Warwick School District

Curriculum❯Digital Fluency & Applications (8th Grade)

Digital Fluency & Applications (8th Grade)

Grade Levels: 08 |

Course Description

Students will explore how technology plays a vital role in the modern business world. Through hands-on projects, students will learn how to use various business software applications such as spreadsheets, word processing, presentations, and digital communication tools to enhance productivity and efficiency. The course is designed to equip students with essential computer skills that will not only help them in future academic pursuits but also prepare them for the demands of the digital workplace. Students will gain practical knowledge and problem-solving abilities they can apply to real-world business scenarios.

Core Curriculum Content Standards

PA Common Core: English Language Arts (2013)

  • Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.

    • GRADE 8

      • Analyze the influence of the words and phrases in a text including figurative and connotative, and technical meanings; and how they shape meaning and tone.(1.2.8.F)
      • Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies and tools.(1.2.8.K)

PA Common Core: Science and Technical Subjects (2012)

  • Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.

    • GRADES 6-8

      • Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).(3.5.6-8.G)

  • Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.

    • GRADES 6-8

      • Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.(3.6.6-8.G)

Business, Computer and Information Technology (2012)

  • Career Management

    • GRADES 6 - 8

      • Examine various occupation options based on career assessments results, personal characteristics, talents, skills, abilities, and aptitudes as related to career pathways, clusters, or occupations.Reference Career Education and Work 13.1.8.A - B(15.2.8.A)
      • Apply various online and traditional career management tools to explore career clusters.(15.2.8.B)
      • Correlate individual career interests to job opportunities within the global marketplace.(15.2.8.C)
      • Identify interview strategies.(15.2.8.H)
      • Explain the importance of personal networking and its impact on achieving a career goal.Reference Career Education and Work 13.2.8.B(15.2.8.K)

  • Communication

    • GRADES 6 - 8

      • Demonstrate proper etiquette when networking either face-to-face or online.(15.3.8.M)
      • Examine the impact of work ethic in various contexts.(15.3.8.N)
      • Discuss types of communication skills (e.g., internal, external) in organizations.(15.3.8.O)
      • Apply appropriate electronic communication based on message requirements.(15.3.8.S)
      • Discuss the rules of digital citizenship.Reference Business, Computer and Information Technologies 15.4.8.B(15.3.8.T)
      • Demonstrate effective techniques for good communication.(15.3.8.X)

  • Computer and Information Technologies

    • GRADES 6 - 8

      • Analyze the influence of emerging technologies on daily life.(15.4.8.A)
      • Interpret and apply appropriate social, legal, ethical, and safe behaviors of digital citizenship.(15.4.8.B)
      • Identify network communication technologies.(15.4.8.F)
      • Create an advanced digital project using appropriate software/application for an authentic task.(15.4.8.G)
      • Solve a problem with an algorithm.(15.4.8.I)
      • Create a multimedia project using student-created digital media.(15.4.8.K)
      • Explore and describe how emerging technologies are used across different career paths.(15.4.8.M)

  • Entrepreneurship

    • GRADES 6 - 8

      • Explore pathways to becoming an entrepreneur.(15.5.8.A)
      • Identify management and organizational skills needed for entrepreneurship.Reference Career Education and Work 13.4.8 A - B(15.5.8.B)
      • Define the impact of emerging technologies on business management.(15.5.8.J)

Units

Unit #1 - Time Management & Organization

Unit #2 - Digital Safety

Unit #3 - Spreadsheets: Advanced

Unit #4 - Career Exploration

Unit #5 - Introduction to Business

Unit #6 - Multimedia Presentations

Course Resources