Computer Curriculum Map 7th 2014

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CURRICULUM MAP FOR: COMPUTER GRADE: 7

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HDF CR REVISED JUNE 2013 Pgina 1

STANDARDS Skills / Knowledge Review
Background Knowledge
RESOURCES (location)
Teaching Approaches
Time Period
Computer Hardware

1. Knows the characteristics
and uses of computer
hardware and operating
systems.
1.1 Understands advance
characteristics and uses of
computer hardware

1.2 Knows basic settings and
installation processes of
peripherals and drivers (e.g.,
printers, data shows, cellphones,)

1.3 Types with some facilities
demonstrating some
memorization of keys using the
correct position.

1.4 Understands what Internet is
and knows the online security
rules.

- Internet Resources
- Pc Devices
- Lab CPUs
- Notebooks
- Networking Devices
- Media Devices

I Bimester

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STANDARDS Skills / Knowledge Review
Teaching Approaches
Time Period
Computer Software

Introduction to the Publisher
2010 Environment

2. Knows where each option
is located in Microsoft
Publisher 2010 and
understands the function
of each

Producing a Publication

3. Develops necessary skills
for creating professional
publications

2.1 Understands the user
interface in Microsoft Publisher

2.2 Understands what a
publication is.

2.3 Understands the advantages
and disadvantages of Microsoft
Publisher.

3.1 Understands the objective of
creating a publication and the
type of publication to be used on
each scenario.

3.2 Knows techniques for working
with text and images.

3.3 Knows techniques for working
with objects and pictures

3.4 Knows techniques for creating
layouts with tables.

- Pc Devices
- Lab CPUs
- Notebooks
- Media Devices

I Bimester

I Bimester

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STANDARDS Skills / Knowledge
Review
Teaching Approaches
Time Period
Abstract Reasoning Developing

4. Develops spatial
intelligence using Google
Sketchup for 3D modeling.

4.1 Knows the basic tools in
Google Sketchup

4.2 Knows how to create 3D
Shapes in Google Sketchup

4.3 Know how to create 3D
realistic scenarios in Google
Sketchup.

- Pc Devices
- Lab CPUs
- Notebooks
- Media Devices

II Bimester

Review
Teaching Approaches
Time Period
Information Management

5. Knows how to organize
information using Microsoft
Excel.

5.1 Knows the basic concepts of
logic and its uses in real life
scenarios.

5.2 Understands what a Flow
Chart is and knows how to
create one.

5.3 Understands the basics
concepts in programming.
- Pc Devices
- Lab CPUs
- Notebooks
- Media Devices

III Bimester
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Data Calculations and Analysis

6. Knows how to automate
calculations and analyze
information using Microsoft
Excel.

6.1 Knows how to use the basic
calculation functions.

6.2Knows how to use the logical
functions.

6.3 Knows how to use the
lookup & reference functions.

6.4 Knows how to use statistical
functions.

6.5 Knows how to create a
graph base on a data range.

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Review
Teaching Approaches
Time Period
Logic Development

7. Develops the logic needed
to understand the
computational processes.

7.1 Knows the basic concepts of
logic and its uses in real life
scenarios.

7.2 Understands what a Flow
Chart is and knows how to
create one.

7.3 Understands the basics

- Pc Devices
- Lab CPUs
- Notebooks
- Media Devices

IV Bimester
CURRICULUM MAP FOR: TECHNOLOGY GRADE: 9
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Quarter I:
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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How are computers used to solve problems?
1.1 Understands advance
characteristics and uses of
computer hardware

1.1.1 Knows the difference
between hardware and
software.

1.1.2 Knows the type of
connections hardware can
have.

1.1.3 Knows how hardware
has evolved throughout time.

Quarter I:
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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What type of devices can we connect to a computer?
1.2 Knows basic settings and
installation processes of
peripherals and drivers (e.g.,
printers, data shows,
cellphones,)
1.2.1 Understands the process
of installing software.

1.2.2 Knows the difference of
installing software and
hardware.

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1.2.3 Knows where and how
to connect a peripheral to a
computer.

1.2.4 Understands what a
driver is and why is needed to
install any peripheral in a
computer.

Quarter I:
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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What is the correct position of the hands when using the keyboard?
1.3 Types with some
facilities demonstrating
some memorization of keys
using the correct position.

1.3.1 Knows the keys the right
hand should control.

1.3.2 Knows the keys the left
hand should control.

1.3.3 Knows the keys each
finger should control.

1.3.4 Knows which fingers are
in charge of the special keys.

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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What is Internet used for?
1.4 Understands what
Internet is and knows the
online security rules.

1.4.1 Knows how internet was
created.

1.4.2 Knows why internet was
created.

1.4.3 Knows how internet has
evolved

1.4.4 Understands how a web
browser works and its uses.

1.4.5 Knows the main online
security rules

1.4.6 Knows how to navigate
safely through the internet.

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Benchmark

Skills / Knowledge
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Knowledge
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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why is important to kept information organized?
interface in Microsoft
Publisher

2.1.1 Understands the similarities in
the user interface between every
Office software.
2.1.2 Knows where the home tab is
located and the meaning of each
option contained within it
2.1.2 Knows where the insert tab is
located and the meaning of each
option contained within it.
2.1.3 Knows where the Page Layout
tab is located and the meaning of
each option contained within it
2.1.4 Knows where the
Correspondence tab is located and
the meaning of each option.
1.1.5 Knows where the Review tab
is located and the meaning of each
option.

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Benchmark

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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What a Publication is and what it is used for?
publication is.

2.2.1 Understands the objectives
of creating a publication.

2.2.2 Knows when to use each
type of publication.

2.2.3 Knows what a Front Page is
and where and how it can be
used

2.2.4 Knows what a Diploma is
used

2.2.5 Knows what a Brochure is
used

2.2.6 Knows what a Banner Ad is
used

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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Which are the Advantages and Disadvantages of using Publisher?
2.3 Understands the
advantages and
disadvantages of Microsoft
Publisher.
2.3.1 Understands how the new
user interface makes it easier to
work with Microsoft Publisher.

2.3.2 Knows how the new
workspace gives us more control
over different sizes.

2.3.3 Understands the
disadvantages and why Publisher
is the least developed program
from the Office suite.

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Benchmark

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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can publications vary depending on the scenario?
3.1 Understands the
objective of creating a
publication and the type of
publication to be used on
each scenario.

3.1.1 Knows what is needed to
create and design effective
publications.

3.1.2 Understands the color
psychology.

universality principle.

3.1.4 Understands the balance
principle

3.1.5 Understands the unity
principle.

Scale/Proportion principle.

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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Which techniques are used for text and image editing?
3.2 Knows techniques for
working with text and
images.

3.2.1 Knows how to add and edit
text boxes.

3.2.2 Knows how to format text
boxes and the content in them.

3.2.3 Knows where the font
options are located and how to
use each of them

3.2.4 Knows where the paragraph
use each of them

3.2.5 Knows where the Styles
use each of them

3.2.6 Knows how to insert and
arrange images.

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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why Information should be well organized for faster searches?
working with objects and
pictures
3.3.1 Understands the ways text,
pictures and objects can be
combined

3.3.2 Knows each type of object
inside the Building Block

3.3.3 Knows how to insert
shapes.

3.3.4 Knows how to resize
shapes.

3.3.5 Knows how to create and
add styles to a shape.

3.3.6 Knows how to format, edit
and modify shapes and images.

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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why it is important to display information in an ordered way?
creating layouts with tables.
3.4.1 Understands what a table is
and how can it be used in
Microsoft Publisher.

3.4.2 Knows how to insert tables
in Microsoft Publisher.

3.4.3 Knows how to resize and
arrange tables.

3.4.4 Knows how to add or delete
rows and columns in a table.

3.4.5 Knows how to merge and
split cells in a table.

3.4.6 Knows how to create and
add styles to tables in Microsoft
Publisher.

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Quarter I:
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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What is Google Sketchup used for?

4.1 Knows the basic tools in
Google Sketchup

4.1 Understands what is
Google Sketchup used for.

4.2 Knows where the toolbar
is located.

pencil tool.

shape tool (Square, circle,
rectangle).

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Quarter I:
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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How are 3D shapes created?

4.2 Knows how to create 3D
Shapes in Google Sketchup

4.2.1 Understands what depth
means in 3D modeling.

4.2.2 Knows how to add depth
to a circle to create a cylinder.

4.2.3 Knows how to add depth
to a square to create a box.

4.2.4 Knows how to modify
the joints to create new
shapes.

4.2.5 Knows how to combine
3D shapes to make new forms
and objects.

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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can we design a realistic scenario?

4.3 Know how to create 3D
realistic scenarios in Google
Sketchup.

4.3.1 Knows how add color to
faces.

4.3.2 Knows how to add
texture to faces.

components (chairs, tables,
pools, beds, etc..)

4.3.4 Knows how to download
components from Google
Sketchup Warehouse.

different objects and
components to create a
realistic scenario.

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Quarter I:
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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why is important to know where each menu item is located.
interface in Microsoft
Excel

similarities in the user
interface between every
Office software.

5.1.2 Knows where the home
tab is located and the meaning
of each option contained
within it

5.1.3 Knows where the insert
within it.

5.1.4 Knows where the Page
Layout tab is located and the
meaning of each option
contained within it

5.1.5 Knows where the
Formula tab is located and the
meaning of each option
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1.1.6 Knows where the Data
within it

5.1.7 Knows where the Review
within it

5.1.8 Knows where the View
within it

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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Whats the main difference between a Word Document and an Excel Document?
5.2 Understands the
structure of a spreadsheet.

5.2.1 Understands what a Grid
is and how it is composed.

5.2.2 Understands that a Grid
contains Rows and Columns.

5.2.3 Knows how to identify a
Columns Id

Rows Id

5.2.5 Understands that the
combination of a column with
a rows gives us a Data Cell

Data Cell unique code.

2.

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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can tables help us organize information?
5.3 Knows how to create
tables for organizing
information.

5.3.1 Knows how to select
space to work in a
spreadsheet

structure of a table.

borders to a table.

background to a table

5.3.5 Knows how to change
font color of a table.

5.3.6 Knows how to create
headings in a table.

5.3.7 Knows how to organize
information in a table,
horizontally and vertically.
1.

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why is appearance so important when presenting information ordered in a table?
5.4 Knows how to prepare
tables for displaying
information.

colors to create the best
contrast.

5.4.2 Knows which border
width to use in each type of
table.

5.4.3 Knows how to use styles
to change a tables
appearance.

1.

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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can filtering content can help us organize better our information?
5.5 Knows how to use filters
for comparing content

5.5.1 Knows how to filter
content in A Z order

content in Z A order

content numerically from least
to greatest

content numerically from
greatest to least

content through several
levels.

1.
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Quarter I:
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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can basic formulas help us make save time when working with numbers?
basic calculation functions.

6.1.1 Understands the basic
syntax of a Formula.

6.1.2 Knows how to use the
Sum Function using the
symbol or the functional word.

Subtraction Function using the

Multiplication Function using
the symbol or the functional
word.

Division Function using the

Average Function in different
real world scenarios.
1.
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are logical formulas and how can they help us save time?
logical functions.

6.2.1 Understands how a
logical formula works.

AND Function

OR Function

6.2.4 Knows how to use the IF
Function in different real
world scenarios.

COUNT IF Function in different

SUM IF Function in different

AVERAGE IF Function in
different real world scenarios.
1.
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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can lookup formulas help us make save time when working with numbers?
lookup & reference
functions.

lookup and reference function
works.

VLookup Function in different

HLookup Function in different

reference functions with
conditional functions.
(Vlookup and IF Function)

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can statistical formulas help us make save time when working with numbers?
6.4 Knows how to use
statistical functions.

statistical function works.

Count Function in real world
scenarios.

Max function in real world
scenarios.

Min Function in real world
scenarios.

Count If Function in real world
scenarios.

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can graph help us display information in a nicer and easier way?
6.5 Knows how to create a
graph base on a data range.
6.5.1 Understands the main
objective of a graph.

differences between each
type of graph.

edit a columns graph.

edit a linear graph.

edit a circular graph.

edit a bar graph.

edit an area graph.

edit a dispersion graph.

CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR: COMPUTER GRADE: 7
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Quarter I:
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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can logic helps us solve everyday situations?
7.1 Knows the basic
concepts of logic and its
uses in real life scenarios.

7.1.1 Understands what logic
is

7.1.2 Knows the elements of
logic

7.1.3 Knows what
propositional logic is.

7.1.4 Knows how to solve
logical problems through a
specific process

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How are Flow Charts related to computational logic?
Flow Chart is and knows
how to create one.

7.2.1 Understands what Flow
charts are for.

7.2.2 Knows all the elements
involved in a Flow Chart.

7.2.3 Understands what the
participant is in a Flow Chart.

7.2.4 Knows how to determine
the type of activity the Flow
Chart will display.

7.2.5 Knows how to determine
the order of the activities in a
Flow Chart.

input and output box in a Flow
Chart.

7.2.7 Understands why
standardization is important in
a Flow Chart.

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Assessment
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are the main concepts in programming?
7.3 Understands the basic

7.3.1 Understands how flow
charts are applied in
programming.

programming languages that
can be used for software
programming.

can be used for web site
programming.

can be used for game design
and programming.

7.3.5 Knows the basic
commands for programming.

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