1. Information Science Technology
Syllabus  2011-2012  1st Trimester
I. General
Information
Course
Information
Science
Technology
Instructor
Mr.
Dunn
Room
Library
Email
jdunn@admin.clio.k12.mi.us
Phone
(810)
591-­‐
II. Grading
Procedures
and
Regulations
General
Your
grade
for
this
course
will
be
based
on
your
performance
on
the
Weekly
Action
Sheet.
Tasks
to
be
completed
include
(but
are
not
limited
to):
re-­‐shelving
books,
straightening
shelves,
keeping
books
in
the
correct
order,
greeting
library
customers,
solving
technology
problems,
and
working
at
the
front
desk.
Grading
Scale
A
93
–
100
C
73
–
76
A-­‐
90
–
92
C-­‐
70-­‐72
B+
87
–
89
D+
67
–
69
B
83
–
86
D
63
–
66
B-­‐
80
–
82
D-­‐
60
–
62
C+
77
–
79
F
<60
III. Class
Expectations
• Greet
every
library
customer
as
they
enter
the
library.
• No
eating
or
drinking
at
the
front
desk
or
any
computer
station.
• Complete
all
assigned
tasks
daily.
• Friends
may
not
congregate
behind
the
front
desk.
• Stay
at
the
front
desk/put
books
away
until
the
bell
rings.
Please
do
not
attempt
to
leave
early
or
stand
near
the
door.
You
will
be
dismissed
when
the
bell
rings.
• You
may
only
work
on
homework
once
all
other
tasks
have
been
completed,
and
you
have
obtained
permission.
• Follow
directions
as
given
by
Mr.
Dunn
and
Mrs.
Kramer.
• Other
expectations
will
be
conveyed
both
orally
and
in
writing
throughout
the
semester.

2. IV. Class
Schedule
We
will
cover
a
variety
of
library
and
technology-­‐related
topics
in
this
course.
Below
is
a
rough
outline.
It
is
subject
to
change.
Once
we
have
covered
a
topic,
your
proficiency
is
expected
throughout
the
rest
of
the
trimester.
Topic
1:
Library
Basics
September
6th
–
November
22nd
Tasks/Topics:
Checking
books
in
and
out,
shelving
fiction
and
non-­‐fiction
books,
using
the
laminator,
working
the
front
desk,
checking
library
inventory,
checking
and
organizing
the
shelves.
Topic
2:
Help
Desk
September
19th
–
November
22nd
Tasks/Topics:
Google
Forms,
answering
Help
Desk
phone,
generating
Help
Desk
Tickets,
replacing
Promethean
Board
projector
bulbs,
helping
students
and
teachers
with
common
computer-­‐related
questions.
Topic
3:
Template-­‐Based
Web
Design
September
26th
–
October
21st
Tasks/Topics:
You
will
learn
how
to
use
template-­‐based
website
design
programs
(e.g.
Weebly,
Wikispaces,
Blogger,
Google
Sites)
to
create
basic
websites.
Your
project
will
be
to
work
with
a
teacher
or
club
sponsor
to
create
a
website
for/with
them,
and
show
them
how
to
maintain
it.
Details
will
be
given
later.
Topic
4:
Computer
Hardware
October
24th
–
October
28th
Tasks/Topics:
Learn
how
to
fix
basic,
common
computer
problems
in
the
Library
computer
lab.
Learn
the
basic
components
of
a
desktop
computer.
Topic
5:
Book
Repair
October
31st
–
November
4th
Tasks/Topics:
Repairing
old
books,
taping
new
and
old
books.
Topic
6:
Presentations
November
7th
–
November
11th
Tasks/Topics:
You
will
demonstrate
basic
competency
using
PowerPoint,
Google
Docs,
Prezi,
and
xtranormal.
You
will
learn
how
to
incorporate
graphs
into
a
few
presentation
tools.
We
will
go
over
some
basic
Dos
and
Don’ts
for
presentations.
Topic
7:
Final
Project
November
14th
–
November
18th
Tasks/Topics:
You
will
demonstrate
the
skills
that
you
have
learned
in
this
course
and
how
you
may
use
them
in
the
future.
Details
will
be
provided
at
a
later
date.