Welcome to Communication Technology at Sir Winston Churchill High School. I hope that you use this web site to keep up-to-date on what things you have do.  This course is very much project-based.

1. What is Communication Technology?
2. Overhead Notes
3. Assignment #1 - Sending a Message
4. Know your job in the class and what is expected of you.
5. Look over Rubrics that will be used for your projects and classwork.

Student Job Description

·       Follow all class guidelines and procedures.

·       Maintain your notebook following the specified guidelines.

·       Maintain your supplementary notes and folders as required:

·       Glossary of terms

·       Technical Journal

·       Portfolio (hard and electronic copy)

·       Career Exploration research

·       Summary of marks and marked tests, quizzes, and assignments

·       Complete all projects for all units.

Student Notebook

As you progress through this course, you will be supplied with a great deal of information on relevant topics. Much of this information is to be filed in a separate Com Tech notebook. A well-organized and complete notebook will be a valuable reference and study resource for you. It is recommended that you use a three-ring binder into which material can be easily inserted.

Notebooks should be organized into the following sections:

·       Introductory Course Notes

·       Unit 1 Cover Page

·       Notes/handouts

·       Returned quizzes, worksheets, tests, etc.

·       Completed checklists/Daily Logs (when you start the next unit)

·       Units 2 – 5

·       Same organization as Unit 1 above.

·       Portfolio (see below)

·       List of where your exemplary work can be found if it is not printable (disks, paper copies, etc.)

·       Hard copy of any printable material

·       Career Exploration Research

Technical Journal

You are required to maintain a Technical Journal in which you record newly learned procedures. This serves as a handy personal reference to which you can refer for specific procedures that are often difficult to memorize. For example, you might begin by listing the steps required to access your computer and later note the web site that was particularly useful for one of your searches. As well, how to use the video camera, how to work in IMovie and steps in problem solving.

Portfolio

Your portfolio contains samples of your exemplary work. This work should be saved electronically: in your directory on the school file server, on a disk or thumb drive, or transferred to a  DVD or CD. A paper copy, if possible, should be placed in the portfolio section of the your notebook. The work could be presented to a potential employer as a demonstration of what you are able to do. Sample work is collected from most, if not all, the unit activities. As work is filed in your portfolio, you should update the Portfolio Table of Contents.

Example:

·       Unit 1, Activity 1 – Community Newsletters

·       Unit 2, Activity 2 – School Visual Essay