WR3 Course & Unit Plans

To: Professor Ron Pendleton

From: Rachel Barnard

Date: March 27, 2010

RE: 501, WR3 Assignment

The purpose of the WR3 Assignment was to prepare a one page sample course plan and a one page sample unit plan appropriate for the course I would teach in Beginning Computer Applications.

The following six criteria were specified:

1. Comply with all of the General Criteria for Written Reports.

2. Emulate the Fred Fudrucker example for FORMAT, but include my own CONTENT

3. Develop a one page SAMPLE COURSE PLAN that includes a course description and a description of each of three units.

4. Develop a one page SAMPLE UNIT PLAN that includes a unit description (one of the units from the course description) and a description of each of three lessons.

5. Indicate the TIME REQUIRED to complete the entire course, each unit and each lesson described.

6. When writing the lesson descriptions focus on SPECIFIC STUDENT PERFORMANCE that involves only SIMPLE TASKS in the context of SHORT LESSONS.

The following sources of information were used relative to this assignment:

1. Barnard, Rachel - From my own professional experience.

2. Google World Wide Web Search Engine,
http://www.google.com

3. Shelly, Cashman, Vermaat, Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory Concepts and Techniques, Course Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, 2007 (textbook required for the course).

I believe that the attached report meets all six of above listed criteria. I respectfully request full credit: one point for meeting each of the above listed criteria.

SAMPLE COURSE & UNIT PLANS FOR A COURSE
IN BEGINNING COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
by
Rachel Barnard

ONE PAGE SAMPLE COURSE PLAN:

COURSE OVERVIEW: BEGINNING COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Introductory Computer Applications is a designed to acquaint students with the basic principles of computer applications.  The history, materials and techniques of introductory computer applications are reviewed and scholars get hands-on instruction in how to use and create documents using computer applications. 
This is a 40 hour course that covers 20 different study units and meets for 4 hours, once a week for 10 weeks. The following units are typical of the units in this course:

STUDY UNIT I - INTRODUCTION AND COURSE REQUIREMENTS

This 4-hour unit of study is designed to be delivered during the first, 4-hour class session. Students will provide information about their individual backgrounds and the instructor will review all course topics, assignments and other course requirements. This unit included 20 individual lesson plans. At the conclusion of this unit all students should be able to identify everything that they must do in order to earn a passing grade in this course.

STUDY UNIT II - HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY

This 2-hour unit of study is designed to be delivered during the first half of the second 4 hour class sessions. The instructor will provide specific information about historical and technological concepts that have influenced the evolution of Computer Applications. This unit included 8 individual lesson plans. At the conclusion of this unit all students should be able to identify the eight historical milestones that have influenced the development of modern Computer Applications and write out their own philosophy of how they will use computer applications.

STUDY UNIT III – TYPES OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

This 1 hour unit of study is designed to be delivered during the third quarter of the second, 4-hour class session. The instructor will discuss the five basic programs most commonly used. This unit included 5 individual lesson plans. At the conclusion of this unit all students should be able to name and describe each of those five programs.

ONE PAGE SAMPLE UNIT PLAN:

UNIT III - TYPES OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

This 1 hour unit of study is designed to be delivered during the third quarter of the second, 4-hour class session. The instructor will discuss the five basic programs most commonly used. This unit included 5 individual lesson plans. At the conclusion of this unit all students should be able to name and describe each of those five programs.

LESSON 1 – WORD

At the conclusion of this 8 minute lesson each student should be able to describe in writing the main uses of Microsoft Word. 

LESSON 2 – EXCEL

At the conclusion of this 8 minute lesson each student should be able to describe in writing the main uses of Microsoft Excel.  

LESSON 3 – POWERPOINT

At the conclusion of this 8 minute lesson each student should be able to describe in writing the main uses of Microsoft PowerPoint.  

LESSON 4 – ACCESS

At the conclusion of this 8 minute lesson each student should be able to describe in writing the main uses of Microsoft Access.  

LESSON 5 – OUTLOOK

At the conclusion of this 8 minute lesson each student should be able to describe in writing the main uses of Microsoft Outlook.  


QUIZ ON UNIT III

During the final 20 minutes of this unit, students will be given an essay type quiz in which they will be asked to write out the answers to questions that reflect exactly what is stated that they should be able to identify as a result of each of the five lessons in this unit.