The St. Mary's Computer Club, CPU's, is a group of students who meet once a week after school to explore advanced computer concepts, lean basic knowledge about Networking, HTML, and and Web Page Development. The students sometime help the teachers with updating their webpages for the St. Mary Web Site. The CPU's are also responsible for the schools electronic newspaper (e - news.) Their task is to publish three electronic school newspaper issues a year. The tech team works with teachers at each grade level gathering the classroom news, typing, editing, and preparing the articles to be produced on the St. Mary Web Site. We are in our 11th year of existence. We meet every Thursdays, 2:50 - 4:00 PM, in the Technology Center.

"Newbie"

Thinking Outside The Box

N ew

E ncounter

W orksessions

B uilding

I nnovative

E xperiences

Building Skills for The Future

 

 

The "C-R-E-W"

Learning Without Boundaries

C reative

R esponsible

E ffective

W orkers

Building Skills for The Future

 

 


  Syllabus

 

Computer Concepts

Week 1: Components of a Computer System

* What is the CPU ( computer )

* What is a hard drive, how is it used

* What is memory

 

 

 

 

 Mr. DiMarco parent volunteer who spear heads the beginning program for the CPU's

Week 2: Programming Concepts

* Procedural programming ( non-language specific )

 

 

 

Week 3: Networking Concepts

*What is a network

*How computers use networks

Week 4: Client and Server concepts

*putting it all together

Internet Concepts

Week 5: Basic Internet Components

*What is a Web Server

*What is a Browser

*What is a Web Page

 

 

 

 

Week 6: Developing a Web Page

*Simple HTML

* Basic tools, text editor

*Create a sample Web Page

Week 7: Developing a Web Page

*Using graphics

*Additional HTML

*Create additional Web Pages

* Making Web pages work together

 

 

Week 8: Planning the St. Mary Web Site

*Collect and Organize ideas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 9: Web Publishing / Updating ongoing

 

 

 

The CPU's are also responsible for the schools electronic newspaper ( e - news. ) Their task is to publish three electronic school newspaper issues a year. The tech team works with teachers at each grade level gathering the classroom news, typing, editing, and preparing the articles to be produced on the St. Mary Web Site. The Senior CPU's also help the teachers with and updating their web pages once a year.  

 

 

 

 

Thank You to our Tech Committee Parents and Advisors Mrs. Vogt and Mrs. Veverka who work with our CPU members on a weekly basis. The members LOVE when people come in to spend the time with them and share their expertise!