WELCOME TO COMPUTER SYSTEMS MRS. KARASAWA, Room 203 BRAHMA TECH ACADEMY

CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS  Bring textbook to class everyday  Be responsible for care of the equipment  Respect everyone in class  Do your own work

Brief COURSE OUTLINE  Microsoft OFFICE 2013  Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint  Internet, Web, , Operating Systems and Hardware  Mt SAC Articulation Examination (Spring, 2016)  Earn possible college units (3.5 UNITS)  Mt SAC using OFFICE 2013  Computer Programming  Alice & Visual Basic; start spring 2016  Programming Concepts, Principles & Procedures

ASSESSMENT  Textbook assignments  Hands-On Tutorials (Teacher-Lead Demos) Learn the concepts  End of chapter Review & Cases Apply and practice the concepts  Homework assignments Use:  Schoology.com or Google Classroom  Chapter Tests  Final Exam (each semester)

COMMITMENT  Present Everyday  Absences eventually affect student’s grade  Students read textbook as homework  Students answer:  key terms & questions – Schoology.com  Students independently complete end of chapter hands- on computer assignments  Recommend study/review chapter materials daily  Handouts, chapter summaries, chapter questions vocabulary lists, and textbook information

MT SAC ARTICULATON EXAMINATION  WHAT IS IT?  Opportunity to earn 3.5 college Units  How does it work?  DBHS articulates with MT SAC’s course CISB 15 Microcomputer Applications  Listed as a UC/CSU approved course  Check MT SAC course catalog for more details regarding their course at: o

MT SAC ARTICULATON EXAMINATION  Students ‘Challenge’ Mt SAC’s course by taking Mt SAC’s examination consisting of 4 parts:  1 part Written Theory – 50 T/F, Multiple Choice  3 parts Hands-On – Word, Excel, and Access  Students must pass all 4 parts individually with 70% or more to earn the college units

MT SAC ARTICULATON EXAMINATION  The Effect on Computer Systems?  Does NOT affect student’s grade in Computer Systems  For students who qualify:  Participation is strictly VOLUNTARY  NO cost to student or parent to take examination

2015 SUMMER SCHOOL RESULTS  22 of Mrs. Karasawa’s summer students took examination  21 students passed all 4 parts  19 earned an ‘A’ letter grade; 2 earned a ‘B’ letter grade  Computer Systems’ students  extremely successful over the last 9 years of testing  Consistently, almost 97% or more students pass the exam and pass with A & B letter grades

NEW – WEEKLY GRADE SUMMARY There is a new feature in Aeries to request a weekly gradebook summary be sent to the address used to log into Parent Portal. Log into Parent Portal Click on OPTIONS in the upper right corner Click on PARENT NOTIFICATIONS OPTIONS

CHECK MY TEACHER WEBSITE ON dbhs.org FOR COURSE SYLLABUS, CLASS RULES, AND MY CONTACT INFORMATION

THANKS FOR COMING!