1st Grade

1st Grade Tech Standards

For first-grade students, the emphasis is on building upon their foundational skills and introducing them to slightly more advanced tasks that encourage creativity, collaboration, and basic digital literacy. 

Creativity and Innovation:

Students can use digital tools for creating simple works, exploration, and engaging activities.

• Create simple drawings and stories using digital tools/slides (Freeform, drawing programs, Keynote, Pages, Google Slides, etc.)

• Explore digital tools and manipulatives to enhance learning

• Incorporate interactive games (Dreambox/Lexia)

Communication and Collaboration:

Students can engage in collaborative activities that involve basic digital communication and sharing of ideas.

• • Collaborate on a digital drawing or painting project using a shared slide 

  • Use collaborative digital tools (Chatterpix, Clips, Google Classroom) to share ideas in videos

Research and Information Fluency:

Students begin to navigate and extract information from digital sources with guidance.

• • Conduct a basic search for information on a specific topic using an education website/resource

  • Use the given links through a digital platform and share one interesting fact

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making:

Students can apply basic critical thinking skills to solve problems using digital tools.

• • Solve simple puzzles or math games on a computer or tablet

  • Explore coding programs with and without Photon

  • Explain the steps taken to find the solution

Digital Citizenship:

Students can develop an understanding of basic online safety practices and responsible digital behavior.

• • Discuss and role-play scenarios related to online safety such as not sharing personal information, asking for permission before using technology, and identify cyberbullying and strategies to deal with such a situation

  • Explain classroom, and school rules (Acceptable Use Policy) regarding responsible use of computers and networks.

• Technology Operations and Concepts:

Students gain proficiency in using simple digital tools and interfaces for basic formatting and creative expression.

• Explore and use basic formatting tools in a word processing or drawing app.

• Turn on the iPad and log in

• Use icons to open applications on the iPad

• Locate and use letter and number keys

• Use menu/toolbar functions (e.g. font/size/style/line spacing/ margins) to format and edit documents

• Insert and size a graphic in a document

• Copy and paste images within the document and from outside sources