Students will:
 Kindergarten:

  • Know three basic parts of the computer (keyboard, mouse, monitor) and how to operate
  • Have keyboarding familiarity (become familiar with letters, space bar and return key
  • Know how to navigate around the keyboard and screen
  • Know how to navigate around learning games

    • Grade One:
  • Build keyboarding familiarity
  • Build keyboard and screen navigation
  • Build learning games navigation
  • Use word processing to publish finished work
  • Explore teacher-directed multimedia
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    Grade Two:
  • Build keyboarding familiarity
  • Build keyboard and screen navigation
  • Build learning games navigation
  • Use word processing to publish finished work
  • Explore teacher-directed multimedia
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    Grade Three:
  • Build keyboarding techniques
  • Build learning games navigation
  • Introduce hard disk navigation
  • Introduce internet browser navigation
  • Introduce search engine navigation
  • Use technology as a library resource
  • Explore information technologies
  • Introduce server familiarity (log on/off/navigation)
  • Build word processing techniques
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    Grade Four:
  • Build keyboarding techniques
  • Build learning games navigation
  • Build hard disk navigation
  • Build internet browser navigation
  • Use key words to search for information
  • Use technology as a library resource
  • Explore information technologies
  • Build server familiarity
  • Use basic image and text integration to develop skill in preparing and publishing word processing and multimedia documents and presentations
  • Begin evaluation of sites
  • Introduce spreadsheets
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    Grade Five:
  • Demonstrate keyboarding proficiency of 25 w.p.m. with 90% accuracy
  • Build hard disk navigation
  • Use key words to search for information
  • Use technology as a library resource
  • Build information technology skills
  • Build server familiarity
  • Build image and text integration skills
  • Build internet browser navigation
  • Build site evaluation skills
  • Build spreadsheet skills
  • Use search and evaluation strategies when searching for curriculum information
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    Grade Six:
  • Demonstrate keyboarding proficiency of 30 w.p.m. with 90% accuracy
  • Use word processor and spreadsheet to create tables, graphs, charts and graphics
  • Edit digital graphics (clip art, photographs, drawings) to have graphic compression familiarity, and graphic export library familiarity
  • Edit digital audio (recordings, music) to have audio compression familiarity, and audio export library familiarity
  • Edit digital video (clip art, photographs, drawings, recordings, music, video clips) to have graphic, audio compression and export library familiarity, and video hardware familiarity
  • Demonstrate internet browser proficiency
  • Conduct online research and evaluate the information
  • Use WWW to locate curriculum information
  • Use web-authoring tools to create an HTML project
  • Create a multimedia project citing sources
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    Grade Seven:
  • Demonstrate keyboarding proficiency of 35 w.p.m. with 90% accuracy
  • Use word processor and spreadsheet to create tables, graphs, charts, graphics, formulas, and functions
  • Select and use appropriate tools (WWW, CD’s, software and hardware) to collect, analyze and display data
  • Edit digital graphics (clip art, photographs, drawings) to have graphic compression familiarity, and graphic export library familiarity
  • Edit digital audio (recordings, music) to have audio compression familiarity, and audio export library familiarity
  • Edit digital video (clip art, photographs, drawings, recordings, music, video clips) to have graphic, audio compression and export library familiarity, and video hardware familiarity
  • Demonstrate internet browser proficiency
  • Use WWW to locate curriculum information
  • Conduct online research and evaluate the information
  • Use web-authoring tools to create an HTML project
  • Create a multimedia project citing sources
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    Grade Eight:
  • Demonstrate keyboarding proficiency of 40 w.p.m. with 90% accuracy
  • Use word processor and spreadsheet to create tables, graphs, charts, graphics, formulas, and functions to solve problems
  • Select and use appropriate tools (WWW, CD’s, software and hardware) to collect, analyze and display data
  • Edit digital graphics (clip art, photographs, drawings) to have graphic compression familiarity, and graphic export library familiarity
  • Edit digital audio (recordings, music) to have audio compression familiarity, and audio export library familiarity
  • Edit digital video (clip art, photographs, drawings, recordings, music, video clips) to have graphic, audio compression and export library familiarity, and video hardware familiarity
  • Demonstrate internet browser proficiency
  • Use WWW to locate curriculum information
  • Conduct online research and evaluate the information
  • Use web-authoring tools to create an HTML project
  • Create a multimedia project citing sources
  • Explore the impact of technology in careers
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    All Grade Levels K-8: Ethical Behavior:
  • Learn how to use equipment respectfully and safely
  • Respect your classmates by not manipulating their files, or server accounts
  • Know proper forms of citation for various resources
  • Respect network users and equipment
  • Evaluate quality of information found through telecommunication (appropriate to grade level) by applying criteria to evaluate resources
  • Understand and practice safety on the internet, including protection of identity and integrity while on the internet
  • Use other resources only with permission and correct citing of sources
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