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1.  Students should understand and use technology terms.

Lab, computer, mouse, monitor, screen, click, keyboard, AppleQ

Previous plus program, CD, print/printer, Internet, Bookmark, Favorites bar, icon

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Hard drive, Web site, favorite, type, document, save/don’t save, desktop

Previous plus word process, save as, open, file, close, highlight, font, Power Point, slide, animation, presentation, AlphaSmart, cut, paste

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spellcheck, thesaurus, indent, tab, insert, delete, move, web quest, search/search engine, filter,

Print preview, folder

. Previous plus function keys, cable, force quit, download

2.  Students should correctly and safely use technology equipment, software, and programs.

Correct use of mouse

Open and close a program

Click only on appropriate icons

Use keyboard to type first name

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Change from one program to another

Print

Be familiar with at least 4 software programs

Be acquainted with one Internet web site

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Move from one Internet program to another

Move correctly within an Internet web site

Use bookmarks.

Com to select programs

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Use DPS data bases to conduct simple searches

Type in a basic internet URL

Locate and use information in a web site

Use MSWord to type a basic paragraph.  Save, open, and close.

Use AlphaSmarts.

Complete a basic PowerPoint show.

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Use a search engine to conduct search

Distinguish between helpful and not so helpful search results

Use MSWord to type a longer piece of writing.

Use spellCheck, change font with Word.

Create a folder in which to save documents.

Type with, edit with AlphaSmarts.

Experience a web quest.

Complete a Power Point show with pictures.

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Complete a web quest.

Use various sources of information to complete a nonfiction report.

Use MSWord to complete nonfiction report, including spellcheck, fonts, heading, thesaurus.

Create a Power Point show with imported pictures, photographs and sounds.

Learn to use Recent Documents to locate a document.

Use “Go,” to locate a previous web site.

3.  Students should be familiar with keyboarding.

Be able to type own first name without worrying about capitals.

Use AppleQ to close a program.

Increase and decrease volume using volume keys.

Type own name with capitals.

Identify space bar, return, delete, and shift keys.

Use AppleP to print.

Remove a CD using CD key.

Become familiar with home row keys.

Identify number row.

Identify use of one function key.

Type home row keys in correct keyboard position.

Type name in correct keyboard position.

Understand difference between CAPS LOCK and SHIFT.

Use ESC key.

Complete keyboarding course which includes entire keyboard plus capitals.

Type paragraph using correct keyboarding position with Speedskins.

Type confidently when asked to type correctly using Speedskins.

Type correctly at least 20 words per minute.

Complete a document using correct keyboarding position.

4.  Students should see a connection between technology and classroom learning.

Use software that enhances Pre-reading or math skills.

Use software that aides in phonics development and early math skills.

Use software that aides in math reasoning and reading for comprehension.

Begin using the Internet to research and report on a topic.

Become acquainted at least one LION database.

Practice basic Internet searches, data base searches and web quests.

Complete a research paper, in conjunction with the classroom teacher, using Internet research skills and databases.

5.  Students should experience word processing.

Type their own names in Kid Pix and print them out.

Type their names in Kid Pix, along with a few basic words.

Use Kid Pix to compose two-three sentences and print.

Begin using MSWord to type basic sentences and paragraphs.

Learn to save in a personal folder.

Become proficient in using the basics of MSWord.

Be able to type, change fonts, change sizes, format documents and paragraphs, spell check, save, and print.

6.  Students should experience a multi-media presentation.

View at least one multi-media presentation done by the computer teacher.

Regularly view multi-media presentations by the computer teacher.

Do their own slide show using Kid Pix.

Make and present a basic slide show using Power Point.

Make and present a more complex slide show using Power Point.

Incorporate digital photos, scanned documents, and other media into a Power Point presentation.

7.  Students are able to manage their technology independently.

Students enter and leave the lab correctly.

Students click on activity as instructed.

Students open and close activities without help from teacher.

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Students manage their own behavior independently.

Students know what to do and what to do when they are finished with an activity.

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Students are able to move from one program to another on their own.

Students use self-paced software without teacher intervention.

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Students begin learning to work in partners/teams for technology projects.

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Students frequently work in groups/partners and assist each other as appropriate.

Students begin to search independently for resources needed for projects.

Students complete at least one web quest.

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Students move freely around the room without disruption to locate resources and to confer with partners

Students routinely problem solve with teachers and peers

8.  Students learn to manage and save their work.

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Students understand that work is saved when they leave their Kindergarten activity.

Students understand that some work must be saved after completion.

Students save one activity in Kid Pix.

Students learn to save an activity to the desktop.

Students learn to save items to their personal folder on the desktop.

Students create and save to a personal folder on the file server.

Students learn to create a folder on the file server, add and delete items, and access the folder from other computers than the lab.