1. Information Science Technology
Syllabus 2011-2012 3rd Trimester
I. General
Information
Course
Information
Science
Technology
Instructor
Mr.
Dunn
Room
Library
Email
jdunn@clioschools.org
Website
http://cliotechnology.weebly.com/
II. Grading
Procedures
and
Regulations
General
Your
grade
for
this
course
will
be
based
on
your
performance
on
the
Weekly
Sheets
and
other
projects.
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.
• This
is
a
technology
course.
You
will
create
a
lot
of
accounts
with
a
lot
of
websites.
Please
remember
all
of
your
usernames
and
passwords.
I
will
not
be
able
to
retrieve
them
for
you.
• Other
expectations
will
be
conveyed
both
orally
and
online
throughout
the
trimester.

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
March
1st
–
June
12th
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,
repairing
old
books,
labeling
and
protecting
new
books,
and
more.
Topic
2:
Blogging
March
5th
–
March
13th
Tasks/Topics:
Creating
your
own
blog.
Customizing
the
design
and
layout.
Topic
3:
Top-­‐Level
Domains
and
Wikipedia
March
12th
–
March
16th
Tasks/Topics:
You
will
learn
the
differences
among
top-­‐level
domains
(e.g.
.com,
.org,
.edu,
.gov).
You
will
learn
how
to
edit
Wikipedia
pages.
Topic
4:
Etiquette
and
Google
Groups
March
19th
–
March
23rd
Tasks/Topics:
Netiquette,
sending
an
email,
creating
a
signature,
attaching
files,
replying
to
emails,
forwarding
emails,
posting
to
discussion
boards.
Topic
5:
Creating
a
Tutorial
March
26th
–
March
30th
Tasks/Topics:
You
will
create
2
tutorials
for
a
teacher
or
student,
showing
them
how
to
do
something
on
the
computer.
You
will
create
a
print-­‐based
tutorial
and
a
screen
capture
(using
Jing).
Topic
6:
Template-­‐Based
Web
Design
April
9th
–
June
12th
Tasks/Topics:
You
will
learn
how
to
create
your
own
template-­‐based
website
using
Weebly.
You
will
begin
a
portfolio
for
all
of
your
classes.
Topic
7:
Photo
Editing
and
Publishing
April
10th
–
April
13th
Tasks/Topics:
Photo
composition,
editing,
sharing,
and
publishing.
You
will
use
tools
such
as
Picnik,
BeFunky,
FotoFlexer,
PicArtia,
and
Flickr.
You
will
publish
a
movie
with
Animoto.
Topic
8:
Hardware,
Quizlet,
and
Glogster
April
16th
–
April
20th
Tasks/Topics:
Learn
how
to
fix
basic,
common
computer
problems
in
the
Library
computer
lab.
Learn
the
basic
components
of
a
desktop
computer.
Learn
how
to
make
online
flashcards
and
interactive
posters.

3. Topic
9:
Dewey
Decimal
System
April
23rd
–
April
27th
Tasks/Topics:
You
will
learn
what
the
Dewey
Decimal
System
is
and
the
10
main
classes.
Topic
10:
Stock
Market
April
30th
–
June
6th
Tasks/Topics:
I
will
give
you
$10,000
in
fake
money
to
invest
in
the
stock
market.
Whoever
has
the
most
money
by
the
end
of
the
contest
will
win
a
prize!
Topic
11:
Google
Calendar
and
Forms
May
7th
–
May
11th
Tasks/Topics:
You
will
learn
how
to
create
calendars,
surveys,
quizzes,
and
questionnaires
using
Google
Calendar
and
Google
Docs.
Topic
12:
Tech
for
Other
Classes
May
14th
–
May
18th
Tasks/Topics:
You
will
learn
how
to
use
Wolfram
Alpha,
manipulate
Google
to
do
certain
tasks,
create
Word
Clouds
(Wordle),
create
graphic
organizers
(www.bubbl.us),
create
QR
codes,
and
more.
Topic
13:
Presentations
May
21st
–
May
25th
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
14:
Final
Project
May
29th
–
June
6th
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.