The content of this course may include the following topics depending on class interests, capabilities, and resource accessibility.

Topic Plans

PC hardware and peripherals
    Topics  include: Mother Board, CPU, Drives, RAM, Ports, NIC Cards
    Assessment: Tear down and re-build a PC
    Honors: update drivers for peripherals

Security and  Operating Systems
    Topics include: MAC, Linux, PC, and UBUNTU
    Assessment: Upgrade and install Windows OS
    Honors: Install manage Ubuntu

Web Site Management Console
    Topics include: aikenprep.org structure and editing
    Assessment: Create and manage page on the school website
    Honors: Create page that includes a form

Image Editing
    Topics include: Photoshop installation and management
    Assessment: edit/upload image on the school website
    Honors: master additional tools including filters

Writing Analysis
    Topics include: WritersWorkbench installation and management
    Assessment: select writing sample and polish using WritersWorkbench
    Honors: Demonstrate knowledge/use of all workbench tools.

Presentations
    Topics include PowerPoint
    Assessment: create presentation
    Honors: include movie clip and sound

Presentations
    Topics include MovieMaker   
    Assessment: create presentation after learning to edit and compose movie clips inserted in PowerPoint
    Honors: Post presentation on UTube

Windows XP
    OS Management and Tools and Accessories
    Honors: Network Components

Programming
    HTML/JAVA code Term Project
    Honors Project includes JAVA