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Define and practice goal setting
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Describe the functions of a manager
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Identify two techniques to evaluate suppliers
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Differentiate between fixed and variable
expenses
•
Understand pricing and break-even analysis
•
Examine the impact of competition and
government on new actions
•
Develop a strategic entrepreneurship plan
TECHNOLOGY
Basic Operations
•
Describe strategies for identifying, solving,
and preventing routine hardware and software
problems that occur during everyday
technology use
•
Identify, discuss, and use the spreadsheet
tools
•
Create spreadsheets to perform calculations
using multiple functions
•
Use multiple spreadsheets and graphs to
organize, calculate, and display data in content
areas including pivot tables
•
Identify, discuss, and use terms/concepts of
menu/toolbar in word processing documents
•
Uses proper keyboarding techniques to improve
accuracy, speed, and general efficiency in
computer operation
•
Type 35 WPM
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Use word processing as a tool for writing,
editing, and publishing paragraphs, stories, and
assignments
•
Set tab margins
•
Use graphing calculator
•
Import and export data
Technology and Society
•
Debate the positive and negative effects of
technological advances
•
Trace the historical development of the Internet
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Evaluate technology’s impact on the
environment
•
Evaluate the use of technology to solve a
societal issue
•
Propose a technological solution to a
societal issue
•
Recognize, discuss, and use appropriate
behavior related to computers, networks,
and digital information (e.g., security, privacy,
passwords, personal information), and identify
possible consequences of unethical behavior
•
Discuss how copyright laws protect ownership
of intellectual property and discuss
consequences of misuse
•
Recognize and discuss methods used to
protect computers, networks, and information
from viruses, vandalism, and intrusion
•
Identify and discuss appropriate technology
tools (virus software) to protect computers,
networks, and information from vandalism and
intrusion
•
Demonstrate appropriate use of copyrighted
materials in word processing documents used
for content projects/assignments
•
Demonstrate knowledge of Copyright and Fair
Use Guidelines
•
Model and explain the importance of ethical,
responsible, and safe behavior when using
networked digital information (e.g., Internet,
mobile phone, wireless, LANs)
•
Recognize, discuss, and establish
ethical guidelines for use of personal and
copyrighted media
Technology and Creativity
•
Recognize, discuss, and use multimedia terms/
concepts (e.g., navigation buttons, transitions,
links/hyperlinks, animation)
•
Identify guidelines for media (e.g., personal
information, images, content, language) to
consider in developing multimedia projects
•
Recognize, discuss, and create rubrics to
evaluate elements (e.g., content, organization,
appropriateness of materials, citations) of
multimedia projects/products
•
Create a PowerPoint that includes slide
transitions, imported background, and imported
audio and video clips
•
Identify and discuss the use of multimedia
tools to report content area information
•
Defend the selection of a specific technology
tool to complete a learning task
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Technology and Research
•
Refine search strategies when using online
databases
•
Defend the selection of a specific technology
tool to complete a learning task
•
Analyze and evaluate information in content
areas and cites sources
•
Locate, select, organize, and present
content area information from the Internet for a
specific purpose and audience, citing sources
•
Prepare a rubric to use as a guide to select and
evaluate digital resources and information
for content and usefulness in content area
assignments as a class
Technology and Problem Solving
and Decision Making
•
Identify and discuss databases used to
collect and organize information
•
Recognize and discuss how spreadsheets
are used to calculate and graph data in a variety
of settings
•
Discuss, plan, and develop simple
databases in content areas to enter/edit, collect,
organize, and display content data as a class
•
Create spreadsheets and select graphs to best
represent data and cites sources of data
•
Use spreadsheet data and graphs to make
predictions, solve problems, and make decisions
in content areas as a class/group
•
Create graphic organizer to demonstrate steps
of conflict resolution
•
Create a variety of graphic organizers to
address specific tasks
PE/WELLNESS
Physical Wellness
•
Understand health risks for personal age group
•
Understand own health status
•
Understand automobiles, alcohol, and
handguns are the three factors associated with
the majority of fatal and serious injuries
•
Understand the potential for health risks in a
variety of situations
•
Understand the importance of practicing sun
safety in various situations
•
Understand how media can model both
positive and negative health behaviors
•
Understand the Heimlich maneuver and basic
CPR techniques
•
Understand potential personal health
consequences of global environmental problems
•
Understand how personal behavior goals and
strategies contribute to environmental
improvement
•
Understand why the evaluation of the accuracy
and significance of media reports of health and
medical research is important
•
Understand the importance of communicating
with health care providers about personal health
status and concerns
•
Understand how certain fads affect health, e.g.,
body piercing, tattooing, and artificial fingernails
•
Understand the relationship between the
amount and frequency that a harmful substance
is consumed and its effect on behavior
•
Identify resources for assistance with problems
involving alcohol, tobacco products, and other
substances
•
Understand typical experiences and feelings of
persons who attempt to quit tobacco use
•
Understand the special risks associated with
alcohol use and vehicles
•
Understand the potential social, emotional,
familial, physical, and legal impact of harmful
substances on oneself
Social/Emotional Wellness
•
Understand the importance of systematic
short-term and long-term health goal
achievement plans
•
Understand the importance of identifying
positive ways to cope with stress
•
Understand the importance of accepting
responsibility for own behaviors
•
Understand the importance of employing a
variety of structured thinking processes to solve
problems and make decisions
•
Understand the importance of recognizing
and seeking help for self-destructive
thoughts and behaviors
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