Standards

Keyboarding

Can touch type with all correct fingerings 10+ wpm with 92% 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 and highlighting tools, understands red/green squiggly line, can insert clip art, can perform spell check and grammar check

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

• Can type a minimum of one page in a single sitting

Presentation Software

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

Spread Sheet

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

• Can input data and create basic graph

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 makes a healthy media choice? 

• What information about you is OK to share online? 

• How does our online activity affect the digital footprints or ourselves and others?

• How can I be positive and have fun while playing online games, and help others do the same? 

• What rights and responsibilities do you have as a creator?  

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 make an informational name poem and a card. 

Slide Shows: Students will make two slideshows including a summar of their virtual business and presentation about a dream vacation.

Sheets: Students will track their expenses and revenues for a virtual business and plan a vacation using a spreadsheet. 

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 10+ WPM with all correct fingerings with 92% accuracy.

Internet Skills: Students will continue working with websites to find information.

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

Web Development: Students will build a webpage about a tourist attraction in California

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