Computer Applications
Grade 6
Computer Applications 1 for sixth graders includes a review of keyboarding skills in a Macintosh Computer Lab. Students understand how to properly use computer networks and learn word processing techniques in the Microsoft Word application program. The students will also learn how to insert graphics into documents, how to create drawings, and how to create a spreadsheet.
Grade 7
Computer Applications 2 for seventh graders includes a review of keyboarding skills, and word processing techniques with Microsoft Word. The students will learn how to create spreadsheets in the Microsoft Excel application program. They will learn how to create a database and use PowerPoint to create a presentation document.
Grade 8
Computer Applications 3 for eighth graders is the culmination of all previous Computer Application experiences at Har-Bur Middle School. Instruction includes a review of keyboarding skills, word processing techniques, data base design, report publishing, merging databases with word processing documents, and spreadsheet operations. A slide presentation program (Power Point) is utilized to create a Social Studies project. The students will use the Internet efficiently and correctly for research.
