Integrating Information Technology

For Kindergarten

Grade Expectations in Information Technology
Kindergarten

Basic Operations and Concepts

• Students should understand moving the mouse will move the cursor on the screen, and that clicking will select items. Students should be able to locate and use letters, numbers, and the space bar on the keyboard.

Social, Ethical and Human Issues

• Students should be able describe and use technology appropriately. That means they should know not to bang on the keyboard, and to have clean hands when they touch the computers, etc.

Productivity Tools

• Nothing at this level.

Communication

• Nothing at this level.

Solving and Decision Making

• Nothing at this level.

This page is a summarization of the GEs by Jennifer Fribush. The goal of the IT GEs is to integrate these skills into appropriate content areas and units / lessons. The IT Performance Assessment Tasks may be useful content neutral projects for integrating IT skills and can be found at:  http://education.vermont.gov/new/pdfdoc/pgm_edtech/performance_tasks.pdf

For 1st and 2nd Grade

Grade Expectations in Information Technology

Grades 1-2

Basic Operations and Concepts

• Students should be able to click and drag items with the mouse to move them. Students should be able to locate and use letters, numbers, the space bar, shift, return, punctuation and delete on the keyboard.
• Students should be able to launch programs from their shortcuts on the dock. They should be able to minimize applications, and log in and out of a computer. They should be able to create a new document, save a document, open a previously saved document, and print documents. They should be able to cut, copy and paste inside a document.
• Students should be able to use removable media, i.e,. DVDs, flash drives.

Social, Ethical and Human Issues

• Students should be able describe and use technology appropriately. That means they should know not to bang on the keyboard, and to have clean hands when they touch the computers, taking turns using technology equipment, etc.

Productivity Tools

• Students should be able to type text, select text and delete text. Students should be able to make text bold, italic and / or underlined.
• Students should be able to illustrate a simple concept using a paint application.
• Students should be able to enter information into a teacher created visual organizer template.

Communication

• While watching a multi-media presentation, students should be able to pick out the title, transitions, sound effects, animations, text and graphics.

Solving and Decision Making

• Nothing at this level.

This page is a summarization of the GEs by Jennifer Fribush. The goal of the IT GEs is to integrate these skills into appropriate content areas and units / lessons. The IT Performance Assessment Tasks may be useful content neutral projects for integrating IT skills and can be found at: http://education.vermont.gov/new/pdfdoc/pgm_edtech/performance_tasks.pdf    

For 3rd and 4th Grade

Grade Expectations in Information Technology

Grades 3-4

Basic Operations and Concepts

• Students should be able to launch programs. They should be able to navigate between open windows. They should be log in and out of a computer network. They should be able to open documents from and save documents to multiple locations, including removable media.
• Students should be able to create, name, and rename folders, and create folders inside folders (nested folders).
• Students should be able to use the shift keys, return, punctuation, delete, control, tab and esc. Students should be using effective keyboarding, including correct posture, technique and attitudes. Students should be able to copy, cut and paste within a document and between documents.
• Students should be able to use removable media i.e., DVDs, flash drives. Students should be able to capture images with digital tools, including a scanner or camera.

Social, Ethical and Human Issues

• Students should be able to document sources of information obtained through electronic resources (e.g., identifying author and URL).
• Students should be able to describe basic issues related to the responsible and safe use of technology, such as respect for property, maintaining confidentiality, etc. Students should be able to describe personal consequences of inappropriate use.

Productivity Tools

• Students can combine text and pictures on a single page. Students can add non-textual elements such as arrows, lines, shapes, etc. Students can manipulate styles such as fonts, style, size, color, and alignment. Students can use spell check.
• Students can enter data into a database to browse, sort and search.
• Students can enter data into a spreadsheet template, and explain the relationship between data and its visual representation. Students should be able to create a graph of numerical data.
• Students illustrate concepts using a paint program to show they can use: paint brush, line, rectangle, oval, flood fill, line thickness, brush shapes, and colors. Students use a visual organizer to illustrate a simple concept (e.g. concept map, web, bubble, etc.)
• Students use calculators for grade appropriate functions.

This page is a summarization of the GEs by Jennifer Fribush. The goal of the IT GEs is to integrate these skills into appropriate content areas and units / lessons.   The IT Performance Assessment Tasks may be useful content neutral projects for integrating IT skills and can be found at:  http://education.vermont.gov/new/pdfdoc/pgm_edtech/performance_tasks.pdf

For 5th and 6th grade

Grade Expectations in Information Technology

Grades 5-6

Basic Operations and Concepts

• Students should be able to launch programs. They should be able to navigate between open windows and applications. They should be able to open documents from and save documents to multiple locations, including removable media.Students should be able to create, name, and rename folders, and create folders inside folders (nested folders).
• Students should be able to use the shift keys, return, punctuation, delete, control, tab and esc. Students should be using effective keyboarding, including correct posture, technique and attitudes. Students should be able to copy, cut and paste within a document and between applications.
• Students should be able to use removable media i.e. DVDs, flash drives. Students should be able to capture images with digital tools, including a scanner or camera and import them into a computer.
• Students should be able to right click (control-click on a Mac) to get a contextual menu.

Social, Ethical and Human Issues

• Students should be able to document sources of information obtained through electronic resources (e.g. identifying author and URL) using proper formatting. Students should understand basic copyright and fair use guidelines.
• Students should be able to describe basic issues related to the safe and ethical use of technology. Students should be able to describe personal and interpersonal consequences of inappropriate use.
• Students should be able to talk about and provide examples of relevant and reliable Internet resources.

Productivity Tools

• Students embed original pieces of art in documents, and text wrap in word processing programs. Students can add non-textual elements such as arrows, lines, shapes, etc. Students can manipulate styles and formats such as headers, footers, borders, etc. Students can use spell check and thesaurus. Students can create a table.
• Students can create, enter data, and manipulate a database.
• Students can make a spreadsheet from a blank page. Students should be able to create a graph of numerical data. Students can manipulate format.
• Students use paint and draw programs to make original illustrations. Students can manipulate digital images using flip, rotate, resize and crop. Students can save images in multiple formats. Students use a visual organizer to illustrate concepts with topics and subtopics, selecting different shapes and colors.
• Students use calculators for grade appropriate functions.

Communication

• Students can create a slide presentation including title slide, graphics, text, voice, sound related to topic, scanned or digital photos, animation, bibliography and table of contents.
• Students should be able to describe the components of a web address.
• Students make a web page including text, graphics, tables and internal and external links.
• Students should be able to send email messages to other local users, remote users, and differentiate between an email and web address. They should be able to reply and quote the original text, as well as forward mail, CC:, and reply options.

Solving and Decision Making

• Students should be able to locate information that is accurate, relevant and appropriate from a variety of electronic resources, including digital encyclopedias, and the Internet.
• Students prepare a search off-line without using a teacher prepared form / strategy. Students implement the search using Boolean logic to locate pertinent information.
• Students bookmark sites relevant to their research and organize sites into categories.
• Students identify and justify decisions made (e.g. representing data, formatting, criteria for search, visual organizer). Example: What key words did you use in your internet search?
• Students select appropriate tools and technology resources to address a variety of tasks and problems. Students will apply technology skills to learning unfamiliar technologies. Students use electronic help to solve a problem.

This page is a summarization of the GEs by Jennifer Fribush. The goal of the IT GEs is to intergrate these skills into appropriate content areas and units / lessons. The IT Performance Assessment Tasks may be useful content neutral projects for integrating IT skills and can be found at:  http://education.vermont.gov/new/pdfdoc/pgm_edtech/performance_tasks.pdf

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