Students in this class help develop an urban plan, with a retail center and a large housing development. Expectations include developing keyboarding speed, accuracy, and formatting skills to a level of the beginning office worker.
Practical activities support student preparation for immediate business opportunities.
In addition to the technology instruction, there will be seminars on the ethics of technology, job skills needed to thrive in a technological marketplace, teaming, communication skills, email, networking, and developing effective presentations. Students in this class learn how to write their own software. From designing basic games to writing usable applications, students are introduced to the world of computer programming. You do not need to be a computer wiz to be successful in this class. This is the prerequisite class for the more advanced computer programming courses offered at Jackson H.S. and most colleges.