Elementary
Technology Standards for Students
1. Basic Operations and Concepts
• Students demonstrate a sound understating of the nature and operation
of technology systems.
• Students are proficient in the use of technology.
Students will be able to:
Grade Level Activities
Learn how to log on to the network
using username
Learn how to log off / Restart the
computer
Learn how to use the mouse properly
Learn how to single click with the
mouse
Learn how to double click with the
mouse
Learn how to click, hold, & drag with
the mouse
Learn how to right click and use menu
options
Identify letters and numbers on the
computer keyboard
Learn how to use the shift key for
upper case letters
Learn how to use the backspace key to
erase letters
Learn how to highlight specific words
to delete
Learn to type the alphabet using right
hand / left hand on the keyboard
Learn how to type the alphabet with
spaces in between each letter using
right hand / left hand on the
keyboard
Learn how to use the file menu to print
in a program
Learn how to use the file menu to open
a file in a program
Learn how to use the file menu to exit
in a program
Learn how to use the file menu to save
a file in a program
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Technology Standards for Students
Learn how to use the file menu to undo
in a program
Identify icons on the desktop
Open software programs
Use the spacebar, enter, delete, shift,
and backspace keys on the
keyboard
Learn to access drives and files
Learn to access the Internet
Learn to open, close, minimize, and
maximize a file
Learn the difference between “Save”
and “Save As”
Learn to change font and size
Learn to use the Tab key for
indentation
Develop speed and accuracy in
keyboarding skills (Begin to learn
the home row keys)
Retrieve and edit pre-existing
documents
Create folders and organize files into
the folders
Multi-task between applications
Develop an understanding of school
network access, home directories,
shared directories, and workstation
location independence
Choose appropriate file names for
documents to ensure easy retrieval
Practice proper keyboarding techniques
for upper and lower case letters
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Elementary
Technology Standards for Students
2. Social, Ethical, and Human Issues
• Students understand the ethical, cultural, and societal issues related to
technology.
• Students practice responsible use of technology systems, information
and software.
• Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support
lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.
Students will be able to:
Grade Level Activities
• Grades K & 1 – work with upper grade
computer buddies
• Grades 1 / 2 – As teacher shows a story
starter on the screen, students contribute
to the story and identify their own parts
Work cooperatively and collaboratively
as the only portion they have the right to
with peers, family members and
change.
others when using technology in the
classroom
• Grade 2 – Social studies Power Point
presentation for Community Day
• Social studies map of the borough of
Media 2nd grade
• Use of web quests across all grade levels
Cyber Smart curriculum lessons
Practice responsible use of technology
systems and software (using correct • Grades K & 1 “Is This Yours?”
login and password)
• Grades K & 1 “Go Places Safely”
Follow the district’s Acceptable Use
• Cyber Smart curriculum lessons
Policy
Cyber Smart curriculum lessons
• Grades 2 & 3 “What’s Private?”
Respect ideas and materials as property • Grades 2 & 3 “Whose Property is This?”
• Grade 2 & 3 “Good Manners
Everywhere”
Identify technology use in everyday life • Cyber Smart curriculum lessons
Recognize that the copyright protects
• Cyber Smart curriculum lessons
what a person, group, or company
has created
Recognize the need for protection of
software and hardware from
computer viruses and vandalism
• Cyber Smart curriculum lessons
Accurately cite sources of copyrighted
• Use www.noodletools.com to site
materials
resources in assignments
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Elementary
Technology Standards for Students
3. Technology Productivity Tools
• Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase
productivity, and promote creativity.
• Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing
technology – enhanced models, prepare publications and produce other
creative works.
• Students use a variety of media and technology resources for directed
and independent learning activities
Students will be able to:
Insert clip art or other digital images
Create original artwork using drawing
tools
Change text properties
Grade Level Activities
• Super Print, Microsoft Word, Power
Point, Timeliner
• Posters, cards, stories
• Story responses, illustrate sentences
• 1st grade – insert pictures into document
or poster
• 2nd grade – insert Native American
pictures into Research Project
• 3rd grade – insert pictures of planets in
Power Point
• 4th grade Power Point on state report
• 4th grade autobiography with digital photo
of self
• Geometry: Draw shapes
• 1st grade – Investigations software
activities
• 1st grade – Microsoft Paint or Kid Pix
• 2nd grade-create Symmetric design in
Microsoft Paint or Kid Pix
• 3rd grade – create picture of story setting
in Microsoft Paint or Kid Pix
• 4th grade – sketch drawing of car in
“Motion & Design” unit in Microsoft
Paint or Kid Pix
• 1st grade – change text color of words or
size of graphic
• 2nd grade-Bold main idea or topic
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Technology Standards for Students
Self publish stories
Collect, sort, and display data
Use the cut, copy, and paste menu
options
Type text without hitting return
sentence in teacher provided paragraph.
• 3rd grade – Change text color of words
that are specific part of speech
• Change color of introductory or
concluding sentences of paragraph
• Microsoft Word
• 1st grade – Kidspiration – Venn Diagram
activity
• 2nd grade - Kidspiration – “Souper
grouper” activity on solids & liquids
• Use of Graph Club with Chapter 1 of
math textbook
• 4th grade – create graph of PA products
consumed by class
nd
2 grade Kidspiration Pebbles, Sand and
Silt size order diagram.
Use of Microsoft Word to type paragraphs,
stories
Use grade level punctuation marks
Type sentences
Type own name
Navigate interactive programs using
active links
Recognize the benefits of word
processing
Create, edit, save, and print in a word
processed document
Identify the parts of a spreadsheet
(Formula, cell, address)
Understand and use the functions on
the standard toolbar
Understand and use the functions on
the formatting toolbar
Understand and use the functions on
the drawing toolbar
Understand and use the functions on
the picture toolbar
Create a multimedia project
• 1st grade – Reading and Math Hotlists (G
drive)
nd
• 2 grade-Native American Hotlist
• 3rd grade - “Math review” Hotlist
• Revision of stories
• Type story and change font to fit the page
• Use of “daily edits”
• 2nd grade shared activity (S drive) money
spreadsheet
• Underline title of story
• Change font of story
• Use “Word Art” to write title of story
• 2nd grade- use text wrapping feature when
inserting graphics in illustrated stories.
• 1st grade – Superprint posters
• 2nd grade social studies Power Point on
Community workers
• 3rd grade create Power Point to present
findings from “Planetary” web quest
• 4th grade create Power Point for state
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Elementary
Technology Standards for Students
Recognize common computer terms
and functions (e.g., Tab, center,
margins, fonts, bold, italicize,
underline, font size,
landscape/portrait)
Create a concept map for a teacher
directed activity
Use computer peripherals (e.g.,
Scanner, digital camera, digital
camcorder, printer, handheld)
Insert a hyperlink into a project
report
• 1st and 2nd grade - type spelling words
three times each using tab key
• 3rd grade use of “bold” on subheadings in
informational report
• 3rd grade use of “center” for title of story
• Kidspiration – Venn diagram to compare
and contrast stories, characters, etc.
• 3rd grade create a web for a specific main
idea or brainstorm story ideas in
Kidspiration
• 4th grade scan illustrations from book
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Elementary
Technology Standards for Students
4. Technology Communication Tools
• Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish and interact
with peers, experts, and other audiences.
• Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate
information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.
Students will be able to:
Utilize distance learning for
understanding of curricular
connections
Grade Level Activities
Grade 1
• Introduction to the DinoMite Dinosaurs
(Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
Grade 2
• High school Reader’s Theater
• African Masks (Cleveland Museum of
Art)
• Hanukah: A Multicultural Holiday
Celebration (CILC)
• Pen Pals across the district
• Native Americans (Heart Mind
Productions)
• Life Cycles (Silly Safaris)
Grade 3
• The Science of the Light Bulb (COSI
Toledo)
• The Gift of the Magi (CILC)
Grade 4
• An Unusual Pioneer Story (Minnetrista
Cultural Center)
• Historical figure re-enactments (Virent)
Grade 5
• Follow the North Star (Conner Prairie
Museum)
• Dirt on their Skirts: Women’s History
(Baseball Hall of Fame)
AGP
• Artifacts (Old Fort Niagara)
• History of Rocketry (NASA)
• A Place in Space (Johnson Space
Center)
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Elementary
Technology Standards for Students
Gather information and communicate
with others using
telecommunications, with support
from teachers, family members, or
student partners
Use technology resources for
communications
• Teacher web pages
• Videoconferencing with pen pals
• Sharing student Power Point
presentations
• Writing for Authentic Audiences: Online
Publications Which Accept Student
Submissions
Use technology resources for
• Ask “Dr. Math,” “Dr. Science,” etc.
communications with subject matter
• “Ask Jeeves”
experts around the world
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Elementary
Technology Standards for Students
5. Technology Research Tools
• Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information
from a variety of sources.
• Students use technology tools to process data and report results.
• Students evaluate and select new information resources and
technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific
tasks.
Students will be able to:
Type in web address
Access a web site
Locate and access information using
pre-selected resources
Use electronic search tools
Effectively phrase electronic searches
using keyword queries to return the
most relevant results
Grade Level Activities
• 3rd grade use of www.google.com to find
pictures for “Planetary” web quest
• 4th grade use of www.50states.com
• Hotlists – 3rd grade (G drive/ES Shared
folder) “planets,” “Math Review,” “Miss
Rumphius”
• Use RTM website to link to teacher web
pages
• Hotlists – 1st grade (G drive/ES Shared
folder)
• Hotlists - 2nd grade (G drive/ES Shared
folder) “Native Americans,” “Swimmy”
• Use of web quests
• “Geography Unit” hotlist for 3rd grade
• “Government links” for 4th grade
• 1st grade – use hotlist to access
Yahooligans for animal
information/assignments
• 3rd grade use “Google” to locate pictures
for “Planetary” web quest
• 4th grade use of library linked search tools
for research of famous Pennsylvanians
• 4th grade use “Google” to find
information on “Motion and Design” to
research history
Recognize how to use the community
of electronic databases
Use the electronic card catalog to locate
and access information
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Technology Standards for Students
Locate and access information from
online subscription databases
• 4th grade use World Book online to get
facts on migration / immigration
Critically evaluate web sites for
accuracy, currency, and bias
• Website Investigator tool to focus on
“Why visit?” “Why stay?” and “Why
return?”
Locate and access information and
images from multiple search
engines
• 4th grade use “Google” to find images of
state symbols
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Elementary
Technology Standards for Students
6. Technology problem-solving and decision-making tools
• Students use technology resources for solving problems and making
informed decisions.
• Students employ technology in the development of strategies for
solving problems in the real world.
Students will be able to:
Grade Level Activities
Select appropriate technology
applications to accomplish the
assigned task
Use electronic simulations for problem
solving
Use technology resources (e.g.,
calculators, data collection probes,
videos, educational software) for
problem-solving, self-directed
learning, and extended learning
activities
Determine when technology is useful
and select the appropriate tool(s)
and technology resources to address
a variety of tasks and problems
• 3rd grade use of Science Court programs:
“Magnets,” Electricity”
• 3rd grade use of http://www.electriccircuits.co.uk
• 2nd & 3rd grade Learning to Use Money
• 2nd & 3rd grade Learning About Time
• 100th Day of School resources
• 3rd grade Chickscope site for embryology
unit
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Technology Standards for Students
Credits
Glenwood:
Carin Newsome
Rachael Pinsley
Grade 5 / ITC
Grade 3
Indian Lane:
Terry Haskell
Emily Ferdon
Gifted Support / ITC
Kindergarten
Media:
Sue Williamson
Maureen Naylor
Grade 4 / ITC
Grade 2
Rose Tree:
Kate O’Brien
Susan Allen
Special Education / ITC
Grade 1
Technical Support:
Kim McCann Roller, Coordinator of Support Services
Coordinated by:
Patti Linden, Technology Integration Specialist
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