Grade 1 • Instructional Technology What Your Child Will Learn
Empowered Learner
- Identify parts of a computer and its peripherals: CPU, USB port, sound port.
- Drag a document to designated location.
- Select appropriate printer to print.
- Recognize and use icons to perform computer and software functions: print, save, undo, redo, bold, italic, underline, text color, highlight, fill, home button, back button.
- Turn on, restart, & shutdown computer/mobile device.
- Launch a web browser.
- Use basic navigation buttons - forward, home, refresh, stop.
- Use undo/redo tools.
- Select and edit text: font size, font type, font style, font color.
- Modify an image/object - i.e., rotate, flip, resize, change colors, patterns.
- Use tools/applications to create original images, videos, audio.
- Open and view a presentation or presentation template in slideshow mode.
- Troubleshoot headphones and problems with sound.
- Develop an understanding of appropriate keyboarding positions.
Digital Citizen
- Identify and use tools for online communication.
- Articulate and demonstrate ongoing cooperative and collaborative use of technology to contribute to an effective learning environment.
- Identify ads located on a website
- Identify appropriate responses when confronted with pop-ups, adds, and unwanted content
Knowledge Constructor
- Identify, obtain, and use information from electronic data sources such as databases and the Internet.
- Solve real-world problems using technology as a tool.
- Make informed decisions using technology as a tool.
Innovative Designer
- Demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
Computational Thinker
- Identify how coding is used in my life.
- Break down a problem into two or more parts.
- Identify patterns and trends.
- Code a sequence that includes a loop.
Creative Communicator
- Use word processing software to create and print documents.
- Use a graphics program to create an original picture.
- Create a document that includes words and pictures.
- Use a graphing program, with assistance, to construct tables and graphs.
- Create a multimedia presentation using various features (such as text and images).
- Recognize technology’s role in telecommunication.
- Communicate ideas or information using technology.
- Use various media and formats for multiple purposes.
Global Collaborator
- Develop age-appropriate digital media to learn and share information and works with others (e.g., collaborate with a partner to illustrate and present a narrative or informational writing using a collaborative graphic organizer, etc.).
- Share curriculum-related (grade or content level specific) concepts with their classmates, families, and others using developmentally appropriate online curriculum-based resources (e.g., online songs, stories, artifacts, and information about their lives, communities, and cultures.).
- Use technology tools to exchange- classroom to classroom- stories, artifacts, and information about their lives, communities, and cultures (varying levels of complexity).
- Share steps for using age-appropriate technology tools to create a product; use a partner or team to solve a problem; or illustrate a song, rhyme, or story.
Revised: 10/2019