Melissa Schutz Business & Computer Science

Business/Computer Education
Worthington Middle School 2013-2014 8th Grade Business and Computer Science Curriculum

Special points of interest:

Students start their own business

Making money has a way of getting your attention. In computer class this year, students will be faced with many ways of making money and managing money. Students will get their first hand experience learning the secrets to starting their own successful business venture. Our overall goal this year is to learn how to apply technology skills to real world experience. Students will be begin their day with 8 to 10 minutes of touch typing skill building experience. Throughout the course, students will start their own fictitious company, They will create flyers, invitations, gift cards, coupons, prizes, business cards, letterheads, and perform other daily business functions using the Office 2007 Suite, and Photoshop CS3. Their learning will not stop there, we will be working through a checkbook simulation packet, while learning the ins and outs of managing a checking account. They will also complete an e-company website displaying their full entrepreneurship project. Including a commercial promoting their business/product.

My e-mail address is: melissa.schutz@isd518.net Our website is: www.isd518.net

www.schutzcomputerclass.weebly.com

Labs are open before/ after school for extra classroom time.

Week 1Intro Computer Science, Role of a Business, Photoshop Week 2 Business Plan, Business Logo, Grand Opening Brochure Week 3/4 Business Cards, Letterheads, Letters, Memos Week 5-Checkbook simulation Week 6/7Commercial-Movie Maker Week 8/9Company Website-Word

Grading Scale
A B.. C.. D F
90-100 80-89 70-79 60-69 0-59

During the first week of class students will learn computer science basics. Computer parts and their responsibilities, input/output devices, storage units and their sizes, and desktop publishing concepts.

Technology Acceptable Use Policy

Grading Policy
Keyboarding Handouts Projects
20% 10% 70%

Worthington Middle Schools Business department has the following guidelines for the proper and ethical use of this equipment: 1. Students will use technology with respect to the proper care of the equipment. Any student found to be intentionally damaging any hardware or software will be cited for school property abuse.

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Using words, ideas, images, or data of another person as the students own is considered plagiarism. You will not be permitted to bring floppy disks, flash drives or any other external storage device from home to school. You are not allowed to download files from the Internet to the school computers.

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Students will be held responsible for information viewed, received, and sent when using the Internet. You are not allowed to check e-mail or facebook in the business labs. Students are not permitted to change, delete or alter anyone elses files. You should not alter the desktop or any part of the system.

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