Upper St. Clair School District

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What is Keyboarding & Technology Applications?

This course is designed to prepare our students to be successful contributors to an ever-changing global world. Students will learn computer skills that will enable them to thrive in a complex, highly technological competitive economy for the 21st century in a collaborative environment. The 7th and 8th grade courses allow students to learn touch keyboarding skills, how to organize their digital world, create computer games, develop computer coding skills, keyboard, and continue to develop their MS Office/Google software skills. The big ideas for 7th and 8th grade courses includes:

Creativity & Innovation
Research & Information Fluency
Technology Operations
Digital Citizenship
Communication & Collaboration
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving & Decision Making

The Upper St. Clair School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, disability or any other legally protected classification in the employment or in the administration of any of its educational programs and activities. Announcement of this policy is in accordance with state and federal laws including Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.