Archdiocese of Milwaukee Integrated Curriculum Template
Archdiocese of Milwaukee 4th / 5th Grade
Integrated NETS Curriculum
1. Technology Basics:
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Specific Skills /
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NETS
Understand and comply with school AUP
(Acceptable Use Policy)
Practice proper ergonomics (sit up straight, use
both hands) at computer.
Learn how to trouble shoot problems with
computer before asking for help. (Problem
Solving and Critical Thinking)
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Develop a positive disposition towards being a
21st century life-long learner who uses
technology to: self-direct learning; create and
publish original content; collaborate and
communicate with others; and think critically.
Practices safe, legal and responsible use of
information and technology
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Bookmark
Boot
Burn
Byte,
Megabyte,
Citation
Drop Down
Export
File Share
Folder
Gadget
GIF / JPG
GPS
Hacker
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Hardcopy
Hardware vs
software
Import
Keyword
Search
Kilobyte
Menu Bar
Netiquette
Pinch
Platform
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2. Technology Vocabulary:
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Refresh
Search
Engine
Search
Terms
Share
Options
Spreadsheet
Swipe
Title Bar
Wi-Fi
Widget
Window
3. Technology Skills - Spiraling
a. Keyboarding:
 Begin formatting skills
o Insert a picture into a Word doc
o See Keyboarding document
Cords
plugged in?
Internet
Connection
?
Restart
with
teacher
permission
Specific Skills /
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NETS:
Specific Skills /
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 Attain 20 - 25 WPM typing speed
b. Understand file maintenance for naming and
saving documents – rename documents / sharing
files via online and mobile methods
c. Can find documents on computer / network and
share files on a mobile device
d. Can navigate an online content management
system like Google Apps
e. Can create a new folder / rename a folder
f. Open, close and exit programs correctly
g. Basic Keyboard shortcuts
h. Interact with teacher created lessons using
SMART board and/or Smart Response.
i. Can connect a device to a wireless network
4. Technology Projects Ideas
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A. Participate in a class project using a Web 2.0 Tool
(or hardware-based application) or mobile device app
that is used to communicate comprehension of a
content-based curriculum unit.
B. Publish the results of using a Web 2.0 Tool to an
online public site (Wiki, Google Site)
C. Use Kid Pix or other online or mobile app to
communicate information / data or knowledge about a
content-based curriculum unit.
Concepts and skills identified / practiced from this
project are noted in the right column:
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NETS:
Specific Skills /
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Open / launch
application
Create a text
box
Enter text
Use drawing
tools
Cut and paste
text
Change size of
font
Change text
color
Save document
Print
D. Participate in using an online graphic organizer or
mobile app to plan a report or show relationships
between elements, (ie, Bubble-Us, Dabble or
Webspiration)
E Create and interact with a simple data and
spreadsheet. Use basic formulas to add, subtract and
multiply. Graph data for PE or other activity.
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Open / launch
application
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Cell
Formula
Graph
Enter data
F. Participate in creating and PUBLISHING a class
book. Students collaborate and communicate
comprehension of topic or unit of study. Use iPhoto or
GarageBand or online Web 2.0 Tool (Mixbook,
SlideShare) or mobile device app.
G. Begin interacting with a classroom or school wiki or
online CMS like Google Apps. Get username and
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password and learn wiki / Google basics:
 Edit a wiki page
 Save a wiki page
 Change / edit font color
 Insert an image
 Use ‘Discussion’ Tab
 Create own wiki page and enter content
 Collaborate with others
H. Collaborate in an online project with an ‘expert’
regarding a curriculum topic or another classroom.
I. Applications for this grade level (s) (Use installed,
online tools or mobile device apps):
 PowerPoint / Pages
 Excel
 PhotoBooth
 iPhoto
 Keyboarding
 Web 2.0 Tools
5. Research – Information Literacy
a. Respect copyright / intellectual property rights
of creators and producers (begin discussion of
attribution)
b. Define format for attribution of sources for
students using library books, fiction / nonfiction,
internet images, websites, etc. (Follow ethical
and legal guidelines in gathering and using
information)
c. Discuss Creative Commons as a new way
(compared to standard copyright laws) for
authors to share and distribute their work
d. Question the validity of all information on the
internet
e. How to Search
a. Evaluate different search engines
b. Key Word Search
c. Internet Scavenger Hunt to use key
word searching
f. Website Evaluation (Evaluate information found
in selected sources on the basis of accuracy,
validity, appropriateness for needs, importance,
and social and cultural context):
a. Who is the author?
b. What is the date of the content?
c. When was the site created?
d. Is it reliable?
e. Is it accurate?
f. What is the difference between a .com,
.edu, .gov,
6. Ethics (see Cybersmart matrix)
a. Safety and Security Online
a. Private Information
b. Save Talking in Cyberspace
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Specific Skills /
Notes:
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NETS:
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Discuss
attribution
(author-ship)
for images /
videos /
websites used
in lessons and
units and
Smartboard
files (whole
class)
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c. Powerful Passwords
d. Handling E-Mail and IM
e. Privacy at online websites
b. Manners, Bullying and Ethics
a. The Power of Words
b. Group Think
c. Be Comfortable
d. Citizens of Cyberspace
e. Understanding your AUP
f. Speak Out
g. Whose is it Anyway
h. Do the Right Thing
i. Good Email Manners
c. Authentic Learning and Creativity
a. Purchasing Power
d. Research and Information Fluency
a. Choosing a Search Site
e. Twenty-First Century Challenges
a. Great Communicators
b. Cyberspace Country
c. What is a Network?
d. Imagining the Future
NETS-S Standards Key: For more information review ISTE.org/nets
1. Creativity and Innovation
2. Communication and Collaboration
3. Research and Information Fluency
4. Critical thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making
5. Digital Citizenship
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. This means that you can
download it, modify it and use it in any way if you attribute the document to the Archdiocese of Milwaukee / Laurie Yingling. To view
a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/.