Course: Technology Applications

The Power of Communication Weeks 3, 4, & 5

In this unit, students will learn about
- file creation, storage, and retrieval
- software menu system standards
- touch typing
- document creation
- headers, footers, pagination
- columns, alignment, bulleting & numbering
- font & paragraph standards and options
- email basics & etiquette

Students will complete, practice, or attain skills with
- Keyboarding
- Text Processing
- Email

Students will evaluate
- documents for communication standards
- software choice for communication purpose

Students will exhibit in a digital portfolio
1. a business text document
2. a casual text document
3. an electronic communication sample

Lesson 1: Keyboarding & Word Processing

KEYBOARDING
Students, it is essential that you learn to type "by touch". This means using all the fingers on both hands to reach the keys and using your eyes to locate keys. Your eyes should be on your monitor or your document, not your fingers. You should practice "touch typing" - and there is a very good way to learn this quickly - until your speed and accuracy is above 50 words per minute.

Some keyboarding learn and practice websites:

BBC's Typing Online | Speed Test & Keyman | Tips for Success & More Practice

Lesson 2: Email

Additional Resources & Activities

Evaluation