Introduction to Digital Technology Fall 2017-18

Introduction to Digital Technology

Course Code: 11.41500
Redan High School

Teacher: Ms. S. Jeffries Email: [email protected]
Room Number: A215 Phone Number: 678- 676-3602
Semester: Fall, 2017 Tutorial Days: Tuesdays & Thursdays
Textbook: N/A Tutorial Hours: 3:20 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Textbook Price: N/A Tutorial Location: Room# A215

Redan High School’s Mission: Redan High School's mission is to provide an academic community
that fosters a student's social, ethical, and academic growth in a safe, encouraging environment that
strives to connect the classroom to real life experience.

DeKalb County School District CTAE’s Goals:
• Prepare DeKalb County Schools' students to compete in a global and technological society
• Prepare students to enter and meet the needs of a high demand and high skilled workforce
• Prepare students for post-secondary options without the need for remediation
• Prepare students to become self-directed and lifelong learners
• Develop socially conscious students
• Expose elementary and middle grade students to career awareness strategies for the 21st
century in a diversely global society

Department Philosophy: The Career Technology Education Department believes that education’s most
important function is to provide all students with the skills needed for post-secondary and careers. This is
accomplished by providing interest-based programs that meet industry standards.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Introduction to Digital Technology is the foundational course for Web & Digital Communications,
Programming, Advanced Programming, Information Support & Services, and Network Systems pathways.

This course is designed for high school students to understand, communicate, and adapt to a digital world as it
impacts their personal life, society, and the business world. Exposure to foundational knowledge in hardware,
software, programming, web design, IT support, and networks are all taught in a computer lab with hands-on
activities and project-focused tasks. Students will not only understand the concepts, but apply their knowledge
to situations and defend their actions/decisions/choices through the knowledge and skills acquired in this
course.

Employability skills are integrated into activities, tasks, and projects throughout the course standards to
demonstrate the skills required by business and industry.

Competencies in the co-curricular student organization, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), are
integral components of both the employability skills standards and content standards for this course.

Various forms of technologies will be highlighted to expose students to the emerging technologies impacting
the digital world. Professional communication skills and practices, problem-solving, ethical and legal issues,
and the impact of effective presentation skills are taught in this course as a foundational knowledge to prepare

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students to be college and career ready. The knowledge and skills taught in this course build upon each other to
form a comprehensive introduction to digital world.

Prerequisites: Introduction to Digital Technology is a course that is appropriate for all high school students. The
pre-requisite for this course is advisor approval.

FBLA: The development of positive personal qualities and leadership is a vital component in career success. In
this course that development is achieved through a variety of methods, which include Future Business Leaders of
America (FBLA). FBLA is a student organization that is designed to enhance this class. FBLA provides career
and leadership development through peer interactions, adult mentoring, and competitions based on knowledge
and skills learned in the classroom.

Course Curriculum Content

IT-IDT – 1 COURSE STANDARDS UNITS/TOPICS
IT-IDT - 2 1. FBLA – leadership development, community
Demonstrate employability skills
IT-IDT-3 required by business and industry service, and employability skills
Explore, research, and present findings
IT-IDT-4 on positions and career paths in 2. Online safety and digital citizenship
IT-IDT-5 technology and the impact of
IT-IDT-6 technology on chosen career area. 3. Emerging and future technology
IT-IDT-7 Demonstrate effective professional
IT-IDT-8 communication skills (oral, written, and 4. Hardware and software
IT-IDT-9 digital) and practices that enable
IT-IDT-10 positive customer relationships. 5. Problem solving, flowcharting and algorithms
Identify, describe, evaluate, select and
IT-IDT-11 use appropriate technology. 6. Visual programming
Understand, communicate, and adapt to
a digital world. 7. Employability Skills
Explore and explain the basic
components of computer networks. 8. Information Technology Careers: Programming,
Use computational thinking procedures Gaming, and Software Development
to analyze and solve problems.
Create and organize web pages through 9. FBLA – entrepreneurship development,
the use of a variety of web programming competitive events, professional communication
design tools.
Design, develop, test and implement 10. Operating systems
programs using visual programming.
Describe, analyze, develop and follow 11. Customer relationships
policies for managing ethical and legal
issues in the business world and in a 12. Networking basics
technology-based society.
Explore how related student 13. Online resources
organizations are integral parts of career
and technology education courses 14. Web design
through leadership development, school
and community service projects, 15. Ethics, legal issues, and cyber security
entrepreneurship development, and
competitive events. 16. Information Technology Careers: Network
Systems, Information Support & Services, and
Web & Digital Communications, Computer
Forensics

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Student Google Accounts:

This year all students enrolled in Interactive Media courses will be using their own Google Email Account to

submit work. You must have a Network/Internet User Agreement on file with the school. You will also be
responsible for maintaining this account, following the district guidelines and following Mrs. Brewington’s

classroom policies.

GRADING SYSTEM: The DeKalb County School District believes that the most important assessment of

student learning shall be conducted by the teachers as they observe and evaluate students in the context of ongoing

classroom instruction. A variety of approaches, methodologies, and resources shall be used to deliver educational
services and to maximize each student’s opportunity to succeed. Teachers shall evaluate student progress, report
grades that represent the student’s academic achievement, and communicate official academic progress to students

and parents in a timely manner through the electronic grading portal. See Board Policy IHA.

GRADING CATEGORIES *GRADE PROTOCOL ~P (pass)
~F (fail)
Assessments During Learning A 90 – 100
25% B 80 – 89
C 71 – 79
Bell Ringers D 70
Quizzes F Below 70
Projects

Guided, Independent or Group Practice
45%

Practice
Homework
Projects or Performance
Classwork

Summative Assessment
30%

Unit Tests
Culminating Project or Performance
Final or Culminating Exam
Formal Post-Assessment

DISTRICT EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS

STUDENT PROGRESS Semester progress reports shall be issued four and a half, nine and thirteen and a
half weeks into each semester. The progress of students shall be evaluated
frequently and plans shall be generated to remediate deficiencies as they are
discovered. Plans shall include appropriate interventions designed to meet the
needs of the students. See Board Policy IH.

ACADEMIC Students will not engage in an act of academic dishonesty including, but not
INTEGRITY limited to, cheating, providing false information, falsifying school records, forging
signatures, or using an unauthorized computer user ID or password. See the Code
of Student Conduct - Student Rights and Responsibilities and Character
Development Handbook.

HOMEWORK Homework assignments should be meaningful and should be an application or
adaptation of a classroom experience. Homework is at all times an extension of
the teaching/learning experience. It should be considered the possession of the

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MAKE-UP WORK student and should be collected, evaluated and returned to the students. See Board
DUE TO ABSENCES Policy IHB.

MISSED WORK When a student is absent because of a legal reason as defined by Georgia law or
CLASSROOM when the absence is apparently beyond the control of the student, the student shall
EXPECTATIONS be given an opportunity to earn grade(s) for those days absent. Make-up work must
be completed within the designated time allotted. See Board Policy IHEA.

SCHOOL EXPECTATIONS FOR SUCCESS

When a student is missing an assignment from a class, the student has the
responsibility to initiate the retrieval and submission of the missed assignment
within a minimum of 5 school days from the assigned date.

1. The BELL DOES NOT DISMISS YOU.
2. All students are expected to arrive to class promptly and prepared. At the

sound of the bell, all students are in assigned seats working. Failure to do
so will result in a tardy.
3. Each student is responsible for bringing their materials to class. Borrowing
supplies from the teacher is not permitted.
4. Every student is expected to clean up in and around his or her seat before
leaving the classroom each day. Keep the room clean and respect the
equipment and furnishing
5. Talking during testing or instructional time could result in a ZERO.
6. If a student is absent the day before the test, that student is expected to take
the test the following day. Major test dates are always given in advance.
7. You will not be allowed to go to your locker for any reason once the tardy
bell has rung.
8. Each student is expected to respect the rights and privacy of their fellow
student.
9. Raise your hand if you want to be acknowledged.
10. ABSOLUTELY no use of vulgar, profane, or inappropriate language in the
classroom. Any disrespectful behavior will not be TOLERATED.
11. Cheating will not be tolerated! If you cheat or allow/assist someone to cheat,
all parties involved will receive a zero and your parents will be notified
immediately.
12. Students should use the restroom during class change--you will not be
permitted to go unless it is an emergency. Also, please bring tissue with you
to class if you have the sniffles.

13. Students are not to groom in class, this includes hair, make-up, nails, etc…

14. Electronic devices not related to or used in this class should be left at home.
Bringing these items to class will result in confiscation. Items will be
released only to a parent or guardian.

15. When using the computer lab, NO student is to use the computer for activities
that do not relate to this class; therefore, you should not be checking e-mail,
chatting, playing games, downloading, uploading, doing research for another
class, listening to music, personal browsing, etc….When allowed to use the
Internet, visiting websites that are not appropriate for school or not
educationally related is PROHIBITED. Violators will face consequences
as outlined in the student handbook.

16. Be kind and be courteous.

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CONSEQUENCES 1st Warning/Call Home/Email Parent
2nd Detention
MATERIALS AND 3rd Parent Conference
SUPPLIES 4th Disciplinary referral
Severe cases Taken to the office
EXTRA HELP
PARENTS AS • 3-ring binder
PARTNERS • Headphones
• 16 GB or higher Flash Drive
• Paper, pencil and pen (black or blue ink only)

Tutorial Days: Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 3:20 PM; Subject to change; Additional
times available by appointment.

Parents are encouraged to monitor their child’s progress. Progress reports are
issued at the end of 4.5, 9, and 13.5 weeks. A parent may request in writing a
printout of grades at any time.

THE TEACHER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE OR ADJUST ANY SECTION OF THIS
COURSE SYLLABUS AT ANY TIME DURING THE SEMESTER TO MORE ADEQUATELY MEET THE
NEEDS, ABILITIES & INTERESTS OF THE STUDENTS.

Student’s Signature_______________________ Date_______________

Parent’s Signature_______________________ Date_______________
.

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Career Technology Department

Complete and return this page to your teacher.

Student’s Name ____________________________________________________________
(Please Print)

Student’s Class __________________

Academic Dishonesty: Cheating on a test, quiz, or assignment is considered to be a serious breach of conduct.
The student will be penalized with a ZERO for the assignment, an administrative referral and parents will be
notified.

Actions considered to constitute cheating are: using unauthorized materials in a test situation, receiving or

knowingly giving information regarding a test before and during the test, turning in work for credit which is not
one’s own, and plagiarism. Plagiarism will be strictly assessed on all assignments in this course.

I have read and understand the expectations set forth in the syllabus for the Introduction to Digital
Design course at Redan High School including the Academic Dishonesty statement above.

Student Signature___________________________________________________________

Parent/Guardian Signature____________________________________________________

Date_____________________________

Additional information to support continued contact:

Information Parent/Guardian
Day Time Phone
Number
Cellular Phone Number

Home Phone Number

Email Address

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