Students are introduced to beginning keyboarding, coding, microcomputers applications, and career exploration. Students learn proper keyboarding techniques including the touch-typing method, speed, accuracy, good organizational skills, composition, language arts, and proper use and care of equipment. The Virginia Department of Education Technology Standards are integrated in the course content.
Students will:
- Learn the components of digital technologies and their functions in business and personal use to solve business problems.
- Demonstrate keyboarding proficiency using the “touch-technique” method.
- Compose documents and develops a variety of projects, including STEM to enhance academic and personal skills.
- Learn the principles of coding (computer programming) to develop an application.
Schools
Dorothy Hamm Middle School
Gunston Middle School
Kenmore Middle School
Swanson Middle School
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Williamsburg Middle School