Technology K-5 Supporting Document

Trimester 2  

ISTE Areas of Focus

Empowered Learner- Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.

Digital Citizen- Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.

Knowledge Constructor- Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.

Innovative Designer- Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.

Creative Communicator- Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.

Computational Thinker- Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.

Kindergarten

• Use technology to learn in a safe way
• Navigate an online environment using a mouse, trackpad, and/or touch screen
• Use digital tools to create illustrations and sounds to show what I know
• Explore web pages and use the back button, mouse, and keyboard
• Develop basic mouse skills (point, click, drag, drop, scroll)
• Develop basic keyboard skills (locate letter keys, volume control, delete)
• Identify basic technology terms (computer, monitor, keyboard, headphones, speaker, mouse, printer, cursor, icon, projector, etc.)
• Sort  information into groups using digital tools
• Observe visual patterns when looking at digital graphs and charts.
• Begin to develop basic (block based) coding skills (build basic sequence, reorder steps, change variables) using the Sphero Indi Robots

First Grade

• Use technology to learn in a safe way
• Develop basic internet safety skills with guidance
• Utilize the basic components used with the computer (keyboard mouse, headphones, volume controls)
• Continue to develop mouse skills (point, click, drag, drop, scroll, double-click)
• Continue to develop internet navigation skills (open/close tabs, click to open links, open/close full screen mode)
• Continue to develop basic keyboard skills (locate letter keys, volume control, delete).
• Continue to develop basic (block based) coding skills (build basic sequence, reorder steps, change variables)
• Sort  information into groups using digital tools
• Use digital tools to create illustrations and sounds to show what I know

Second Grade

• Use technology to learn in a safe way
• Continue to develop basic internet safety skills with guidance
• Continue to develop basic internet navigation skills (open/close tabs, click to open links, open/close full screen mode, refresh page)
• Continue basic keyboarding familiarity (letter location, space, shift, return)
• Continue to develop basic (block based) coding skills (build basic sequence, reorder steps, change variables)
• Begin to collect and present the same data in various visual formats using robots
• Begin to utilize unique student login and password to access student Google account, log out when finished
• ​Utilize digital drawing and design tools and skills to communicate a clear message (Canva)

Third Grade

• Utilize unique student login and password to access student Google account, log out when finished
• Continue to develop basic internet safety skills with guidance
• Use technology responsibly- make appropriate and safe choices online and on computer accounts
• Begin basic formal keyboarding - locate and use letter and number keys correct finger/hand placement (homerow, space, return, shift)
• Begin to develop skills of drawing, design, and animation tools (cut, copy, paste, screenshots, undo, whitespace, balance) utilizing Google Slides
• Continue to develop (block based) coding skills (build sequences, reorder steps, build repeated sequences- loops, change variable, debug issues) using a variety of coding programs
• ​Utilize digital drawing and design tools and skills to communicate a clear message

Fourth Grade

• Utilize unique student login and password to access student Google account, log out when finished
• Use technology responsibly- make appropriate and safe choices online and on computer accounts
• Continue basic formal keyboarding - locate and use letter and number keys correct finger/hand placement (homerow, space, return, shift)
• Develop skills for saving, printing and locating saved documents in Google Drive
• Continue to develop skills of drawing, design, and animation tools (cut, copy, paste, screenshots, undo, whitespace, balance) utilizing Google Slides
• Continue to develop (block based) coding skills (build sequences, reorder steps, build repeated sequences- loops, change variable, debug issues) using a variety of coding programs
• ​Utilize digital drawing and design tools and skills to communicate a clear message
• Create and record categories, using digital tools, for organizing information into major topics, sub-topics, and ideas

Fifth Grade

• Utilize unique student login and password to access student Google account, log out when finished
• Use technology responsibly- make appropriate and safe choices online and on computer accounts
• Continue basic formal keyboarding - locate and use letter and number keys correct finger/hand placement (homerow, space, return, shift)
• Develop skills for saving, printing and locating saved documents in Google Drive
• Continue to develop skills of drawing, design, and animation tools (cut, copy, paste, screenshots, undo, whitespace, balance) utilizing Google Slides, Google Drawings, Canva
• Continue to develop (block based) coding skills (build sequences, reorder steps, build repeated sequences- loops, change variable, debug issues) using a variety of coding programs
• Testing how automation works and using algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions using the Sphero Robots
• ​Utilize digital drawing and design tools and skills to communicate a clear message
• Create and record categories, using digital tools, for organizing information into major topics, sub-topics, and ideas