Lecture Subject

Reading

Assignment

8/24/10

Introduction

Discovering Comp. Chapter 1

Goals

8/26/10

Introduction to Computers

Discovering Comp. Chapter 2

Practice test

8/31/10

Internet

9/2/10

Internet continued

Internet Detectives

9/7/10

Application Software

Discovering Comp.Chapter 3

9/9/10

Photofiltre and Portable Apps

Photofiltre

9/14/10

Photofiltre tutorials

Tutorials

9/16/10

Photofiltre & Web Design

9/21/10

Web Design & HTML

Web Design Principles

9/23/10

continue HTML

Creating Web Pages

9/28/10

Web design tools

HTML

9/30/10

Test 1 - Internet/Web Design

10/5/10

Word Processing

Spell Check and Tables

10/7/10

Images in Word

Greeting Card

10/12/10

Excel Intro

Office 2007 - Word

Excel exercise 1

10/14/10

Excel Formulas

Excel exercise 2

10/19/10

IF function, Absolute/Relative

Office 2007 - Excel

Excel exercise 3

10/21/10

Finish Excel

Office 2007 - Access

10/26/10

Databases / Access

10/28/10

Tables/Fields/ Data Types

Access tables

11/2/10

Reports

11/4/10

Finish Access

Access reports

11/9/10

PowerPoint

Office 2007 - Powerpoint

11/11/10

PowerPoint presentations

PowerPoint

11/16/10

Test 2 - MS Applications

Discovering Comp.  Chapter 4

11/18/10

Central Processing Unit

Binary Numbers

11/23/10

Memory/Expansion cards & Ports

Discovering Comp. Chap. 5 & 6

11/25/10

Thanksgiving

11/30/10

Input  and Output Devices

Discovering Comp. Chapter 7

Hardware Crossword

12/2/10

Storage

Maintaining a Hard Drive

12/7/10

Operating Systems

Discovering Comp. Chapter 8

12/9/10

Security

Chapter 11

12/14/10

Final Exam

Portfolio is due

12/16/10

 Grades / return portfolios