Mississippi Curriculum Framework for Computer Discovery (8th Grade). CIP: 00.0252.

This document, which is intended for technology educators in Mississippi, outlines a modular instruction approach that allows eighth graders to experience various workplace technologies within four career cluster areas: agriculture/natural resources technology, business/marketing technology, health/human services technology, and engineering/industrial technology. Presented first are a course description, list of course goals, and course outline. The remainder of the guide is divided into two sections. Section I, the curriculum framework, lists suggested behavioral objectives to enable students to master the 19 competencies addressed in the course. Section II consists of outlines for the course's 10 units on the following topics: introduction to computer discovery; keyboarding; introduction to Windows; an operating system using Windows; word processing applications; data management applications; spreadsheet applications; telecommunications; desktop publishing; and computers in careers. Each unit outline contains suggested time on tasks, competencies and objectives, teaching strategies, assessment strategies, and resources. A student competency profile is appended. (MN)