Schedule for Databases in the Classroom
Introduction (1/2 hour)
Course objectives and Virginia Standards of
Learning
Software terminology/Hardware terminology
Examples of databases in real-life situations
Introduction to
Databases (4 hours)
Definition--What is a Database?
The software window--menu bars and toolbars
Planning a Database
Creating a New Database
Saving, viewing, printing
Creating and saving a
table
Design View
Datasheet View
Creating a form
Entering Data
Printing a table
Setting a Primary Key
Modifying a Database
(3 hour)
Filter
Sort Records
Find Records
Query a Database
Query vs. Filter
Query a Relational Database
Reports
(1 hour)
Creating
with Wizard
Design
View
Field Types (1 hour)
Calcualtion fields
Radio Buttons
Check boxes
Number fields
Other field types
Expanding
a Database (1 hour)
Cut,
Copy, Paste
Printing
large databases (1/2 hour)
Integrating
Databases into other applications (1 hour)
Working
with multiple files
Copying
data between files
Copying
text between word processing documents and databases
Development of Students Activities (3 and 1/2 hours)
Creation of
databases for use in specific classroom applications
Discussion of
ideas for introduction of database creation to students
Designing lesson
plans that incorporate databases into instruction
Final
Activity—Lesson Plan (due one week after the class ends)
Final
Hands-on activity—last thirty minutes of class.
Assessment is hands-on and will require demonstration of skills learned in the
course.
***This
class meets some of the requirements for the Technology Standards for Instructional
Personnel.
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