This allows the students to engage in dialogue and collaboration with peers while providing access to libraries and experts on a variety of topics. All Internet activities are highly supervised. The seventh grade seminar class includes a brief review of the applications from sixth grade followed by the study of multimedia applications. Lab Orientation Word processing, database, spreadsheet assignments, classroom procedures, local network use, and general assignment expectations are covered during this time. Web Publishing Web publishing supports other subjects such as the study of hurricanes in science.
Students learn how to create simple HTML documents incorporating text, links, tables, and images.
They are also exposed to the history, mechanics, and proper uses of the Internet. Programming Programming is used primarily as a tool to teach logical thinking and problem solving skills. It offers many opportunities for infusion of mathematical topics such as linear functions, order of operations, solving equations, and formulae. Students will use decision structures to study classification in science. Good structured programming practice and algorithmic development are stressed throughout.