Standards

Keyboarding

Can touch type with all correct fingerings 15+ wpm with 94% accuracy

Word Processing

• Understands and uses the following keys correctly: backspace, shift, period, comma, question mark, enter/return, space bar, can use tab key to indent

• Can properly use alignment, highlighting tools, understands red/green squiggly line, can insert clip art, can perform spell check, and grammar check

• Can type a minimum of two pages in a single setting

• Can type multi-paragraph essay with proper format/grammar

• Presentation Software

• Can create individual presentations, including the following skills: add slides, font, textboxes, backgrounds, insert clip art

• Can apply transitions and animations

• Can insert images from internet

Spread Sheet

• Can input data and understands basic vocabulary (cells, columns, rows)

• Can input data and create basic graph

• Can input data, create different graphs

• Can format cells and graphs

• Basic Computer Skills

• Can retrieve and open a file

• Can name computer parts and knows basic computer terms

• Can name, locate and retrieve files

• Can perform these skills:

  • Right-clicking, Saving (incl. naming, selecting a location and retrieving a file),

  • Creating a folder, Renaming a file/folder,

  • Moving a file/dragging (organization skills)

  • Copy, cut, paste

Digital Literacy and Citizenship

• What does media balance mean for me?

• What is clickbait and how can you avoid it?

• How do gender stereotypes shape our experiences online?

• How do you keep online friendships safe? '

• What is cyberbullying and what can you do to stop it?

• What are the important parts of an online news article?

About The Class

Most children, and many teenagers, view the computer as a toy. The intent of my instruction in the computer lab is to help my students learn how to use the computer as tool. By the time your students leave Maloney they will be able to touch type more than 20 wpm, they will have strong foundation in word processing, creating slideshows, or working with spreadsheets. They will also have a basic knowledge of web design, graphic design, and coding logic.

Your students will work on the following assignments during their first grade year:

Word Processing: Students will write a letter to the president and an informational flyer about an important inventor.

Slide Shows: Students will make two slideshows including an presentation about a Native American Shelters and the results of digital business.

Sheets: Students will track their progress on typing tests and keep track of expenses and profits in a digital business using a spreadsheet.

Three Dimensional Design: Students will use Sketchup to a home.

Keyboarding: Fourth graders will continue focusing on increasing their typing speed while maintaining a high standard of accuracy. They will be expected to touch type 15+ WPM with all correct fingerings with 94% accuracy.

Internet Skills: Students will continue working with websites to find information. Students will also design a webpage about an explorer.

Code.org: Students will continue working on block coding during the second half of the year.

Digital Citizenship: We will complete several assignments designed by Common Sense Media.