JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
Fall Semester
2011 – 2012 School Year
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
COURSE SYLLABUS
“ The difference between the
impossible and possible lies in a
person’s determination”
Tommy Lasorda
8th GRADE
Mr. David Waldrep
The 8th grade Information Technology
All assignments will be worked on during
Course, Computer Application
class and student will be given sufficient
emphasis, is a one semester, (16 week),
time to complete the assignments.
Quizzes/Tests: 45%
Elective course which focuses on the
Taking assignments home to work
Assignments: 45%
efficient various computer applications.
on them is a student choice and
Notebooks/Folders: 10%
The objective of this course is to
enhance students’ knowledge and
abilities in the basic use of various
computer applications such as Word
Processing, Internet research,
homework is seldom, or never,
given. Should a student desire to work
on assignments at home I STRONGLY
advise them to have a “Flash Drive” to
take their work back and forth on.
Spreadsheet use and Multi-media as
The “Flow” of work, whether
well as learning to use the various tools
gaining information or preparing
associated with these applications.
assignments, will follow the Scope
The primary software that we will use
during this course is Microsoft Office
and Sequence for APS Information
Technology. This can be found at:
2004 and for Internet research we will
http://www.quia.com/files/quia/
be using Firefox. With each application
users/waldrep/Informative/Info_
students will be completing several
Tech_S_S_7th_and_8th.doc
assignments and will be taking an online quiz that focuses on the
terminology associated with the
application.
During the semester there will
For this class students will be preparing
assignments using the following
applications:
Word Processing (2)
also be a Mid-Term Exam and a
Internet Research (3)
Final Exam that all students are
Spreadsheets (2)
required to complete.
Multi-media (1 or 2)
A students overall grade for this class
will come from the following:
It is very important for students to
attend class as much as possible.
Students will know well in advance
when assignments are due or when they
are going to have a test. If a student
is absent that day, he/she has 3
class days after returning to
school to arrange a time/day to
make up the missed work/test. It
is their responsibility to do this
and I will not remind them. If
they fail to make necessary
arrangements within those 3 days
they will receive a zero for the
missing work/test.
Students are expected to
complete all assignments and
“Extra Credit” work is not given,
especially for work that was not
turned in.
TO CONTACT ME:
e-mail: waldrep@aps.edu
or
you may call the school at
(505)255-8691 and leave a
message. I will return the call as
soon as I can.