Students will design authentic projects using software to organize information, communicate and solve problems. The course includes collaboration with peers to complete individualized projects to organize, analyze, and represent information using the features of spreadsheets. Students will practice and self-monitor their keyboarding form, speed, and accuracy to enhance their ability to process and communicate information. Students will apply the ethical, legal and social responsibilities of computing. 

Students will interact with software programs to integrate text, graphics, sound and video. The course includes collaboration with peers to explore computer programming while creating stories, animations, games, music, and art. Students will apply the ethical, legal and social responsibilities of computing. 

Students will use graphic design programs, HTML commands, and apply web design principles to create, critique, and evaluate web pages. Students will apply the ethical, legal and social responsibilities of computing. 

Students will use the design cycle to create, critique, and evaluate digital projects for personal and professional use. Students will apply the ethical, legal and social responsibilities of computing. 

The students will apply language specific to computer programming that begins with controlling the movement of virtual robots. In this class students will write their own computer programs from an object-oriented perspective. Students will study and learn to write programs in a programming language, with an emphasis on problem solving techniques. Students will apply the ethical, legal and social responsibilities of computing.