Third Grade Technology:
Primary Objectives:
- Student learns proper posture for keyboarding.
- Student learns to identify touch keys.
- Student understands reach keys.
- Student learns to type basic punctuation.
- Student learns to type home row, upper row, lower row, shift and number row keys.
- Student learns to type letters without looking at the keyboard.
Secondary Objectives:
- Student learns and practices using technology for real-world application.
Fourth Grade Technology:
Primary Objectives:
- Student learns to format font style, color, and size.
- Student learns to format paragraph alignment and spacing.
- Student learns to insert page breaks.
- Student learns to insert symbols.
- Student learns to move text around and revise a document.
- Student learns to rearrange pictures and specify text wrap.
Secondary Objectives:
- Student evaluates the use of pictures that accompany text and moves pictures to logical locations.
- Student rearranges text into a logical order.
- Student revises and reviews a document as part of the writing process.
- Student uses symbols with text to communicate.
Fifth Grade Technology:
Primary Objectives:
- Students avoid posting material that might embarrass or harm themselves.
- Students learn how to convey emotion respectfully online, and how to handle any offensive or insulting material they may receive.
- Students learn that if someone writes them a message that makes them feel bad, they should show it to a teacher or parent before deleting it and not reply.
- Students limit the personal information they share online.
- Students recognize the need to be cautious in making new online connections.
- Students understand that strong emotions can cause them to do or say things they may later regret, and that they should think twice before posting online.
- Students use privacy settings on social networks to restrict who can communicate with them.
- Students use techniques to make their passwords strong and they do not share them with anyone.
Secondary Objectives:
- Students correctly use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively.
- Students demonstrate sound reasoning as they use the Internet.
- Students learn to use emoticons to communicate emotion.
- Students make safe choices with social media.
- Students respond appropriately to online communications.
- Students understand responsibilities within a digital environment.
Third/Fourth/Fifth Grade Love of Reading:
Colorado Children's Book Award Nominees
