Grade 5 • Instructional Technology What Your Child Will Learn
Grade 5 Instructional Technology
What Your Child Will Learn
Empowered Learner
- Troubleshoot common technology problems: printer que, not being connected to the network
- Format text for a writing purpose - i.e. poems, letters, newsletter, research project
- Format text, lists, or paragraphs: indentation, double spacing, alignment
- Insert hyperlinks to websites or other files
- Apply principles and elements of graphic design
- Publish an original piece of work - i.e. webpage, ePortfolio, Blog, Wiki
- Modify the background & layout of presentation slides
- Use editing tools such as fill down and fill across
- Execute an understanding of appropriate keyboarding positions
- Type or enter text/numbers combinations
- Type at least 20 WPM
- Type words and paragraphs with accuracy and precision
Digital Citizen
- Explain how digital content is permanent and cannot be deleted.
- Identify private information that should not be given to anyone online without the permission of a trusted adult.
- Demonstrate the ability to protect online reputations.
- Identify strategies for creating strong, secure passwords and its importance in cybersecurity.
- Identify the roles people play in cyberbullying situations.
- Identify ways to model positive behaviors online.
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
- Apply my understanding of coding to innovative solutions in today's world.
- Break down a problem into smaller manageable parts and identify key information.
- Use patterns and trends in data to generate insights that will inform decisions
- Create innovative solutions using code.
Creative Communicator
- Become familiar with keyboarding functions
- 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
- Collaborate in pairs or groups to develop technology-based presentations or products for content-related topics using digital audio, photos, images, videos, or charts (e.g., interact independently or in groups via videoconferencing or blogging with young adult authors, musicians, artists, or scientists to collaborate on a multimedia product)
- Create and edit products in a variety of media environments (e.g., presentations, newsletter, video, annotated calendar, wiki) to effectively communicate individual or group curriculum activities, ideas or results to multiple audiences
- Use technology communications tools (e.g., online forums, blogs, email, text messaging, chat, voice over IP (VoIP), videoconferencing) to interact with students or experts from other cultures, communities or countries on a collaborative content-specific activity or project
- Working in pairs or small groups with assigned roles, use digital tools to explore specific subject-related concepts or content and present problem solutions or create original works using appropriate tools (e.g., animation and drawing software, visual data tools, graphic organizers, simulation development tools, programming languages, video camera, editing software, music software)
Revised: 10/2019
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