TOC for CM VII

Theme - CONNECT to previous Thinking Skills and Applications

1. History [Connect from CMIV]

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Advanced applications

2. Advanced application usage: Activities to reinforce skills in

word/ppt/(audio, video, webcam, scan, digicam, insert into files)

Activity 1: Using audio, video, webcam, scanner, digicam, insert into files. (saving in various formats)

Activity 2: Make banners using autoshapes, wordart and other interesting formatting options.

Activity 3: A report/magazine article/story to be given and formatting done with specific instructions. (saving in various formats)

Activity 4: Printing the 3 documents in various formats, mailing, uploading the files, writing on cd, pendrive erc..

Guideline/info boxes for:

  1. Multi-finger typing – correct finger typing (in one standard it is written that students master typing speed of 30 wpm using proper touch-keying,
  2. shortcut keys (ctrl v, ctrl c….)

wordprocessing (all)

  1. Spell check/grammar check/thesaurus
  2. Formatting
  3. Margins, page set up, line spacing, alignment
  4. View
  5. Page view, zoom, print preview, ruler, find and replace
  6. Insertion
  7. Symbols, superscript, Date/time, page break, page numbers, headers, footers
  8. Graphic options
  9. Word art, clip art, wrap text
  10. Autoshapes – shapes, line width, colour, 3-D, shadow, rotate, grouping, order/arrange,
  11. Printing and print set-up – page layout
  12. Save as – files in different formats, cross OS compatibility – .rtf/.odt/.doc

3. Advanced excel along with activity

(sorting, filtering, more functions, more charts and formatting in charts)

4. An activity involving multiple thinking skills, applications and representations:

Combining word, ppt, excel while creating a report/portfolio Combine software.

Problem-solving and decision-making tools

  1. Present more than one method for PS
  2. Select one method
  3. arrrive at the outcome
  4. Use required technology tools and skills for the above

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Advanced Internet

5. Advanced Network Connectivity, Advanced Search

- LAN, N/w, remote desktop, within one network, file sharing across Pcs, getting net connectivity – broad net.

– (Tools – internet options, Install fonts).

- [Connect to gathering info, Evaluation of info]

6. Advanced applications

- (web 2.0 - Social networking, sharing resources - facebook, picasa, blogging, twitter, google docs, youtube) - along with Internet etiquette [connect to smart and aware ]

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Advanced Programming

7. Flowchart to pseudo code (boolean, sorting, branching)

8. Advanced BASIC (Boolean, If then Else, For and Do until loops)

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