Miscellaneous

How will we interact with the world around us which is changing faster than many people can keep up? This course will use a mixture of old stories (Norse Myth and Othello) as well as the most recent events of the day to determine a balance between technology and humanity.

Students will work on the processes of preparing, evaluating, and delivering multiple forms of written communication using the the most current technologies available. Students will work both individually and in groups for class assignments.

Course Syllabus

This course offers keyboarding lessons to practice your accuracy and speed. 

Guest key: transition287

Internet safety course for students.

This course assists students in understanding their own disability, and how it impacts learning, employment and social interactions. Personal strengths and challenges when learning new and/or difficult information in school and on the job are identified. Students will become familiar with the transition process as it relates to their IEP; their current life status in each of the transition areas; basic laws and disability rights in secondary education, post-secondary education, and employment; and how to identify and ask for accommodations in various environments. Self-Advocacy skill development, and understanding community agencies and how to access those resources are key components of this class.

Employment Skills for Success is targeted to transition-age students with multiple disabilities who are involved in a variety of vocational experiences at Edgewood Education Center. Students will learn work habits, work skills, and safety on the job through real life experiences and instruction.

Students develop skills to locate informational resources for accessing the community safely.  Resources include the Internet, white and yellow pages, directories, and map reading. Students learn strategies to be a safe and how to protect themselves at home and in the community.  Students discover the importance of carrying personal identification; emergency information, telephone numbers and having a small amount of cash when out in the community.  Community destinations will include a county service center, library, bookstore, mall and other shopping areas, post office and other places of class interest.

This is a saving and investing unit designed to be a part of an online personal finance curriculum.

Develop skills needed to manage personal money and how to keep track of spending.  Students will have a greater understanding of banking services, fees and interest, and how to better understand their paychecks, deductions, benefits, and paying taxes.  Students will pick a mock career and salary to build a budget and adjust expenses to maintain financial stability.

Internet safety course for students.

This is a 6th grade, year-long course aligned to MN State Academic Standards. It is a collaborative effort by over a dozen MN School districts.

This version of the course uses embedded Google Docs so that course updates may be made via the MNPCC.

Internet safety course for students.

Course Description
Through the instruction of soft skills associated with employment, students will gain an understanding of job management skills and building employee/employer relationships. Students will increase their understanding of workplace protocols and expectations, as well as ethical conduct, including social media. Students will also become aware of the evaluation process of job performance and the effective strategies for conflict resolution, problem solving, and resigning from a job. 

Civic skills, civic values and principles of democracy,rights and responsibilities, gov't institutions and political processes, and relationships of the U.S. to other nations and organizations.

This English Composition course is meant to prompt consideration and discussion about the history of communication and where things are going. How will we interact with the world around us which is changing faster than many people can keep up? What role does Education play in all of this? It also has some writing lessons

Credit: 1 Semester