Grade 2 Technology Operations: Tech Skills Checklist & Performance Tasks

Grade 2 Technology Operations

Tech Skills Checklist and Performance Tasks

Unit Overview

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Content Standards

2007 ISTE Standards Students Links to an external site.

2016 ISTE Standards Students Links to an external site.

Maryland Digital Literacy and Computing Pre-K - 8 Framework **DRAFT** Links to an external site.

Transfer

T1. Students leverage technology to take an an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.

Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions

Enduring Understandings	Essential Questions
U4. Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use an troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.	How can I use technology to be productive and solve problems?

Acquisition

Students will know...	Students will be skilled at...
Hardware, Software and OS Basics	Files & folders - Retrieve files from teacher-chosen location - Learning Management System Troubleshoot Computer/Mobile Device - i.e. power cords/battery, network connections, printer (out of paper or toner), case, peripheral connections
Navigating and Browsing the Web	Save or copy documents and/or images from a website - drag and drop
Formatting, Editing, Publishing	Create a new blank document Add text (i.e.: label or caption) to describe an image Cut, copy, and paste text Select and edit text - highlight and alignment Insert, edit, and use text box features - i.e rotate, resize, borders
Peripherals	Use devices to take digital images and record video - i.e. digital camera, webcam, video camera, doc camera
Keyboarding	Type first and last name Type or enter text/numbers combinations

Assessment Evidence

The students will demonstrate their understanding through consistent computer use and by completing a performance task in Google Drawing
The teacher will collect and evaluate the students responses on the performance task to determine if the student is able to apply each technology skill.
The teacher will keep anecdotal records of the observable skills to determine if the student is able to apply each technology skill.
The Grade 2 Technology Skills Checklist will be used to evaluate whether the student is able to apply each technology skill.
The focus of the Grade 2 Performance Tasks are to provide the teacher a means in which to assess the technology skills checklist as well as help develop students who are productive and problem solvers when using technology in the classroom setting.

Performance Task

Understandings/Skills	Assessment Evidence
Files & folders - Retrieve files from teacher-chosen location - Learning Management System	The student will be able to access the Performance Task Student Directions or weblinks shared by their teacher in the Learning Management System. **
Troubleshoot Computer/Mobile Device - i.e. power cords/battery, network connections, printer (out of paper or toner), case, peripheral connections	The student will be able to independently problem solve and troubleshoot minor computer problems by checking connections, supply, etc.**
Save or copy documents and/or images from a website - drag and drop	The student will save/copy an image of an animal from Pics4Learning and drag it to their Google Drawing template.
Create a new blank document	The student will create a new blank Google Drawing in Google Apps for Education.
Add text (i.e.: label or caption) to describe an image	The student will insert a text box that describes their self portrait.
Cut, copy, and paste text	The student will copy Pic4Learning URL and then paste into their Google Drawing.
Select and edit text - highlight and alignment	The student will be able to highlight the Pics4Learning URL.
Insert, edit, and use text box features - i.e rotate, resize, borders	The student will be able to edit a text box and change the color in Google Drawing.
Use devices to take digital images and record video - i.e. digital camera, webcam, video camera, doc camera	The student will take a picture of themselves using the webcam.
Type first and last name	The student will type their first and last name independently using correct capitalization and spacing.
Type or enter text/numbers combinations	The student will be able to complete necessary typing requirements both on the assessment and during class where they will type text and number combinations.
	** Assessment Evidence is Observable

Lesson Plan

The applied skills found on the Grade Two Tech Skills Checklist are designed to be embedded into technology infused lessons taught by both the Technology Teacher and Classroom Teacher. When planning lessons from existing Grade Two curriculum that incorporate technology, the teacher should refer to the Tech Skills Checklist and provide instruction and monitor student progress for developing skills and applied skills. Teachers should collaborate to continue to provide opportunities to practice these skills when appropriate in the Grade Two Curriculum. Below are links to the existing Technology curriculum units as well as other curricular units for Grade Two.

Instructional Resources

Instructional Resources included are all relevant materials for the Grade 2 Tech Skills Checklists and Performance Tasks. This includes:

Document Overviews
Tech Skills Checklist - Multiple Versions, Recording Tools, Data Collection Tools
Performance Tasks - Teacher Directions, Student Directions, Student Samples, Scoresheets