These courses are suggested for elementary school students.
Digital Art I Class
During this course students will learn to use the computer to create their ideas and become more knowledgeable in color theory, story boarding, and basics of animation. Throughout this course we will be using the digital art software FireAlpaca, along with a Wacom tablet and pen. Students will learn critical digital art/design, how to animate, and how to use tools in FireAlpaca.
Four Two Hour Instructional Classes
Digital Art II Class
This course is where students explore more advanced tools and techniques. Students will use all the knowledge they have from Digital Art I to create an individually designed project, with help from the instructor. Students are expected to have more intricate and developed art and be able to start working on their portfolio.
Four Two Hour Instructional Classes
Word for Kids
This course is designed to teach children the productivity tools of Microsoft Word at an introductory level. Each class will be a hands-on computer activity with individualized instruction. Students will learn to: open, save and close documents; use alignment buttons; change font face, size and color; create bulleted and numbered paragraphs; set margins and tabs; spell check and print documents.
Three Two-Hour Instructional Classes
PowerPoint for Kids
This course is designed to teach children the productivity tools of Microsoft PowerPoint at an introductory level. Each class will be a hands-on computer activity with individualized instruction. Students will learn to: open and close a file and exit PowerPoint saving all changes; create presentations; insert new slides; switch to slides pane; insert pictures; type in text boxes; insert word art; move, copy and delete slides; add transition effects, sound, and slide timings.
Three Two-Hour Instructional Classes
Excel for Kids
This course is designed to teach children the productivity tools of Microsoft Excel at an introductory level. Each class will be a hands-on computer activity with individualized instruction. Students will learn how to: manage a workbook; create a worksheet; move around in a worksheet; enter and edit data in a worksheet; use copy and paste; use the auto sum button; add and delete columns and rows; use formulas.
Three Two-Hour Instructional Classes
Creative Writing for Kids
This course is designed to teach Creative Writing to young children. The students will have fun creating their own story, creating and describing characters they love, and creating a setting. Students will learn to develop a paragraph, lead to the next paragraph smoothly and write with interest. Comprehension exercises will be included for evaluating stories. These exercises concentrate on the student’s understanding of the story. Many exercises emphasize vocabulary as well. The exercises include completing sentences, matching words with definitions, labeling, finding words with similar meanings, and multiple-choice questions.
Three Two-Hour Instructional Classes
Computer Keyboarding I for Kids
This course is designed to introduce the student to alphabetic, numeric, and selected symbol keys “by touch” using proper techniques. It also introduces basic formatting and editing techniques.
Three Two-Hour Instructional Classes
Computer Keyboarding II for Kids
This course is designed to improve the student's keyboarding skills; to teach the student to format business letters, memorandums, and reports; to prepare the student for writing and formatting research papers. Furthermore, this course teaches students how to apply basic language arts skills via proofreading and revising documents.
Three Two-Hour Instructional Classes
Computer Keyboarding III for Kids
This course is designed to improve the student's keyboarding skills. Students will learn to key 55 wpm and above with good accuracy. Students will learn to create two-page unbound reports with references and report documentation, including footnotes and endnotes. The students will learn to key resumes and cover letters using different formats.
Three Two-Hour Instructional Classes
Scratch
This course is designed to teach scratch using 21st century skills: coding, critical thinking, problem solving. Students will learn to code with interactive lessons and projects. Scratch uses code blocks where students learn to build simple games and use animated characters to tell stories. Students will create interactive stories, games and animations. They will use configurable blocks to think creatively, reason systematically and work collaboratively as students create their projects. Students will gain the ability to imagine, create, play, and reflect.
Three Two-Hour Instructional Classes
Essay Writing for Kids
This course is designed to teach children skills needed to write essays. Skills studied for developing an essay include finding and limiting a subject, and organizing the essay. Creating the outline and maintaining paragraph unity and coherence are studied. Writing the first draft, revising the first draft and preparing the final draft are covered in the class.
Three Two-Hour Instructional Classes
Beginning Microsoft Word
This course is designed to introduce the student to computers. Creating documents, editing text, and formatting documents is covered. Formatting tasks include: changing fonts, indenting paragraphs, adjusting margins, creating bulleted and numbered paragraphs, creating and adjusting tabs. Editing functions include: Cut, Copy, Paste, Find and Replace.
Three Two-Hour Instructional Classes
Microsoft Word—Intermediate Word Processing
This course teaches productivity tools in Word at an intermediate level. Desktop publishing is introduced. Students learn to create newsletters and brochures. Skills learned include: Creating headers and footers; creating newspaper style columns; inserting graphic images on a page; sizing, resizing, and positioning graphics and text in a document; adding objects to a document; creating and modifying tables; adjusting line spacing and copying between document windows.
Three Two-Hour Instructional Classes
Introduction to Excel
A course designed to introduce the student to basic spreadsheet design techniques. Tasks include: selecting cells; opening, saving, printing, and closing a workbook; creating headers and footers; using page breaks; using page setup; editing data and creating a series. Students will enter labels, values and formulas and format a workbook.
Three Two-Hour Instructional Classes