Computer Multimedia will be an exciting course that will give students a chance to use technology in efficient and productive ways. In this class, we will explore how technology can help us become more productive in our schoolwork and in our personal lives, and will focus on the use of digital media. Students will create images, animations, interactive art, and games and webpages. Students will gain skills in blogging (interviewing, copywriting and editing, page layout and design), and video production (producing videos from storyboarding to editing).
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Creativity and Productivity
This strand requires that students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
Use digital models and simulations to examine real-world connections, explore complex systems and issues, and enhance understanding.
PO 1: Analyze and evaluate information to generate new ideas, processes or products.
Use digital models and simulations to examine real-world connections, explore complex systems and issues, and enhance understanding.
PO 1: Summarize the relationship amongst interdependent elements of a digital model or simulation.
PO 2: Analyze system processes and outcomes using models or simulations.
PO 3: Analyze and apply understanding of how one system, digital models or simulations operates by comparing it to another system of a different type that operates in a similar manner.
Use technology to forecast trends and possibilities.
PO 1: Identify patterns and trends to forecast possibilities from different perspectives.
PO 2: Ask questions and investigate a problem from different perspectives and formulate inferences from known facts.
PO 3: . Draw conclusions that reflect clear and logical links between the trends and patterns and the interpretations made from them.
Use technology to create original works in innovative ways.
PO 1: Create innovative products or projects using digital tools to express original ideas.
PO 2: Use digital tools to collaborate with a group to communicate original ideas, products, or projects effectively in a creative or innovative style.
This strand requires students to use digital media and environments to communicate and collaborate with others.
Communicate and collaborate with others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
PO 1: Collaborate and communicate with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital tools to share findings and/or publish.
PO 2: Explain and demonstrate features, conventions, voice, and etiquette of interactive digital environments to communicate with an appropriate audience.
Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.
PO 1: Communicate and collaborate for the purpose of producing original works or solving problems.
Create cultural understanding and global awareness by interacting with learners of other cultures.
PO 1: Independently locate and interact with teacher approved global communities.
This strand requires that students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
Plan strategies to guide inquiry, using technology.
PO 1: Predict the most effective keywords and phrases for use in information searches.
PO 2: Determine which information source will provide the desired data.
Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
PO 1: Locate and synthesize information utilizing advanced search strategies.
PO 2: Evaluate and use authoritative primary and/or secondary sources.
PO 3: Evaluate between fact and opinion, bias, inaccurate and misleading information by consulting multiple sources.
PO 4: Synthesize research information to create new understanding.
PO 5: Apply ethical use of information and media by respecting copyrights, intellectual property rights, using information and media responsibly, and citing resources appropriately.
This strand requires students to use critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making to manage projects using digital tools and resources.
Identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.
PO 1: Write essential questions to investigate a topic or issue using digital tools and resources.
Plan and manage activities to develop solutions to answer a question or complete a project.
PO 1: Plan, conduct and manage research using appropriate digital resources to develop solutions for a question.
PO 2: Present defendable solutions and make decisions from multiple perspectives using collected resources and data.
This strand requires students to use critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making to manage projects using digital tools and resources.
Identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.
PO 1: Write essential questions to investigate a topic or issue using digital tools and resources.
Plan and manage activities to develop solutions to answer a question or complete a project.
PO 1: Plan, conduct and manage research using appropriate digital resources to develop solutions for a question.
PO 2: Present defendable solutions and make decisions from multiple perspectives using collected resources and data.
This strand requires students to use critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making to manage projects using digital tools and resources.
Concept 1: Investigation
Identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.
PO 1: Write essential questions to investigate a topic or issue using digital tools and resources.
Concept 2: Exploring Solutions
Plan and manage activities to develop solutions to answer a question or complete a project.
PO 1: Plan, conduct and manage research using appropriate digital resources to develop solutions for a question.
PO 2: Present defendable solutions and make decisions from multiple perspectives using collected resources and data.
This strand requires students to demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.
Recognize, define and use technology term, processes, systems and applications.
PO 1: Explain how systems are integrated detailing input, output, and network devices.
PO 2: Define and apply knowledge of various technical process terms.
PO 3: Choose technology applications appropriate for the audience and task.
PO 4: Recognize and demonstrate ergonomically safe and sound use of equipment.
PO 5: Analyze and evaluate physical risks of using digital technology.
Select and use applications effectively and productively.
PO 1: Demonstrate speed and accuracy in use of keyboarding and data entry tools with at least 30 wpm and 80% accuracy.
PO 2: Compose a multiple section document using advanced formatting.
PO 3: Apply formatting features while using spreadsheet programs to customize tables, charts, and graphs.
PO 4: Create a simple database for a content area.
PO 5: Create and edit visual and audio material to generate a stand-alone multimedia product..
PO 6: Identify criteria for evaluating technical and design qualities of a web site and then create web-based content from the identified criteria.
PO 7: PO 7: Identify and use network protocols for moving files and secure web access.
Define problems and investigates solutions in systems and processes.
PO 1: Generate and apply solutions to troubleshoot hardware and software issues and problems.
Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.
PO 1: Transfer understanding of current technologies to new and novel learning situations.