Friday, August 26, 2011
2011-12 CyberCorps Syllabus here
Requires your parents/guardians signatures. Click here to find out all the details about this class.
WELCOME 2011 - 12 CYBERCORPS STUDENTS!
How's everyone doing? Another exciting year of Cybercorps at North Valleys. On behalf of our Computer and Technology Department, I welcome all students, parents, and community members.
My name is Lance West. I have been teaching CyberCorps since 2003 here at NVHS. I've built the program from humble beginnings into the best CyberCorps lab in Washoe County. If there is one place a high school student can go to learn practically everything to SUCCESSFULLY pass both A+ exams, North Valleys is the place.
A little bit about myself: I was born in Reno, raised in Schurz on the Walker River Paiute Reservation. Schurz is a small town between Fallon and Hawthorne. I attended Yerington High School and graduated with my BA in Secondary Education, emphasis in Business Education from the University of Nevada in 2001. I'm currently working on my Masters degree in Educational Leadership at UNR.
The CyberCorps program has special meaning to me as I have seen the changes to the A+ exams evolve over the years. From being required to understand Windows 98 SE and floppy disk booting to Windows 7 and Solid State Drive (SSD) technologies. Technology moves at such a quick pace, that I cannot sit idly by, continually teaching the same content from year to year. Through constant research and acquiring the latest PC tech; I am able to offer high quality content to students.
I anticipate many students to enter this class with little to no computer experience, this is not a problem. We begin this course with a very basic structure and easy to understand terms.
If you ask any of my former students who've taken any of my classes, you'll find out that my classes are more than learning and demonstrating computer-related objectives. I engage students with a vast array of topics and issues that extend beyond the technology scope.
As a class, we will exceed any previous year's successes. I am excited and committed to working with all students in preparing them for success beyond high school with A+ certification. More details of this very important IT certification will be provided to students in the next two weeks.
That's all I have to say for now. Again, I am ready, ARE YOU?
Sa'a nu u poonedua,
"see you later"
(Traditional Paiute saying)
Mr. West
My name is Lance West. I have been teaching CyberCorps since 2003 here at NVHS. I've built the program from humble beginnings into the best CyberCorps lab in Washoe County. If there is one place a high school student can go to learn practically everything to SUCCESSFULLY pass both A+ exams, North Valleys is the place.
A little bit about myself: I was born in Reno, raised in Schurz on the Walker River Paiute Reservation. Schurz is a small town between Fallon and Hawthorne. I attended Yerington High School and graduated with my BA in Secondary Education, emphasis in Business Education from the University of Nevada in 2001. I'm currently working on my Masters degree in Educational Leadership at UNR.
The CyberCorps program has special meaning to me as I have seen the changes to the A+ exams evolve over the years. From being required to understand Windows 98 SE and floppy disk booting to Windows 7 and Solid State Drive (SSD) technologies. Technology moves at such a quick pace, that I cannot sit idly by, continually teaching the same content from year to year. Through constant research and acquiring the latest PC tech; I am able to offer high quality content to students.
I anticipate many students to enter this class with little to no computer experience, this is not a problem. We begin this course with a very basic structure and easy to understand terms.
If you ask any of my former students who've taken any of my classes, you'll find out that my classes are more than learning and demonstrating computer-related objectives. I engage students with a vast array of topics and issues that extend beyond the technology scope.
As a class, we will exceed any previous year's successes. I am excited and committed to working with all students in preparing them for success beyond high school with A+ certification. More details of this very important IT certification will be provided to students in the next two weeks.
That's all I have to say for now. Again, I am ready, ARE YOU?
Sa'a nu u poonedua,
"see you later"
(Traditional Paiute saying)
Mr. West
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