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

Grade PreK Instructional Technology

What Your Child Will LearNWith assistance:

Empowered Learner

Digital Citizen

Knowledge Constructor

Innovative Designer

Computational Thinker

Creative Communicator

Global Collaborator

What Your Child Will LearN
With assistance: