Kindergarten Computer
- demonstrate proper use and care of all technology equipment
- demonstrate proper posture and position
- identify hardware pieces (keyboard, mouse, monitor, hard drive, headphones)
- click and double-click using mouse
- open new word processing documents
- identify keys on home row (a s d f j k l ;)
- place fingers on home row
- type keys in home row
- use software programs
First Grade Computer
- demonstrate proper use and care of all technology equipment
- demonstrate proper posture and position
- identify hardware pieces (keyboard, mouse, monitor, hard drive, printer, CPU, disk)
- use mouse
- demonstrate placing a curser
- use correct computer terminology
- open and create word processing documents with graphics
- use home row
- create upper and lower case letters
- use shift, spacebar, and return keys
- use software programs
Second Grade Computer
- demonstrate proper use and care of all technology equipment
- demonstrate proper posture and position
- identify hardware
- use mouse
- demonstrate placing a curser
- understand and use basic computer terminology
- create word processing documents with graphics
- use home row
- create upper and lower case letters, numbers, and end marks
- select font, size, and style
- use shift, spacebar, return, and delete keys
- save and retrieve documents
- print documents
- use software programs
Third Grade Computer
- demonstrate proper use and care of all technology equipment
- demonstrate proper posture and position
- identify and define hardware pieces
- use mouse
- demonstrate placing a curser
- understand and use basic computer technology
- create and edit (cut, copy, paste, spell check) word processing documents
- select font, size, and style
- use home row
- use shift, spacebar, return, delete, backspace, and tab keys
- position curser
- save and retrieve documents
- print documents
- use software programs
Fourth Grade Computer
- demonstrate proper use and care of all technology equipment
- demonstrate proper posture and position
- define and describe the function of hardware pieces
- use and define computer terminology
- create and edit word processing documents
- use special function keys
- use home row
- use pointer and middle fingers on correct keys (Pointer: r t y u g h v b n m ; Middle: e i c ,)
- save and retrieve documents
- print documents
- connect on-line
- search for specific information using a search engine
- recognize and respect basic copyright laws
- use software programs
Fifth Grade Computer
- demonstrate proper use and care of all technology equipment
- demonstrate proper posture and position
- describe function of hardware pieces
- use and explain computer terminology
- create and edit word processing documents
- use toolbar and special function keys
- identify and demonstrate correct finger position on all keys
- save and retrieve documents
- print documents
- connect on-line
- search for specific information using a search engine
- demonstrate appropriate use of internet sites
- recognize and respect basic copyright laws
- use software programs
Sixth Grade Computer
- demonstrate proper use and care of all technology equipment
- demonstrate proper posture and position
- create and edit word processing documents
- use toolbar, special function keys, and keyboard shortcuts
- save, retrieve, and print documents
- insert headers and footers in documents
- create an outline with appropriate use of tabs
- use thesaurus and dictionary in word processing program
- use correct keyboarding skills to type 15 words per minute
- identify and solve simple problems
- search for specific information using a search engine
- demonstrate appropriate use of internet sites
- recognize and respect basic copyright laws
- use software programs
Seventh Grade Computer
- demonstrate proper use and care of all technology equipment
- demonstrate proper posture and position
- create word processing documents using all word processing functions
- format a report
- create an outline with appropriate use of tabs
- use thesaurus and dictionary in word processing program
- use correct keyboarding skills to type 20 words per minute
- identify, solve, and analyze simple problems
- create a graphic organizer
- search for specific information using a search engine
- demonstrate appropriate use of internet sites
- recognize and respect basic copyright laws
- use software programs
Eighth Grade Computer
- demonstrate proper use and care of all technology equipment
- demonstrate proper posture and position
- create word processing documents using all word processing functions
- create an outline with appropriate use of tabs
- plan and design a multimedia presentation using a scanner, digital camera, and imported sound
- use correct keyboarding skills to type 25 words per minute
- solve and analyze simple problems
- search for specific information using a search engine
- demonstrate appropriate use of internet sites
- recognize and respect basic copyright laws
- use software programs