The American School for the Deaf Computer Literacy Program

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.