Technology - Mrs. Lewis

• Properly use their mouse
• Log in and out of their Desktop
• Word, Paint and other Desktop programs

• Idetify, open and close Google Chrome browser
• Identify and use shortcuts
• Navigate idetified websites
• Understand Paint, and Word
• Understand use of tools
  • pencil, pen, spray can, paint bucket
  • Ability to use text option
  • Ability to change size of tool

Word Processing

• Open a blank Word Processing page
• Use "open" to locate an existing document
• Select and change font and point size from the tool bar
• Use Bold, Italicize and Underline tools
• Enter, Backspace, Capitalize, text
• Close Program

• Understand Paint, 
• Save a project
• Understand use of tools
  • pencil, pen, spray can, paint bucket
  • Ability to use text option
  • Ability to change size of tool

• Define the internet using age appropriate language
• Open Browser
• Navigate to specific websites

• Open Microsoft word
• Type out sentences
• Delete/Backspace text
• Use commas and proper spacing 
• Highlight text in a document
• Change and adjust text font and size
• Use "ABC Check"
• Use "Save As"

• Find and Open Microsoft PowerPoint
• Create a 5 slide Project
• Add text box
• Add clip art
• Save Project using "Save As"

• Navigate the Internet and Find Specific websites
  • Recognize Google home page
  • Select a hyperlink
  • Understand browser
• Use care and caution on Internet
• Use refresh and back tools on browser

• Proper Posture and Hang Placement
• Home Row keys
• Qwerty Row
• Bottom Row

• Word Wrap
• Highlight, copy, paset, insert
• Proper Punctuation for Paragraphs
• Application of format and style
• Print Document
• Save Document in specific folder
• Locate and Open an existing Document
• Insert Pictures and Clip Art

• Create 5 or more slide presentation
• Rearragne and delete existing sides
• Save and Save As
• Print a Project
• Use Clip Art and Insert Picture
• Use Animation and Movement in slides

• Explore Toolbar
• Research using Kid Safe Search
• Use Keyword Researching tools
• Copy and Paste Findings

Keyboarding

• Reinforce and encourage proper keyboarding skills to develop touch typing mastery. 

Word Processing

• Use Cut, Copy and Paste feature
• Align text in paragraphs (Center, Left, Right and Justified)
• Use print preview
• Use Save As (different name, location or format)
• Know difference between insert and overstrike mode
• Edit clipart to change appearance, location, color etc.

Multimedia

• Create, place, and adjust the size of a textbox
• Edit content of textbox by changing font size, color, and style
• Change background items (color, texture, graphic/object)
• Delete a slide from project
• Understand concept of different views of slides
• View a project as a presentation
• Rearrange slide/cards in a project using the slide sorter or project view or storyboard
• Save using Save As (different name, location, format)

Research and Communications

• Introduce a brief history of the Internet
• Discuss Copyright Issues (Age-Appropriate Language)
• Communication using the Internet:
  •  E-mail: Elements
  • Netiquette
  •  Cautions
• Electronic Encyclopedias
• Use an Atlas
• Use a Timeline
• Surf the Internet

Research and Communications

• Explain Search Engines
  • What they are
  • How they work
  • Searching skills
  • Cite electronic sources (MLA/Age-Appropriate)
  • Implement directed research: scavenger hunt
  • Use the Internet for tools such as dictionary and thesaurus
     

Keyboarding

• Reinforce and encourage proper keyboarding skills to develop touch typing mastery. 

Word Processing

• Create a folder
• Insert page breaks
• Add bullets and numbering
• Set character, line, and paragraph spacing options
• Change margins
• Create and modify page numbers
• Use the drawing toolbar 

Multimedia  

• Use template(s) to create project
• Add animation to project
• Create a graphic and add to project
• Add sound to a project
• Import photo 
• Create a live link to World Wide Web in presentation
• Add bullets to list items
• Change bullet type 

Database

• Choose a topic for a database
• Begin to create a database
• Determine appropriate data inputs for records and categories
• Enter appropriate data 

Spreadsheets

• Go to a specific cell
• Enter text, dates, and numbers
• Apply font styles (typeface, size, color and styles)
• Clear cell content
• Edit cell content
• Use Undo and Redo
• Use Save
• Locate and open an existing workbook (document)
• Modify size of rows and columns
• Insert and delete rows and columns
• Preview and print worksheets and workbooks (documents)
• Use Save As (different name, location, format)
• Check spelling
• Rename a worksheet (document)
• Use AutoSum
• Use basic functions (AVG, SUM, COUNT, MIN, MAX)

Research and Communications

• Internet Access (Explained earlier upon student request)
• Navigate: Right click to operate functions: select, properties
• Set Favorites/Bookmarks
• Explore history of links
• Use Boolean search techniques
• Explore directed research: Webquest, On-line Interactivities
• Develop multitasking/note-taking skills using Internet
•  (Selecting information from the Internet, copying and pasting to a word processing program, saving, and printing. 

Keyboarding

• Reinforce and encourage proper keyboarding skills to develop touch typing mastery. 

Word Processing

• Use the Grammar feature
• Apply borders and shading to paragraphs
• Create and format tables
• Add borders and shading to tables
• Revise tables (insert and delete rows and columns, change cell formats)
• Modify table structure (merge cells, change height and width)
• Rotate text in a table

 Database

• View single and multiple records
• Modify format properties; font, style, size, color, etc.
• Preview and print a report

Spreadsheets

• Apply number formats (currency, percent, dates, comma)
• Adjust the decimal place
• Modify alignment of cell content
• Cut, copy, paste, paste special and move selected cells using clipboard
• Work with series (Auto Fill)
• Enter formulas in a cell and using the formula bar
• Revise formulas
• Enter functions using formula bar (function menu)
• Clear cell formats
• Insert and delete selected cells
• Rotate text 

Research and Communications

• Communicate using the Internet
• Discuss ethics of web content: violence, hate, etc.
• Discuss ethics of creating your own site, social media page etc.
• Evaluate a website for accuracy, comprehensiveness, relevance, bias, point of view, etc. 

Keyboarding

• Reinforce and encourage proper keyboarding skills to develop touch typing mastery.

 Word Processing

• Apply character effects (superscript, subscript, strikethrough, small caps and outline)
• Insert symbols
• Create and apply frequently used text with Auto Correct
• Use indentation options (left, right, first line and hanging indent)
• Use Tabs command (center, decimal, left and right)
• Set tabs with leaders
• Create and modify headers and footers
• Create and use newspaper columns
• Create sections with formatting that differs from other sections
• Create hyperlinks 

Multimedia

• Create a menu to navigate through project
• Control timing of text, graphics, sound, and transitions of project
• Create a series of screens showing object changing in simple animation
• Import movie(s) to presentation

 Database

• Use the clipboard (cut, copy, paste)
• Print reports in various forms and views

 Spreadsheets

• Apply cell borders and shading
• Insert and remove a page break
• Set print, and clear a print area
• Move and copy worksheets (file)
• Move between worksheets in a workbook (files)
• Set up headers and footers
• Use references (absolute and relative)
• Enter a range within a formula by dragging
• Use chart wizard to create a chart Preview and print charts
• Modify charts
• Use logical function (IF)
• Use find and replace
• Insert, move, and delete an object (picture)
• Create and modify lines and objects
• Use the Help Menu (Office Assistant)
• Use templates to create a new workbook (file)

Research and Communications

• Read and discuss a comprehensive history of the Internet
• Download information/plug-ins (teacher-directed)
• Create a Website: insert text, graphics, and link pages

Keyboarding

• Reinforce and encourage proper keyboarding skills to develop touch typing mastery. 

Word Processing

• Copy formats
• Create an outline style numbered list
• Use templates to create a new document

Multimedia

• Create a user template
• Create a menu to navigate through project
• Control timing of text, graphics, sound, and transitions of project
• Create a series of screens showing object changing in simple animation
• Import movie(s) to presentation
• Capture video from source and save in digitized form if available
• Add digitized movie to project

 Database

• Reinforce previously taught skills
• Create, modify and print original reports 

Spreadsheets

• Set page margins and centering
• Hide and unhide rows and columns
• Freeze and unfreeze rows and columns
• Define, apply, and remove a style
• Use paste function to insert a function
• Set up headers and footers
• Use the Format Painter
• Merging cells
• Send a workbook (file) via email
• Create hyperlinks

Research and Communications

• Web Page advanced skills: for example, create tables, animated clip art, create a banner running across the top.