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Computer Literacy
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Working with Chromebook Computers
- How to turn the computer on and off
- Identification of Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor, CPU, Printer
- Input and Output devices
- How to locate and access programs and files
- Logging into programs using User Name and Password
- How to locate and organize saved work
- Using Google Classroom, students will create word processing documents, Presentation documents using Google Slides
- History of Computer Development and Individuals who aided this development
- Introduction to basics about how computers process information
- What is the Internet? How does it work?
- Http, https, IP, URL, DNS,
- Introduction to the idea of programming as a set of instructions, using block programming (code.org and Scratch)
- Introduction to text based programming such as Logo and Python
- Introduction to graphics
- Changing fonts, font size, font style.
- Inserting pictures, shapes, tables, graphs, headers and footers.
- Using spell check and knowing the limits of the spell check option.
- Using the toolbars, the ribbon, menus, drop down menus, and keyboard shortcuts.
- Working with Spreadsheets - Vocabulary. Creating Charts, inputting data, sorting data, using formulas and functions.
- Grade 8 creates the school yearbook using an online Yearbook program.
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