Grade 3 Technlogy Operations: Tech Skills Checklist & Performance Tasks

Grade 3 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 - delete, rename, save in multiple locations, locate and retrieve files from various locations, create folders in order to organize files Use special function keys - caps lock, escape, command, control, fn, tab, windows, multi-function keys, alt, print screen, screenshot Recognize and use icons to perform computer and software functions - alignment, bullets, numbering, textbox, full screen Use text to speech Insert and eject input devices - i.e CD/DVD, flash drive, SD Card, VGA Adapter Use mouse/trackpad to right click/control+click on a computer Troubleshoot common technology problems - sound input and output
Navigating and Browsing the Web	Know and use a bookmarking system i.e. teacher chosen - bookmarks, favorites, online bookmarking tools, hand-out folder, learning management system Access a webpage by typing in the URL Bar Save or copy documents and/or images from a website - screen shot and right click/control-click Login to web-based tools and subscription sites Conduct a web search by using an approved search engine Identify the difference between http:// and https://
Formatting, Editing, Publishing	Choose appropriate page/slide formatting features - orientation, borders, headers/footers Create original or edit existing images Insert, move, and resize an image in a document or presentation Use the spell check, grammar check, word count, and thesaurus Format text, lists, or paragraphs - bullets, numbers/numbered lists
Multimedia	Select or insert multimedia - i.e. video, images, sounds, narration Choose a slide format Rearrange slides using slide sorter or a storyboard feature to organize the document
Spreadsheets and Information Organization	Select a cell; enter or edit data in a cell Format cell - font size, style, color, alignment Preview, set print area, and print spreadsheets and graphs
Information and visual organization	Apply pre-production organizational concepts ie: venn diagram, flow chart, storyboard. Choose an appropriate organizer for a task. Create a graphic organizer. Use pictures and/or text to organize ideas
Proper touch typing techniques to keyboard with accuracy and efficiency.	Type or enter text/numbers combinations. Type at least 10 WPM

Assessment Evidence

The students will demonstrate their understanding through consistent computer use and by completing a performance task in Google Presentations and Wixie
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 3 Technology Skills Checklist will be used to evaluate whether the student is able to apply each technology skill.
The focus of the Grade 3 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 - delete, rename, save in multiple locations, locate and retrieve files from various locations, create folders in order to organize files	The student will be able to locate and retrieve files from the Hand Out Folder or Canvas Assignments. The student will be able to retrieve a graphic organizer from the templates folder in Wixie.
Use special function keys - caps lock, escape, command, control, fn, tab, windows, multi-function keys, alt, print screen, screenshot	The student will be able to use special function keys to take a screenshot of a Word Cloud created.
Recognize and use icons to perform computer and software functions - alignment, bullets, numbering, textbox, full screen	The student will be able to recognize the icons for bolding text, underlining text and creating a bulleted list in Google Presentation.
Use text to speech	N/A
Insert and eject input devices - i.e CD/DVD, flash drive, SD Card, VGA Adapter	The student will be able to insert and eject input devices when appropriate successfully.**
Use mouse/trackpad to right click/control+click on a computer	N/A
Troubleshoot common technology problems - sound input and output	The student will be able to independently problem solve and troubleshoot minor computer problems with sound input and output, but checking volume, connection, etc.**
Know and use a bookmarking system i.e. teacher chosen - bookmarks, favorites, online bookmarking tools, hand-out folder, learning management system	The student will be able to access bookmarked websites that have been saved to the hand-out folder.
Access a webpage by typing in the URL Bar	The student will be able to type the URL for a Word Cloud Website in the URL bar to access the website.
Save or copy documents and/or images from a website - screen shot and right click/control-click	The student will be able to take a screenshot of the word cloud they create to save a copy.
Login to web-based tools and subscription sites	The student will be able to login to Google Apps for Education and/or Wixie independently.
Conduct a web search by using an approved search engine	N/A
Identify the difference between http:// and https://	The student will be able to create a bulleted list that compares http:// and https://.
Choose appropriate page/slide formatting features - orientation, borders, headers/footers	The student will be able to change the orientation of a slide in Google Presentation.
Create original or edit existing image	The student will be able to take a photograph using Google Presentation and crop the image to show just their smile.
Insert, move, and resize an image in a document or presentation	The student will be able to insert the image of their word cloud into a Google Presentation.
Use the spell check, grammar check, word count, and thesaurus	The student will be able to use the Spell Check tool in Google Presentations to check for any misspelled words.
Format text, lists, or paragraphs - bullets, numbers/numbered lists	The student will be able to create a bulleted list comparing http:// and https://.
Select or insert multimedia - i.e. video, images, sounds, narration	The student will be able to insert an image of their word cloud in a Google Presentation. The student will be able to insert an image of themselves into a Google Presentation.
Choose a slide format	The student will be able to change the slide layout to Title Slide Layout in Google Presentation.
Rearrange slides using slide sorter or a storyboard feature to organize the document	The student will be able to rearrange slides in Google Presentation.
Select a cell; enter or edit data in a cell	N/A
Format cell - font size, style, color, alignment	N/A
Preview, set print area, and print spreadsheets and graphs	N/A
Apply pre-production organizational concepts ie: venn diagram, flow chart, storyboard	The student will be able to organize their research gathered about the life cycle of a butterfly before creating a graphic organizer.
Choose an appropriate organizer for a task	The student will be able to select an appropriate organizer to create the life cycle of a butterfly in Wixie.
Create a graphic organizer	The student will be able to create a graphic organizer explaining the life cycle of a butterfly in Wixie.
Use pictures and/or text to organize ideas	The student will be able to use pictures and text to illustrate the life cycle of the butterfly in Wixie.
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.**
Type at least 10 WPM	The student will be able to type at least 10 Words Per Minute (WPM) on a typing prompt, using typing software, or when completing work where typing is required.**
	** Assessment Evidence is Observable

Lesson Plan

The applied skills found on the Grade Three 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 Three 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 Three Curriculum. Below are links to the existing Technology curriculum units as well as other curricular units for Grade Three.

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