Location

Community Services & Continuing Education - Alexandria

Objectives

• • Learning how to think outside the box to solve problems and how to express ideas in a creative way.• Understanding the importance of teamwork and how the diversity of skills is the key of s team’s success.• Knowing how to create stories using computer applications.• Knowing how to use the internet to search for information and images.• Understanding how to create computer based presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.• Understanding how to use Microsoft Word features to create and format documents.• Understanding how to create tabular data, perform calculations and create charts using Microsoft Excel.• Knowing how to create publications using Microsoft Publisher.

Outcomes

• Developing students’ creative abilities and thinking skills through a group of printed and computer based activities.• Learning how to create presentations, practice public speaking and present information and ideas using digital and printed methods. • Learning how to communicate and collaborate with others and be an effective team player to get the required projects and tasks done.• Enhancing students’ imagination by creating cartoon stories.• Acquiring online skills to find information and images needed for the required projects and tasks.• Acquiring the basic skills to create school researches.• Acquiring the basic skills to create spreadsheets and perform mathematical calculations.• Developing students’ artistic skills by designing different marketing publications.

Course Contents

Creative thinking• Knowing what creative thinking is and why it is important.• Learning how to look at things in a new way to perceive patterns that are not obvious.• Knowing how to convey ideas creatively by using computer applications.Presentation Skills• Knowing what a presentation is and what are the objectives of it.• Knowing how to structure a presentation.• Knowing the factors to be considered when choosing visual and audio aids for presentations.• Understanding the general rules for making and delivering presentations.Team Building• Knowing what team building is and what are the elements of forming a successful teamwork. • Knowing what are the advantages of working in a team.• Knowing how to be an effective team player.• Understanding team leader and team member tasks.StorytellingKnowing how to use computer applications to create stories (determining scenes and characters and writing dialogue).Internet• Understanding what search engines