timetable is based on 70-75 hours of instruction (75
is the actual but with snow days, assemblies, etc. it
may be more like 70)
• MS
Office 2000 or XP will be the software.
• All
topics will be aligned to state and federal standards
for:
• Skills
for Success, MSDE
• National
Business Education Association
• Northwest
Center for Emerging Technologies
• Core
Learning Goals, MSDE (where possible)
• Tech
Ed and Career, MSDE
Topic
|
Range
of Hours
|
Possible
Resources
|
Word
Processing/Desktop Publishing
|
25-30
|
EMC
Paradigm Benchmark Series textbook
EMC Paradigm MOUS Practice
Test
DDC MOUS Practice Test
|
Spreadsheet/Charting
|
20-25
|
EMC
Paradigm Benchmark Series textbook
EMC Paradigm MOUS Practice
Test
DDC MOUS Practice Test
|
Keyboarding
(Intro and Reinforcement)
|
10-12
|
Keyboarding
Pro
|
Careers,
Research
Internet Search Strategies
|
5
|
www.bridges.com
Southwestern materials
|
Tech
Ed Credit Topics Including Ethics, History, etc.
|
5
|
Internet,
texts
|
Curriculum will be problem-
and project-based around the theme of careers. Students
will work in teams and individually to use MS Office
applications to develop products related to their studies.
Working with guidance and their classroom teachers,
students will be encouraged to use the information
that they have collected to analyze their current high
school four-year plan and beyond.
