Outline

Business Technology-Grade 10 September 2010 Mr. Maggiacomo

Unit 1-DATA ENTRY SKILLS: TOUCH-TYPING AND VOICE-TO-TEXT SOFTWARE (10%) -correct keyboarding techniques -use of Dragon Naturally Speaking -Speed and Accuracy Tests at Beginning and End of Unit

Unit 2-APPLICATION SOFTWARE: WORDPROCESSING (15%) -File Management and Printing -Text Editing and Character Formatting -Paragraph Formatting -Page Layout and Writing Tools -business communication

Unit 3-ELECTRONIC RESEARCH (15%) -finding relevant information -using different search tools, RSS, and web-based information gathering sites like Delicious -judging the merit of websites -how to use wikipedia.org effectively

Unit 4-YOUR ONLINE PRESENCE (15%) -how to manage social networking safely and effectively -how to create a blog, wiki or website to connect to your interests and market yourself for employment -doing the right thing online

Unit 5-DATA! (15%) -database creation -data collection -basics of spreadsheets

Culminating Task-30%

Assignment Policies Work is generally expected to be completed during class time. Occasionally you will have to finish work at home. This is non-negotiable. Failure to finish work in a timely manner rewards you with time spend in class before or after school finishing what you need to finish. It’s best to work in class. Work handed in that is significantly below what a student can achieve will be handed back and will be completed again. It will be much easier to do it well the first time!