Computer+Technology+1st+Quarter

__**Weeks 1 & 2 **__

- Follow any teacher instructions when you arrive and find your assigned seat. - Get the Disclosure Document. - Get a storage space assignment from the teacher. - Practice logging-in to student accounts. - Get the E-mail Communication Worksheet. - Follow the instructions from the Email Worksheet. - You will need an email address to contact your instructor. The Computer Technology Email addresses for Mr. Cuevas are: aaron.cuevas@canyonsdistrict.org OR comptechcuevas@gmail.com
 * Day 1 **
 * Welcome to class! **

- Read the ‘Acceptable Use Policy’ (AUP) of the Canyons School District. Study the policy well. All responsible organizations have a document like the AUP. - Read the AUP Reflective Essay requirements. - Begin to write your AUP Reflective Essay Rough Draft.
 * Day 2 **

- Writing Lab: Continue your AUP Reflective Essay.
 * Day 3 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Writing Lab: Continue your AUP Reflective Essay.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 4 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- The instructor will direct you to take the Online Reading Quiz for the AUP. Link: Acceptable Use Policy Online Reading Quiz <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Complete and turn-in your AUP Reflective Essay (Rough Draft).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 5 **

<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Remember, all students who sign the Computer Use Agreement at the beginning of a school year place their signature on a legal document. These students who sign the document show that they accept the district policy and understand the consequences of following or not following its guidelines.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Message from your Instructor: **

<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Through your essay and conduct in the classroom, the classroom teacher will be able to understand how well your understanding of the policy matches with the computer activities you choose to do.

<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you have not noticed already, the way people choose to use computer technology is serious and the consequences of these choices are real. This essay is meant to help you express your strong opinions and insights on this topic.

<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Once you understand your own attitudes towards technology and realize what your computer habits are, you are more prepared to make informed decisions in the future, even today. Students who are educated in this way are more likely to use computer technology to help themselves //and// others.

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Weeks 3 & 4 **__

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Create a Dictionary. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Go to the following online technology dictionary: TechTerms.com <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Select any ‘Browse by Tech Factor’ number from the index at the bottom/ left of your screen. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Choose TEN technology vocabulary words and fill out the Tech Term form for each word.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 6 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Use your computer skills and experience to help you complete coursework from another class. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- For each Application Assignment, choose one assignment or project that is due before the end of this quarter. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Complete a total of SIX Application Assignments before the end of EACH QUARTER.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Introducing the Application Assignment **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Please fill out the Application Assignment form to show work completion.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- If you would like and electronic copy of the form, you may use the following link: Application Assignment (.doc).

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- View the class spreadsheet for all tech terms entered by your classmates and select THIRTY terms. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Open this Technology Dictionary template to make your own vocabulary study book. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Save your dictionary of thirty terms in your student documents folder.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 7 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Complete the Logo Design handout. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Wait to fill out the Evaluation section. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Logos from around the world activity. See logo collection provided by the instructor and start the Logo Identification handout.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 8 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Logo Design Introduction **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Open Lab: Use paper sketches to design a logo by computer using Microsoft Office Publisher and Paint.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 9 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Complete and submit the paper drawings and computer drawings of your logo. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Complete the Logo Design handout Evaluation section.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 10 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- TWO Application Assignments are due. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Application Assignment form

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Weeks 5 & 6 **__

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Stationery Set Introduction <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Overview of each Stationery Set piece <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Design an envelope, business cards, and letterhead (Paper Version)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 11 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Stationery Set templates on Microsoft Word <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Begin to design each stationery set piece by computer.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 12 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Open Lab: Design and develop electronic versions of your stationery set.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 13 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Open Lab: Continue electronic versions of your stationery set.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 14 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Complete and submit electronic versions of your stationery set. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Complete the Stationery Set Self-Assessment.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 15 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- TWO Application Assignments are due. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Application Assignment form

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Weeks 7 & 8 **__

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Reading and Interpreting Charts
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 16 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Data to Graphs Challenges <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Begin the Graphing Tutorials and Challenges
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 17 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Complete the Data to Graphs Challenges.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 18 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Ethics, Etiquette, Technology and You <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- 12 Situations Judgment Table <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Begin data entry of individual judgments
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 19 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Create graphs of the 12 Situations class results.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 20 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- TWO Application Assignments are due. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Application Assignment form

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Weeks 9 & 10 **__

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Introduction to the Multimedia Editing Practice and Project <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Explore Soundzabound, practice downloading royalty free songs.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 21 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Continue the Multimedia Editing Practice Introduction <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Explore various sources for images, such as the Pioneer Library.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 22 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Copyright Law Presentation and Class Discussion
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 23 **