Microcomputers
The Introduction to Microcomputers course that KHS offers is required for all incoming freshman and is required for graduation. The course is designed to teach students the basics of computer usage which include word processing, spreadsheets, database management, and electronic presentations. This full year course offers the students the chance to learn the basics of Microsoft Office 2007 so that they can efficiently utilize these tools throughout their high school years. The applications that are learned in Microsoft Office 2007 are Word (word processing), Excel (spreadsheets), Access (databases), and PowerPoint (presentations). Microsoft Office is the most popular software suite used on the Windows platform and this gives the students a chance to sit and learn the proper usages of the application in an academic environment.
This course also meets the state requirement of having an online experience before graduation. With the advent of the World Wide Web, the way in which the world communicates and retrieves information has grown in such a way as to make the era of television seem prehistoric. This course also engages the students in an online fashion and has them experience many of the 21st century technologies as outlined in the 21 Things for Teachers. Teaching tools have become interactive in ways that were never dreamed possible ten years ago.
The students have entered an error of being in the cloud. That is, students can now interact and store files and work onto the Web utilizing different Web servers on the Internet. The students will utilize Moodle, a Web technology designed to run a classroom. This resource offers students access to daily lessons, directions, files, and links to the millions of other possible resources on the Internet. The beauty of the cloud is that students can take their work with them and have the ability to access their work from any computer on the planet.
With the popularity of mobile devices, the communication can include devices that students have on them daily. From messages to alerts, students can be reminded of assignments coming due and work that needs to be completed without having to be in class.
This course also meets the state requirement of having an online experience before graduation. With the advent of the World Wide Web, the way in which the world communicates and retrieves information has grown in such a way as to make the era of television seem prehistoric. This course also engages the students in an online fashion and has them experience many of the 21st century technologies as outlined in the 21 Things for Teachers. Teaching tools have become interactive in ways that were never dreamed possible ten years ago.
The students have entered an error of being in the cloud. That is, students can now interact and store files and work onto the Web utilizing different Web servers on the Internet. The students will utilize Moodle, a Web technology designed to run a classroom. This resource offers students access to daily lessons, directions, files, and links to the millions of other possible resources on the Internet. The beauty of the cloud is that students can take their work with them and have the ability to access their work from any computer on the planet.
With the popularity of mobile devices, the communication can include devices that students have on them daily. From messages to alerts, students can be reminded of assignments coming due and work that needs to be completed without having to be in class.
Web / Photoshop
The first semester of the Web Development and Photoshop course that we offer gives students the opportunity to learn how the Web works in relationship to the HyperText Markup Language, the language of Web pages. Students learn to create and design Web pages using the very basic text editing tools and can create a site using a simple text editor such as Window's NotePad.
Students are exposed to the HTML markup language for building Web pages and Cascading Style Sheets for formatting the appearance of Web pages. Students will also be exposed to the scripting language JavaScript to learn how Web pages today become more interactive with the user.
Students will learn to use the Internet as a powerful learning resource. They will use W3Schools as their main HTML/CSS resource.
The second semester of the Web Development and Photoshop course gives students the opportunity to learn about Adobe Photoshop, a program considered as the crème de la crème of photo editors. The students will be using Photoshop CS 6.
Students are exposed to the HTML markup language for building Web pages and Cascading Style Sheets for formatting the appearance of Web pages. Students will also be exposed to the scripting language JavaScript to learn how Web pages today become more interactive with the user.
Students will learn to use the Internet as a powerful learning resource. They will use W3Schools as their main HTML/CSS resource.
The second semester of the Web Development and Photoshop course gives students the opportunity to learn about Adobe Photoshop, a program considered as the crème de la crème of photo editors. The students will be using Photoshop CS 6.
AP Programming
The AP Programming course offers students a chance to take a college level course with a chance for gaining college credit in computer science. The students can elect to take the AP Computer Science A exam in the spring. The test does have a fee that the students are expected to pay if they choose to take the exam.
The AP standard for computer science uses the Java programming language. Java is the most popular object oriented programming languages in the world. It is a programming language that is designed to run on most any type of device from computers (Windows, Mac, Unix, Linux), mobile devices, and many appliances such as vehicles and other electronic devices. Java is a very portable program, that is, it can be written once and then run on any of the aforementioned platforms. This makes Java a very desirable program from a programmer's point of view.
The students will utilize the open source program Eclipse as their editing environment as well as Java's development kit (JDK).
The AP standard for computer science uses the Java programming language. Java is the most popular object oriented programming languages in the world. It is a programming language that is designed to run on most any type of device from computers (Windows, Mac, Unix, Linux), mobile devices, and many appliances such as vehicles and other electronic devices. Java is a very portable program, that is, it can be written once and then run on any of the aforementioned platforms. This makes Java a very desirable program from a programmer's point of view.
The students will utilize the open source program Eclipse as their editing environment as well as Java's development kit (JDK).