Norwin School District

Curriculum Map

Course: Computer Applications II

Topic

Course
Objectives
and Classroom
Rules

Day 1

Course Number

Skills/Concepts

1.

Discussion on computer use and lab time. Overview of

what will be accomplished during the semester and class
rules.
2. Understand the importance of passwords, not sharing
personal information, ethical behavior when using
information and technology, and discussion of
consequences if misused.
3. Use Socrative Survey

Length of Course: 1 Semester

(90 days)

Standards:
BCIT (PDESAS) Business, Computer and
Information Technology Gr. 6-8
Norwin School District Technology
Curriculum Grades 7-8
BCIT 15.4.8.A
NSD Technology Curriculum Gr. 7-8 1.01

Approx. Days
per Unit

1 day
BCIT 15.4.8.A, B, C
NSD Technology Curriculum Gr. 7-8 1.01,
1.02

BEGINNING OF EMAIL/CALENDAR
Topic

Introduction
to Email
Gmail
Day 2, 3, 4

Introduction
to Google
Calendar
Day 5

Skills/Concepts

1. Have students log into Google gmail

2. Discuss the layout of the screen.
a. Composing, changing settings, creating drafts,
formatting, folders, starred email, important emails,
adding a signature, vacation responder, background,
signing out, creating groups, reporting spam,
deleting, move, and labels.
b. Discuss appropriate emails and why it is important to
be professional when sending an email. Have them
google email etiquette.
1. Students will log into Google and check their email
2. Have them click on the calendar
3. Show students how to:
a. Create an event (give them Septembers School
Calendar)
b. Add times
c. Change to all day or Repeat (Weekly, Monthly,
Yearly)
d. Location
e. Description
f. Event Color
g. Reminders
h. Add a guest to see event
4. Show students how to sync their phones or devices with
google

Standards:
BCIT (PDESAS) Business, Computer and
Information Technology Gr. 6-8
Norwin School District Technology
Curriculum Grades 7-8

Approx. Days
per Unit

3 Days

1 Day

BEGINNING OF EXCEL
Topic

Skills/Concepts

Standards:
BCIT (PDESAS) Business, Computer
and Information Technology Gr. 6-8
Norwin School District Technology
Curriculum Grades 7-8

Approx. Days
per Unit

BCIT 15.4.8.A, B, C
NSD Technology Curriculum Gr. 7-8
1.01, 1.02, 1.06, 2.03

2 days

Microsoft Excel 2010

Introduction to Excel

Day 6 & 7

1. Introduce students to the variety of ribbons,

ribbon tabs, toolbars, menus and shortcuts
available in Microsoft Excel.
2. Become familiar with the parts of the Excel
window such as: worksheet and grid, cells, cell
address, name box, formula bar, row and column
headers, workbook name and worksheet
navigator.
3. Create Exercise worksheet together while
reviewing the following functions
a. Widen columns
b. Merging cells
c. Editing text/deleting text
d. Aligning text
e. Applying number formats
i. Currency
ii. Dates
iii. Commas
iv. Increase/decrease decimals
v. Percent
f. Page setup
g. Delete/Insert Row/Column
4. Create Excel folder on H:drive

BCIT 15.4.8.A, B, C
NSD Technology Curriculum Gr. 7-8
1.01, 1.02, 2.03

BCIT 15.4.8.A, B, C
NSD Technology Curriculum Gr. 7-8
1.02

BCIT 15.4.8.A, B, C, D, G
NSD Technology Curriculum Gr. 7-8
1.01, 1.02, 1.05, 1.08, 1.09, 2.02, 2.03,
2.05, 3.01, 3.03

Topic

Skills/Concepts

Excel
Day 8

1. Open Turkey spreadsheet on M: drive and

review from yesterday
2. Show students the following
a. Shading
b. Borders
c. Hide/unhide
d. Freeze panes
e. Clear formats
f. Sort
3. Open leaves spreadsheet and have students
complete the formats along with a helper on the
projection unit

Standards:
BCIT (PDESAS) Business, Computer
and Information Technology Gr. 6-8
Norwin School District Technology
Curriculum Grades 7-8
BCIT 15.4.8.A, B, C, D, G, I
NSD Technology Curriculum Gr. 7-8
1.01, 1.02, 1.05, 1.09, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04,
2.05, 3.01, 3.03

Approx. Days
per Unit

1 Day

Topic

Skills/Concepts

Excel
Day 9

Day 10 & 11

Day 12-14

1. Introduce addition
2. Show students what a range looks like and how
to start a formula with an equals sign
3. Open M: Addition/Farmers chart, flowers,
turkey & leave files
4. Use these files as practice. With each file show
students shortcuts:
a. Typing =sum( and then selecting the cells
b. Using Autosum
c. Using fill command
5. Distribute Excel Review student will work as
teams (1st 3 teams finished/perfect get prize)
6. Review sheet so they have a Cheat sheet for
future use
1. Have students use addition formula for Pumpkin
intro and Pirates addition
2. Students will create Alexander spreadsheet
3. Students will add on to Alexander and resave as
Alexander 2
1. Students will finish Alexander 2 and print
Alexander 1 today
2. Distribute Sales spreadsheet
3. When students are finished with Sales they will
work on Food drive

Standards:
BCIT (PDESAS) Business, Computer
and Information Technology Gr. 6-8
Norwin School District Technology
Curriculum Grades 7-8

Approx. Days
per Unit

1 Day

2 Days

3 Days

Topic

Day 15

Day 16

Day 17- 19

Skills/Concepts

1. Introduce subtraction
2. Open M: Flowers subtraction, Lottery
subtraction and help students work through the
formulas
3. Review sorting
4. Students will finish Sales and work on Sales 2
1. Review subtraction
2. Students will finish Sales 2 and teacher will
check for accuracy on their screens
3. Students will complete Food Drive and Food
Drive 2
4. Students will print Food Drive
1. Review Adding, Subtraction, & Sorting
2. Introduce multiplication while using Edmodo
3. Review with several files on M: drive
a. Dance Tix showing Absolute Cell
b. Flowers Multiplication
c. jTunes showing Wrap Text
4. Open Pirates and use the following
a. Fill command
b. Wrap text
5. Have students work on Mileage and print

Standards:
BCIT (PDESAS) Business, Computer
and Information Technology Gr. 6-8
Norwin School District Technology
Curriculum Grades 7-8

Approx. Days
per Unit

1 Day

1 Day

3 Days

Topic

Day 20-22

Day 23

Day 24

25

Skills/Concepts

Standards:
BCIT (PDESAS) Business, Computer
and Information Technology Gr. 6-8
Norwin School District Technology
Curriculum Grades 7-8

Approx. Days
per Unit

1. Introduce average,minimum, and maximum

2. Introduce double () equations =sum(b4:c4)+()
3. Use several files on M: drive to introduce and
review
4. Review all formulas learned and have students
complete Dairy Queen, Eating Out, & Ornaments
5. Students will complete an Edmodo quiz on the
spreadsheet Ornaments
1. Review Eating Out
2. Quiz on Pepsi

3 days

1. Open Food Drive and have students take

apostrophes off of formulas to reveal answers
2. Use Food Drive to introduce Charting
3. Walk students through setting up a bar graph.
They should create a title, label x & Y, and
delete the legend
4. Then have students complete a column graph on
their own using the same format that we used
with the bar graph
1. Using Edmodo, give students a poll on their
favorite Jolly Rancher
2. Students will put data in spreadsheet on M:
drive and use data to create a labeled graph
3. Students will think of their own survey for
tomorrow

1 day

1 day

1 day

Topic

Day 26-28

Day 29-31

Skills/Concepts

1. Students will create a survey and send out to the class

2. While students are waiting for the results they will begin working on
College Research Spreadsheet assignment
3. This assignment will most likely take 2 days to finish
4. After completing the College Research, students will gather their
information and create a spreadsheet that will allow them to create a
graph of their choice to show the data
5. If students finish early they can create the Halloween Excel Mystery
Picture
6. Students will log into www.coolmath-games.com/lemonade or
www.omsi.edu/exhibits/moneyville/activites/lemonade/lemonadestand.htm
and play the game
7. They will gather data for 30 days and enter it in the Lemonade
spreadsheet located on M: drive
8. Students will follow directions and create a chart
9. Students will print assignment on one page.
10. This assignment will take about 2-2 days to complete
11. This is the Excel final
12. Use 3rd day as a make-up day and to organize folders

Standards:
BCIT (PDESAS)
Business, Computer and
Information Technology
Gr. 6-8
Norwin School District
Technology Curriculum
Grades 7-8

Approx.
Days
per Unit

3 days

3 days

BEGINNING OF POWERPOINT
Topic

Skills/Concepts

Microsoft PowerPoint
2010
Day 32

33

34

35

1. Introduce students to the PowerPoint ribbons

and set up of the screen
2. While creating the file called Holiday, teach
students the following:
a. Inserting a slide
b. Changing the layout
c. Selecting a design
d. Selecting a color
e. Changing the font and size
3. Talk about, introduce, and review the following
while finishing holiday
a. 7x7 rule
b. Insert, layout, etc
c. Saving an image from google
d. Inserting a picture
e. Transitions and animations
4. Student will watch PP presentation that has
several mistakes and write down the mistakes
they see
5. Students will take quiz on Rules of PP
6. Students will work on Self and Self 2
7. Use the projection unit to review inserting a
picture
a. Ask someone to show how to save, copy,
insert an image into PP
8. Finish self and self 2

Standards:
BCIT (PDESAS) Business, Computer
and Information Technology Gr. 6-8
Norwin School District Technology
Curriculum Grades 7-8
BCIT 15.4.8.I
NSD Technology Curriculum Gr. 7-8
1.09, 2.04

Approx. Days
per Unit

1 day

1 day

1 day

1 day

Topic

36 & 37

38

39

40

41-42

Skills/Concepts

1. Show students how to add sound to slide and

bullets (do with them then have them try on
own)
2. Complete Natural Disaster
3. Start 2a
4. Show students how to insert an Excel chart with
pie chart file Pizza
5. Have them create one on their own with the file
studying
6. Review sound and have they complete self 2a
7. Review charts and sound
8. Show students how to insert a table w/studying
file
9. Students will try with SAD file
10. Review charts with SAD
11. Show students how to insert a hyperlinck with
studying www.testtakingtips.com
12. Review hyperlink with Mayo Clinic
13. Distribute Review All yellow sheet
14. Review hyperlink
15. Show how to insert video
16. Show how to record slide show
17. Distribute All About Me
18. Students should finish by 2nd day

Standards:
BCIT (PDESAS) Business, Computer
and Information Technology Gr. 6-8
Norwin School District Technology
Curriculum Grades 7-8

Approx. Days
per Unit

2 days

1 day

1 day

1 day

2 days

Topic

Skills/Concepts

Standards:
BCIT (PDESAS) Business, Computer
and Information Technology Gr. 6-8
Norwin School District Technology
Curriculum Grades 7-8

43-45

1. Students will begin PowerPoint Final Natural

Disaster 2
2. This will take 3 days
3. Have students decide on a topic for their final
presentation
46-47
4. Show students example PP on Grease
5. Students will begin to write down titles of their
slides
6. Students will turn in rough draft with title
48-52
7. Students will have 2 days to write out their
bullets for the PowerPoint
8. Collect and call students back individually to
discuss topic and bullets
53-57
9. Students will now use rough draft to create
their final PowerPoint
10. They should be using their Rubric to make sure
they have added everything that is needed for
the final
58-62
11. Students will be giving PowerPoint presentations
If extra time do the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Show students how to insert an Excel spreadsheet into a Word document

Have them try it on their own with files already saved on their H: drive
Distribute Dicks Sporting Goods assignment
Show students how to insert an Excel spreadsheet into a PowerPoint document

Approx. Days
per Unit

3 days

2 day

5 days

5 days

5 days

BEGINNING OF ZULAMA
Topic

Skills/Concepts

Introduction to Game
Design with
GameSalad
Getting Ready to
Design

Lesson 1: Game Design and GameSalad Fundamentals

Assignment: Whats Your Favorite Game?

2 days

Lesson 2: Getting Started as a Game Designer by

Modding
Assignment: Made up Rules
Lesson 3: The Aliens Zulama Game template
Assignment: Bullets and Scenes
Assignment: Old Space Invaders vs. Your First
Project
Assignment: Aliens Ship Movement
Lesson 4: More Practice using GameSalad
Assignment: Basic Shootem Up
Lesson 5: Game Design Tools
Creating Game Design Docs
Lesson 6: Fundamentals of Game Balance
Assignment: Fair vs. Unfair
Assignment: Balance Issues with Alien Project
Lesson 7: Methods to Balance Games
Assignment: Start to Balance Alien Project
Assignment: Reflection on Start to Balance
Lesson 8: Bug fixing
Assignment: Bug fixing
Assignment: Scene 2, Part 2
Lesson 9:
Playtesting
Assignment: Creating playtesting protocol

5 days

Game Balance

Bugfixing /
Playtesting

Standards:
BCIT (PDESAS) Business, Computer
and Information Technology Gr. 6-8
Norwin School District Technology
Curriculum Grades 7-8

Approx. Days
per Unit

3 days

3 days

The Interest Curve

Lesson 10: Scaling Difficulty/Challenge

Assignment: Crazy Ball Wall Breaker
Lesson 11:
Goals/Objectives
Assignment: Identify
Objectives
Assignment: The Interest Curve and Goals in
Angry Birds
Lesson 12:
Feedback
Assignment: Goals and Feedback

4 days

Risk vs. Reward

Lesson 13:
Scoring Mechanisms
Assignment: Aliens Conqueror Score
Assignment: Unique Scoring Mechanisms
Assignment: Games with No Scoring
Mechanisms
Lesson 14:
Risk vs. Reward
Assignment: Mystery Ship
Assignment: Aliens Conqueror Rewards
Lesson 15:
Chance
Assignment: Element of Chance Ideas

4 days

Player Progress

Lesson 16: Story/Narrative and NPCs

Assignment: Add NPCs to Aliens Zulama
Assignment: Cave Adventure Story
Assignment: Games that Use Rewards
Lesson 17:
Rewards
Assignment: Platformer Rewards System
Lesson 18: Progression
Assignment: Leveling System

4 days

Lesson 19:
Overview of Final Project
Assignment: Professional Game Designers
Assignment: Reflection on the Mobile
Game Design Process
Assignment: Final Project

7 days

Final Project