Grade+10-ACT+Course+Outline

During the semester we will be focusing on the following units: Excel Managing Digital Footprint Web 2.0 Tools Adobe Photoshop
 * Welcome to Grade 10 ACT-Advanced Communications Technology ** Mrs. Korchinski  Room 400   ffbomber22@gmail.com    twitter-@259tak

1.Excel will be a Microsoft application and will be project based. We will spend time learning different excel tools and then apply those skills to a project.

2.Managing digital footprint is an extension of the Digital Citizenship unit from grade 9. You will look at your own digital persona online and decide how you want to manage that image.

3.We will be exploring web 2.0 tools. We will look at google docs(which most of you may know how to use already), focus on blogging, using twitter, glogster, podcasting and web tools that you will research. You will be presenting at least one web tool to the class.

4.A brief unit using Adobe Photoshop, approximately 12 classes.


 * The course will end with an all encompassing project that will highlight different skills that you acquired throughout the semester.**

The marking scheme for the course is as follows: 35% Classroom content - daily assignments, attitude, attendance 40% Projects 25% Tests and Quizzes


 * Lates -**If you are late to class and the door is closed, please do not knock. We are in the middle of a lesson and you will not interrupt. Stay in the hall and I will open the door when the lesson is over. You can make up the time you missed after class.


 * Unexplained absents **-If you miss class you will be required to bring a note in from your parents for the next class. If you do not have a note, any work assigned on the missed day will not be accepted and therefore assigned a zero. For instance, if I assign 3 textbook assignments in excel and you are absent without a note, you will get zero for all three assignments.

If you are absent from a test, the above rule also applies. If a note is not received the next class, you will not be able to complete the test and therefore receive a zero.