Grade PreK • Instructional Technology What Your Child Will Learn

Grade PreK Instructional Technology

What Your Child Will Learn

• Identify parts of a computer and its peripherals: desktop, laptop, monitor/screen, mouse/trackpad, keyboard, headphones/speakers, microphone, camera/webcam, CD/DVD drive, printer, power adapter.
• Identify parts of a tablet device - i.e., screen, home button, volume buttons, headphone port, camera, power button, microphone speakers, connector port.
• Use mouse/trackpad to point, select/click, double click, move cursor, drag & drop, and highlight.
• Use home button and touchscreen to open & close apps, navigate pages & folders.
• Use a tablet touchscreen to select/tap, drag & drop, highlight, move cursor.
• Files & folders - Open, close, and save files.
• Files & folders - Retrieve files from teacher-chosen location
• Log-in & Logout to the computer.
• Open applications.
• Use and adjust the volume control.
• Use special function keys: delete/backspace, shift, space, return/enter, arrow keys, caps lock, escape, control, fn, windows, multi-function keys, alt, print screen, screenshot
• Select appropriate printer to print.
• Complete a teacher-assigned template.
• Open a hyperlink.
• Navigate a website - i.e., scrollbar, arrow keys, gestures.
• Use basic navigation buttons - back. forward, home, refresh, stop
• Select and edit text: font size, font type, font color
• Select shapes or graphics to represent ideas. (Search through categories to find an image.)
• Within a graphic organizer or web tool, show relationships by adding or modifying color, shapes, and size, sorting, adding or modifying links and arrows.
• Edit, add or label information on an existing organizer.

What Your Child Will LearN
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