Program Management: Multitasking, Multiprocessing and Fault tolerant
Memory Management: Virtual Memory and Paging/Swapping
Job Management: Buffers, Spooling and Queues
Device Management: Drivers and Plug and Play
Data Management Systems
Understand byte, field, record, file/table and primary key relationships
Understand difference between a flat file and relational database
Networking
Understand the purpose of network login procedures
Definition of local area network (LAN) versus wide area network (WAN)
Define a network interface card (NIC) and how one is used on a LAN
Define a modem and how one is used on a WAN
Explain how the modem uses analog signaling to transmit binary data
Explain principles of a peer-to-peer network versus those of a file server/client server network
Identify characteristics of coaxial, unshielded twisted pair (UTP) and fiber optic cabling
Identify characteristics of wireless data transmission
Address security and what software or hardware firewalls do to protect networks
Computers and their impact on society
Aware of ethical issues as they relate to computer technology
Identify common types of computer-based crimes
Identify common computer-based security and privacy issues and be able to explain how people can protect themselves. Topics should include Spyware, Adware, Spam and Virus protection
Students should be able to use the Internet or local retail store to identify the components of a personal computer that meets their needs and fits into their budget
Identify ways technology is integrated into society through:
Business and manufacturing
Science and medicine
Arts, humanities and entertainment
Architecture
Education and social services
Leisure time activities
Computer industry and careers
Identify the name, educational preparation and salary ranges of at least five computer-related careers
Perform the following personal computer skills:
Basic Windows techniques (size, move, cascade, tile, open, close, restores)
Basic mouse operations (click, double-click, right-click, drag and drop)
Install and uninstall software
File Management: create folders, delete files, rename files, copy and move files from one folder to another folder and/or another disk
Find lost files on disk using operating systems search feature
Use an Internet browser and search sites to find Web pages and to download files
Send email and attachments
Customize desktop with shortcuts, etc.
Use operating system tools to scan disk for errors and defragment disk
Format disk
Perform the following word processing skills:
Change page margins and orientation
Turn Ruler on and off
Change tabs and indentation
Change font
Change horizontal alignment
Correct errors using backspace and delete keys
Select (highlight) a word, sentence, paragraph and entire document
Copy or Cut text and Paste selected text into new location within the same document or within another document
Create a bulleted list
Save a document to a specific destination under a specific name and using different file format (rich text format, Word format, Works format, etc.)
Open a file from a specific source
Print an open file to a designated printer
Perform the following electronic spreadsheets skills:
General spreadsheet techniques which includes proper formatting of labels and numbers (could also include conditional formatting) along with cell width adjustments
Move, copy and delete cells
Use arithmetic operators (+ - * /) along with sum, max, min, count, and avg functions. Students should understand and be able to use the computational order of precedence as well as parentheses in complex formulas
Create, open, save, print content and print formula view of worksheet data
Produce pie, bar and line charts using worksheet data
Perform the following presentation management skills:
Create slide shows
Add or delete slides from a presentation
Add, delete and modify slide content
Change font, color and horizontal alignment of text
Create transitions between slides
Animate slide content
Add sound and video sequences to slide content
Import digital images into slide
Make formal presentation using presentation management software
Perform the following image editor skills:
Open digital image taken from digital camera or scanned from an optical scanner
Add text to an image
Incorporate beveling, embossing and drop shadow into text
Lighten or darken selected areas of an image
Remove content from a digital image
Crop selected area of a digital image
Add content from one digital image to another image
Change file format used to store digital image. This should include, but not be limited to bitmap, jpeg, gif and png file formats
Save digital image using a transparent background
Change size of digital image while maintaining aspect ratio
Change resolution of digital image
Apply filters provided by image editor
Sample color from a digital image and use it as fill, background or text color
Print digital image using either a landscape of portrait orientation