The American School for the Deaf Computer Literacy Program

In: American annals of the deaf: AAD, Band 130, Heft 5, S. 392-396

Abstract

This paper describes the American School for the Deaf (ASD) Computer Literacy Program for its high school students. ASD's Computer Literacy course consists of units for key-punchers, operators, programmers, and analysts, each of which will be described in this paper. Each unit in the course also contains three types of objectives: knowledge, skill, and attitude. Knowledge is gained in the classroom. Skills are practiced and tested in the lab. Attitude objectives are designed to reduce frustration and anxiety, develop a spirit of helping and teamwork in problem solving, and encourage outside reading and learning about computers. These objectives are developed throughout the course.