MISSION MIDDLE SCHOOL

AUGUST 2008

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  This course is designed to develop proper keyboarding techniques.  With the proper technique, students will improve their typing speed and accuracy.  Students will also become more familiar with basic computer components.  This class meets opposite P.E. for one semester.

CLASSROOM RULES AND EXPECTATIONS:

q       Be Responsible

o       Come to class on time

o       Work on Keyboarding assignments in class

o       If you are absent, make up the work you miss

o       Always have leisure reading materials in class

q       Be Respectful

o       Other students’ materials

o       Teacher’s materials

o       School’s materials

q       Be Kind

o       NO NAME CALLING

o       No teasing

q       Be YOUR Best

o       Work hard in class

o       Focus on YOUR actions

COMPUTER LABORATORY RULES:

q       No food, candy, drinks, or gum in the room

q       Do not touch any parts of the computer other than the mouse, keyboard, monitor, and CPU on/off button

q       No games or Internet on the computer

 GRADING: 

The grade will be based on typing exercises that evaluate typing skills, accuracy and speed (calculated in gross words a minute).  The exercises are computer-based using the application Microtype Multimedia (MTM).   

It is important to stay on task in class.  The application is only available on the Mission server and cannot be accessed from outside the schoolme.  Thus, approximately one-tenth of a student’s grade will be based on daily grades (time-on-task) through teacher observations.

Grades determined using the following scale:

Grades will be updated at least once a week on Parent-Connect.  Starting in September, progress reports will be sent home with your student every other Monday.

MICRO TYPE MULTIMEDIA (MTM) PROCEDURES:

1.     Log On to the school’s network:

USERID: first 6 letters of your last name, first initial, middle initial

PASSWORD:  your student ID number

2.     Log On to MTM

USERID:  BRODD or BREVEN

PASSWORD:  BROWN

3.     Put on your headphones and adjust the volume with the monitor’s speaker icon (in the lower right of the screen) or using the headphone’s volume knob.

4.   Complete the activities in order.   When each tab at the bottom of the application has a check mark on it, you have completed the activity.

5.   Print out the lesson report at the end of each MTM activity and place in your folder.

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