Course Title: Digital Information Technology

Course Number: 8207310 (7201_S10 / 01)

Teacher: Robert Ellis School Year: 2016 / 2017

305-532-4515 ext. 2504

Room #504

Goal:

Digital Information Technology provides an overview of Information Technology (IT) today. It serves as the foundation for all of the core courses offered by the Academy of Information Technology. The course provides students with an introduction to hardware and software, looking at both peripherals and inside the box.Most importantly, students will use online resources like OneDrive, Edmodo, Gemetrix, Adobe Dreamweaver, and the Exploring Computer Science online curriculum to learn and earna certification in Adobe Dreamweaver.

The new Exploring Computer Science online curriculum teaches studentsabout many important areas of computer science, including coding. They will learn about the tasks involved in various Web Technology job roles, and the skills and technologies to perform them, while learning to code in HTML. The career opportunities that demand these common Web-based skills are endless. Once prepared, students will have three opportunities to pass the Adobe Dreamweaver certification test. This certification is ideal for all students and professionals who use the Internet, especially those targeting a career in computer science.

Then, with hands-on activities and National Academy Foundation (NAF) curriculum, students explore the most common types of operating systems, software applications, and programming languages. Students learn about the different types of networks and network topology. During the course, students consider contemporary IT issues such as security and privacy, the effects of IT on society, on the individual and technological inequality. Students also get a chance to discover the types of careers that exist in IT today.

Course Topics:

  • Human Computer Interaction- Computers and the Internet, Models of Intelligent Behavior, and Societal impacts of computing.
  • Problem Solving- Algorithms and abstraction, Connections between Mathematics and Computer Science, and Societal impacts of computing.
  • Web Design and Adobe Dreamweaver– Web page design and development, Computers and the Internet, Algorithms and abstraction, Societal impacts of computing, & Adobe Dreamweaver.
  • Introduction to Programming- Programming design and development, & correcting errors.
  • Computing and Data Analysis- Data and information, Analysis techniques, and Data sets.
  • Robotics- Explore robots, Build and program robots, Hardware designs, and Problem solving.

Text and Materials:

  • Online information, online Ebook from Exploring Computer Science, Gmetrix, Edmodo, OneDrive and more will be provided through the class website.
  • Additional text is taken from scholarly journals, newspapers, the Internet and other sources.
  • Students should have a notebook, pen, paper, USB flash drive, tablet device or laptop if available, and use of the student portal to save projects and work on their OneDrive.

Grading Criteria:

All students will be graded on the M-DCPS four point grading scale in the following areas:

  • Home Study Assignments
  • Participation
  • Notebook or journal / Reading / Do Now Writing
  • Class work and Labs
  • Quizzes / Tests
  • Projects
  • Extra Credit
  • Conduct and Effort
  • Adobe Dreamweaver Certification Exam