# Presentation: 363465

- Information Technologies:

- A Program Overview

- By Dale Bishop

## Up-to-Date Curriculum

_**Computer Applications**_
** ****Microsoft Word**
** ****Microsoft Access**
** ****Microsoft Excel**
** ****Microsoft Powerpoint Presentations**
_**Computer Maintenance**_
** ****Basic Computer Layout**
** ****Installing New Hardware**
** ****Basic Computer Safety**

## Computer Applications

**Computer Applications**

**Through the Information Technologies program, we have learned how to effectively operate the following applications.**

## Microsoft Word

-  **	****Using the Microsoft Word program, we learned how to create effective resumes as well as write formal requests and thank you letters.**
**	****I found this program to be not much more than a review.  It is, however, very basic and easy for beginners to learn.**

## Microsoft Access

- 	**In the Microsoft Access portion of the program, we are currently learning how to effectively organize the large lists that come along with running a business.**
**	****As with the Word program, this was just a basic review of a familiar program with a few exceptions.  I think that if this course is stretched over a longer time period, it would be much easier on the beginners****.**

## Microsoft Excel

- 	**The Microsoft Excel program demonstrated how to keep track of payrolls, running customer accounts, as well as managing income with expenses to maintain a business. **
**	****This was my kind of class.  Manipulating figures and statistics has always been fun for me.  If the curriculum is introduced at a slower pace, the starting computer students would enjoy it more than it’s current pace.**

## Microsoft PowerPoint

**	****The PowerPoint Presentations program showed us how to make informative and appealing slideshows.**
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**	****This was fun!  I thought that the idea of voicing my opinion through these shows was great!  This program was perfect!**

## Computer Maintenance

**Computer Maintenance**

**The second half of the course consisted of basic computer maintenance.  We learned about the following topics and procedures.**

## Basic Computer Layout

**	****This is self explanatory.  We learned the parts and functions of a computer.**
**	****This course was nothing more than a basic overview over a topic I already new about.  This is invaluable information for beginners though.**

## Installing New Hardware

**	****This portion of the program involved us installing new disk drives in a very old computer.**
**	****I really enjoyed this section of the program.  This is the first time that I have actually seen the inside of a computer.  I learned a lot.**

## Basic Computer Safety

**	****This topic taught how to use the safety equipment that is used for computer maintenance.  We learned how to use ESD pads and wristbands.  We also were reminded of the basic common sense rules of operating on electronics.**
**	****This topic was also basic common sense for the most  part.  We have just started to work on the computers ourselves and I am very anxious to get in depth knowledge first-hand.**

- 	**On a scale of 1 to 10, I would have to give this IT program an 8.  The major problems in the program were the time constraints and the confusing directions on some exercises.  Other than that, however, this program is a very good program to teach students the insides and outsides of the machine that many of them rely on the most . . . the computer.  **

- Final Score

***And Special Thanks to Jennifer Mayo, Regina Lavin, and Jim Joy for Taking the Time to Teach This Class. ***

- THANK YOU

- FOR WATCHING!