Skyline High School - Wingspread Yearbook (Longmont, CO)

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E l l Hgh T ' ch Biz Business classes get uri line Since the business world has been using computers more and more, their use has enhanced the curriculum in the practical arts department. Many teachers used the com- puters for grading, but next year the computers will be used in class information processing and accounting by Mrs. Louise Sheats' business classes. If industrial arts has access next year, computers will be used in architecture, and depending upon the software available, the home econ- omics classes will also be signing up for computer time. A main reason for such interest in the computers in practical arts was that most of the teachers had taken computer classes and were enthusias- tic about computers. Computers are the future - we need to keep pace with the times of our education system , said Mrs. Karolyn Hansell of the home economics classes. xNot one of the teachers inter- viewed said that they wanted to see the budget.spent,in any other way other than on computers. lt is very unrealis- with our current budget , said Mrsjf Hansell. Many of the class curriculums were changed to include the use of computers in some of the class activities. Since more and more of the world was using computers, our classes also had to so that we could keep up with the rest of the schools in technology. The home economics classes used the computers to evaluate the use of the computer. So far, the industrial arts program hasn't benefited from the computer, but hopefully it will next year. It seems that the budgets of next year will include more money being spent on computer supplies such as: printers, software, more computers, and reams of paper. In a computer conscious world, our classes became more computer- oriented, and were working on finding ways to include the computer in all classroom activities. Scott Cox doodles with the Koala pad in drafting tic to we can purchase Class, 5 . i '-'-u A manual for machines language used in the 's computer science classes. The camera flash interrupts a timed drill in Mr. Marty Heaton 's third hour class. 156 Practical Arts

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M F' ng ernmng Biz Data processing ln the math and science depart- ments began not only the origin of the computers, but the beginning of their use at Skyline. Since computers were developed and then offered to schools, math teachers began to see the merging of computer skills and cur- riculums early. The computer classes that were offered branched out from the math departments, and some teachers, such as Mr. Malcolm Orton, and Mr. Don Specht, began teaching them. Many math and science teachers have taken computer programming classes. Mr. James Hanson has taken classes in Pascal, Basic, and Fortran language. Mr. Specht has taken many computer classes over the last twenty- five years. A second, open lab located in the math office was set up to be used mainly for word processing by the other Mr. Malcolm Orton assists Bea Moreno with a glitch in her program. classes established departments, such as language arts, and social studies. To obtain use of this lab, students were required to have a computer pass which was issued by Mr. Orton. The need for the new lab second semester came about when word processing was introduced to all the students enrolled in a language arts composition class. Curriculums of math and science were changed very little, but computers were still used by teachers to lessen the amount of work in tutorial ways, and to enhance certain assignments, and of course they were still being used for computer-graded tests and quizzes. As far as computers being used in math and science classes next year, said Mr. Specht, l plan to use the computer to teach basic programming in the math classes until more software is obtained in the field of secondary math. Mr. Hanson said that he planned to use the computer, To help special students, and to emphasize supplemental areas of study. 1 Q 4 .srss r.r i if miie s ig --if Pascal is a language used primarily for science and engineering. Many hours of a princ1pal's day are spent on me telephone. Mr. Bud Harris begins his work day at 6:30. Matl1!Science 155

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3 an ,.m.....s mwfw... wyndam MJ Mrs. Louise Sheats labels her computer disks. . .. an 9 7, , . 'vw' 'fr an 9' , ,wp-0 0' 4' - 'W 4' -V W was-Q... A popular unit in child development classes is the in-school nursery program. Justeen Rowton, Kim Scott, and Amy Smith entertain their charges for the day. Mr. Eric Christianson, metals instructor, does some machine repair work after class. Practical Arts 157