CPU’s

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

* Do you like computers, and doing new and creative things?*
* Do you like working hard, having fun and taking
responsibility?
* Do you like being with your friends, and taking pride in
your self and your school?
* If so, come join us!!!
*The CPU’s meet after school on Thursdays in the Technology Center. Start date is October 20, 2011 at 2:50 PM. Our first meeting will be brief, and end at 3:30.

Forms have been pass out to 6th,7th,and 8th grade.

Returning menber forms need to be in by Oct.7th, 2011

New members forms need to be in by Oct.14th, 2011

We will close the Computer Club membership at 20 students.
If all past members return there will be around 14 openings left, spots will be filled by order of receiving the membership form, “first come first serve basis.”

Syllabus

New Curricurlum- Guest Presenter Mr. Dan Murphy

	Computer Concepts
	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
	Programming Concepts * Procedural programming ( non-language specific )	Networking Concepts What is a network How computers use networks
	Client and Server concepts *putting it all together
	Internet Concepts
	: Basic Internet Components What is a Web Server What is a Browser What is a Web Page Simple HTML * Basic tools, text editor *Create a sample Web Page	Developing a Web Page and Lesson Plans for the Smart Board, for Teachers.
	Developing a Web Page Using graphics Additional HTML Create additional Web Pages Making Web pages work together *Learning how to Make Podcast Podcast- a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar programme, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player. Create a Podcst in GarageBand 4 7 Ps of Podcasting PURPOSE PREPARE PERFORM PRODUCE PUBLISH PROMOTE PRESENT *CPU's Podcasts Interview Student Council Update J&N Radio Interview Music Pepsi /Coke Radom Stuff Parent's Music 8th Grade Rappers School	Learning how to do Podcasts. *Mr Cervenka our "Networking Dad" came in for about 4 weeks to teach students how to record and turn their recording into Podcasts.
	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.