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
With assistance:
Empowered Learner
- Use software and hardware appropriately.
- With assistance type first and last name
- With assistance type or enter text/number combinations
- Identify the different parts of a Chromebook and how they function.
Digital Citizen
- Understand the importance of being safe, responsible, and respectful online.
Knowledge Constructor
- With assistance, identify, obtain, and use information from electronic data sources such as databases and the Internet.
Innovative Designer
- With assistance, contribute to the solution of real-world problems and make informed decisions using technology as a tool.
- With assistance, demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and contribute to the development of innovative products and processes using technology
Computational Thinker
- With assistance, identify how coding is used in my life.
- With assistance, identify patterns
- With assistance, create a sequence to reach a goal
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.
- Construct tables and graphs with assistance.
- Contribute to a multimedia presentation.
- Communicate ideas or information using technology.
- With assistance, use various media and formats for multiple purposes.
Global Collaborator
- Recognize technology’s role in the world around them.
Revised: 12/2022