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Week at a GLANCE

IBCA/BCA provides students with the best keyboarding education and more! IBCA/BCA helps to prepare students for a lifetime of keyboarding success with proven solutions updated for a new decade of business challenges. Students tap into the latest keyboarding technology, learn to master computer applications, and increase communication skills with the proven presentation from this course.

Follow all directions. Read the directions that are provided. Listen when directions are given. Ask questions if you do not understand.

Always… COMPLETE THE ENTIRE assignments.

Do not eat, drink, or chew in the classroom. No eating of any kind is permitted in the class. If you need to be medicated, you will be permitted to go to the office for assistance.

Have fun learning! Learning is exciting. Be an eager and aggressive learner. Renew your mind and think positively. Think “Yes I Can!”

Assignments and Grades:

Nine-week grades will be compiled from the following items:

(1)   Written/Computerized Tests. These tests will contain some or all of the following components: multiple choice, short answer, modified true/false, and essay.

(2)   Group Grades. Grades are based on each student’s knowledge of the content, participation, and ability to follow instructions. A rubric will be provided.

(3)   Quizzes. Quizzes will be given randomly as we discuss the lesson.

(4)   Project Grades. During the year special projects will be assigned to enhance the comprehension of the lesson. Grades are based on your knowledge of content, analysis and application of comprehended information as it applies to the lesson, ability to follow instructions, and effort. A rubric will be provided.

(5)   Bellringers. At the beginning of each class period, there will be a bellringer of some sort on the screen. Students are to write and complete the bellringer in their speckled composition book. This notebook will be assessed at the end of the nine weeks for a grade.

Your grade will be calculated based on the total number of points available from the assignments given. Grade averages are calculated by the following formula:

Average = (total points earned / total points possible) x 100%

Public Service Announcement-----PLAGIARISM “Plagiarism is the act of taking another person’s writing, HOMEWORK, conversation, song or even idea and passing it off as your own. This includes information from web pages, books, songs, television shows, e-mail messages, interviews, articles, artwork, or any other medium. Whenever you paraphrase, summarize, or take words, phrases or sentences from another person’s work, it is necessary to indicate the source of the information within your paper [speech or debate] using an internal citation. It is not enough to just list the source in a bibliography at the end of the paper. Failing to properly quote, cite or acknowledge someone else’s words or ideas with an internal citation is plagiarism.”

From: http://www.lib.usm.edu

Plagiarism on any project or paper will result in a zero for the assignment.  Students who willingly provide another student with access to their work will also receive a grade of zero for that assignment.  I want to see your learning and knowledge on the work you turn in, not someone else’s.

Other Pertinent Information:

(1)   All missed assignments are due on the day you return. Check google classroom for assignments missed during absences.

(2)   Make up exams will be given on an assigned day. It is your responsibility to know the exam or assignment missed; it is also your responsibility to come to me to make up the missed assignment.

(3)   Due dates will be strictly enforced. 

(4)   Missed bellringers are your responsibility for makeup. Get with a classmate for makeup bellringers.

(5)   Assignments missed due to in-school or out-of-school suspension are your responsibility. It is your responsibility to come to me to make up the missed assignment.

(6)   Always have colored highlighters in your pencil bag for annotating.

(8)   NO CELL PHONES ALLOWED during instruction!

It is my pleasure to be your instructor this year. You are held responsible for your learning and being prepared. If you do not understand something or are confused, please see me for help! Do not hesitate or wait.

Success Is Our Goal!

IBCA- 

Keyboarding is an essential part of Business. 

Importance of Keyboarding for Students

There are many benefits to providing keyboarding lessons for students. Not only does it help to provide crucial technical skills, but also helps to support better learning and career opportunities in the future.

While keyboarding used to be considered an “office” skill, its scope has recently expanded far beyond that. Keyboarding is regularly used in school lessons and projects, as well as in most modern careers. By helping students to master these skills, we help them to be more effective, productive, and confident when they are faced with a task requiring keyboarding.

****NOTE: IBCA/BCA--- Please refer to Google Classroom for changes and revisions. 

Bell Ringer: Workkeys/ACT Review Testing Questions

Lesson Topic/Skill:

Students CAN…

Keyboarding for Students

There are many benefits to providing keyboarding lessons for students. Not only does it help to provide crucial technical skills, but also helps to support better learning and career opportunities in the future.

While keyboarding used to be considered an “office” skill, its scope has recently expanded far beyond that. Keyboarding is regularly used in school lessons and projects, as well as in most modern careers. By helping students to master these skills, we help them to be more effective, productive, and confident when they are faced with a task requiring keyboarding.

1. TLW apply Technical Skills

One of the most important reasons for teaching keyboarding to students is to provide technical skills. Keyboarding has become a necessary skill for education and most careers. It has even become an integral part of social relationships, helping to support email, social media, and other forms of communication. By teaching students keyboarding, we are ensuring that they can effectively and efficiently perform tasks that require keyboarding. 

2. TLW understand, develop, and help to Free Up Cognitive Energy

Another important reason for keyboarding for students is to help free up cognitive energy during typing-related tasks. As students are keyboarding in everyday life, such as while typing a book report or later as part of their job function, typing without keyboarding skills can be a slow and arduous process, requiring them to find each letter on the keyboard one at a time. By helping students master keyboarding skills early, they are able to focus less energy on finding the keys during these tasks, freeing them up to concentrate more effectively on what they are trying to communicate.

3. TSW Improve Computer-Based Test Scores in Students

As more assessments and assignments for students take place in a digital setting, it’s more important than ever that students are comfortable and confident using digital tools. Early and consistent exposure to keyboarding tools and practice has a notable impact on students’ performance and test scores in computer-based assessments. Studies have found that prior education and practice in keyboarding and computer skills improved factors impacting test scores. These factors included text length; use of editing tools, including spellcheck, automated spelling corrections, and the backspace key; and use of thesaurus and formatting tools.

4. TLW facilitate and Ease Frustration

Students without keyboarding skills who are required to type for a project can quickly become frustrated and disengaged. They may detach from the project or may even refuse to complete it at all. As educators, we know how important it is that a technical skill such as keyboarding doesn’t act as a barrier for entry in learning or completing an assignment. Teaching students keyboarding skills helps to eliminate this hurdle, allowing them to more effectively focus on what they are learning.

5. TSW Increase Confidence

Students who lack keyboarding skills can feel less confident in their schoolwork and education. For assignments that require typing, students may not be able to express their thoughts or ideas as easily as students who have mastered typing skills–or may choose not to engage for fear of embarrassment or frustration. This can lead to lower confidence in learning and may diminish the student’s desire to attain higher education or to seek higher-paying careers that may require typing skills.

6. TLW Support Digital Equity

There are some students who would not otherwise have the opportunity to master keyboarding skills outside of school. This makes it important to provide the opportunity to learn keyboarding skills in Business programs. Making keyboarding a part of this curriculum helps to support digital equity, offering students, regardless of socioeconomic status, the ability to master this important skill. This helps not only to provide more equal opportunities in the classroom, but also to open up more equal job opportunities in the future.

Objective:

(TLW) or ( I CAN…..) THE Students will build the foundation for correct typing technique by learning letter and basic punctuation keys, utilizing all ten fingers. Adaptive and personalized “Problem Keys” lessons provide extra practice with challenging keys.

Vocabulary:

Procedure: Independent Learning and Group

-Opening Activity (Student Independent)- Bell Ringer

-Lecture/Notes (Together)

-Classwork (Teacher Center and Student Center)- Examples

-Independent Work (Typing.com, EdPUzzle, Quizziz, CommonLit, NearPod, etc..)

                                Starting Out

J, F, and Space

U, R, and K Keys

D, E, and I Keys

C, G, and N Keys

Beginner Review 1

Personalized Practice

Closure

Closure: EXIT TICKET

Homework:  Any and all assignments requiring extra time for various reasons may be finalized.  Review and practice daily objectives.

Materials/Technology: Computer/Laptop/Tablet, Calculators, Workbooks, Textbooks, Worksheets, Paper/Pencil, SmartBoard, Textbook, Handouts, Presentation, Markers, Hi-Lighters, Other:

Accommodations/Modifications: Preferential seating, Repeated directions, Extended Time, Peer Assistance, Test in another room, Adjusted/Modified Assignment, Small Group, Inclusion Assistance, One-On-One Assistance

Assessment: Cooperative groups, Class participation, Teacher observation, Rubric, Quiz/Exam, Survey/Poll, Exit Ticket, Project-Based Learning, Adjusted/Modified Assessment

BCA-

Course Description: 

GMETRIX/CERTIPORT

I CAN...TLW....APPLY The Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Associate Certification demonstrates competency in the fundamentals of creating and managing worksheets and workbooks, creating cells and ranges, creating tables, applying formulas and functions and creating charts and objects. I CAN....TLW create and edit a workbook with multiple sheets, and use a graphic element to represent data visually. Workbook examples include professional-looking budgets, financial statements, team performance charts, sales invoices, and data-entry logs.

The Business Communication Course focuses on careers that plan, organize, direct, and evaluate all or part of a business organization. Students will learn fiscal responsibility when allocating and using financial, human, and material resources. Pathway coursework equips students to give support needed to make all aspects of a business run, whether training new employees or leading as a top executive.

****NOTE: IBCA/BCA--- Please refer to Google Classroom for changes and revisions. 

Bell Ringer: Workkeys/ACT Review Testing Questions (see folder)

Unit/Lesson Objectives: The Information Technology Jump Start 2.0 Pathway prepares students for the design, development, installation, implementation, and maintenance of computer systems, software, hardware, networks, and cloud computing. Pathway coursework equips students with the knowledge of software development life cycles (SDLC), computer operating systems, programming languages, and software development. Pathway coursework also equips students to perform IT services such as implementation of computer systems and software, provision of technical assistance, develop and read technical design documents, management of information systems, and the system testing process

COLLEGE AND CAREER CONNECTIONS Finding high-wage career opportunities directly out of high school can be challenging. It typically requires advanced capstone credentials accompanied by work experience and/or apprenticeships in the field.

CAPSTONE CREDENTIALS In order to graduate, Jump Start students (TSW) must earn at least one credential from the options below Microsoft Office Specialist: Word, PowerPoint AND Excel

Objective:

Vocabulary:

Active Cell

COLUMN & ROW

Cell Reference

Formula and Functions

Range

Relative Reference

SUM function

Sparklines

Spreadsheet

VLOOKUP

Worksheet

Workbook

XLOOKUP

Procedure: Independent Learning and Group

-Opening Activity (Student Independent)- Bell Ringer

-Lecture/Notes (Together)

-Classwork (Teacher Center and Student Center)- Examples

-Independent Work (GMETRIX, Typing.com, EdPUzzle, Quizziz, CommonLit, NearPod, etc..)

Closure: EXIT TICKET

Homework:  Any and all assignments requiring extra time for various reasons may be finalized.  Review and practice daily objectives.

Materials/Technology: Computer/Laptop/Tablet, Calculators, Workbooks, Textbooks, Worksheets, Paper/Pencil, SmartBoard, Textbook, Handouts, Presentation, Markers, Hi-Lighters, Other:

Accommodations/Modifications: Preferential seating, Repeated directions, Extended Time, Peer Assistance, Test in another room, Adjusted/Modified Assignment, Small Group, Inclusion Assistance, One-On-One Assistance

Assessment: Cooperative groups, Class participation, Teacher observation, Rubric, Quiz/Exam, Survey/Poll, Exit Ticket, Project-Based Learning, Adjusted/Modified Assessment