Program of Study

Basic Computer Operations and File Management

Microsoft Word – Word Processing Skills

PowerPoint – Presentation Skills

Excel – Spreadsheet Skills

Budget Activity

Newsletter Activity

Objectives

Basic Computer Operations / File Management – Students will be familiar with the day to day use of the computer. The will be able to create folders, manage folders and files, download files, and move files from one location to another.

Word Processing – Students will be able to use all of the basic functions of a word processing program, to include basic text editing and formatting, cut, copy, and paste paragraph and page formatting. The students will also learn advanced features of a word processing program, including tables, clip-art, columns, and drawing tools.

Excel – Students will learn the basics of spreadsheets, including mathematical calculations, plotting data in graphs and charts, and formatting data in a spreadsheet.

PowerPoint – Students will be introduced to PowerPoint. We will cover a wide range of topics in PowerPoint. Students will learn how to create a high quality PowerPoint presentation with well formatted slides that contain graphics and information. We will work with text and graphics, and the slide show options available in the software. Students will be responsible for putting together several PowerPoint presentations throughout the three weeks. At least one of the assignments will be presented to the class.

Budget Activity – Students will learn the basics of setting up a budget. We will look at how we spend money, the importance of saving money, and the difference between needs and wants with regards to spending. Students will use Excel to set up and manage the budget and use PowerPoint and Word to complete a budgeting project.

Newsletter Activity – Students will use word processing skills, and internet search skills to create a newsletter. Each student will be responsible for creating their own newsletter with original content. Some pictures from the internet will be used to enhance the newsletter.

**NOTE – The skills presented in the EIP Summer Academy do not follow a particular high school course. The curriculum I’ve put together for this class is designed to help students throughout the school year as they use computers for class projects. Students will be required to type reports for History, English, Science, etc. Basic word processing skills can make completing these assignments much easier. Many teachers have students use PowerPoint to create class projects. Having good PowerPoint skills as you enter high school will make these assignments much easier. EIP students should definitely have an advantage over their peers when in comes to computer software skills.