GRADES 5 AND 6

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CUMULATIVE PROGRESS INDICATORS

Technology Awareness | Keyboarding | Word Processing | Spreadsheets | Multimedia | Database | Graphics | Communications

GRADES 5 AND 6

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     NJ Technology Standards
     ISTE Standards
     CIPA
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Instructional Focus:  Technology Awareness/Skills

 

CCCS:  8-1 (Computer and Information Literacy)

All students will use computer applications to gather and organize information and to solve problems.

 

CCCS:  8-2 (Technology Education)

All students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, technological design, and the designed world as they relate to the individual, society, and environment.   

 

Goal:  To develop an understanding of and correctly use computer terminology (NET Standards 1, 6)

 

Objective:  The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Integrated

Projects

 

  • Demonstrate an understanding of technology hardware/software

 

  • Illustrate an understanding of basic computer terminology

 

 

 

             

Teacher observation

 

Checklist

 

Oral discussion

Skills covered in word processing, spreadsheet, database, multimedia, and graphic applications

 

 

 

Instructional Focus:  Technology Awareness/Skills

 

CCCS:  8-1 (Computer and Information Literacy)

All students will use computer applications to gather and organize information and to solve problems.

 

CCCS:  8-2 (Technology Education)

All students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, technological design, and the designed world as they relate to the individual, society, and environment.

 

Goal:  To use technological equipment appropriately   (NET Standards 1, 6)

 

Objective:   The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Integrated

Projects

 

 

  • Illustrate proper keyboarding ergonomics, knowledge of

            the keyboarding home keys, continual growth in keyboarding 

      accuracy and speed

 

  • Demonstrate proper utilization of computers, scanners, digital                    

      cameras, various types of printers, LCD projectors, TV

            monitors, VCR's, digital video camera

 

  • Observe established operating procedures

 

 

Teacher observation

 

Checklist

 

Oral discussion

Skills covered in word processing, spreadsheet, database, multimedia, and graphic applications

 

 

Instructional Focus:  Technology Awareness/Skills

 

CCCS:  8-1 (Computer and Information Literacy)

All students will use computer applications to gather and organize information and to solve problems.

 

CCCS:  8-2 (Technology Education)

All students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, technological design, and the designed world as they relate to the individual, society, and environment.

 

Goal:  To develop effective management of applications/information  (NET Standards 1, 6)

 

Objective:  The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Integrated

Projects

 

  • Demonstrate how to save a document to the file server

 

  • Demonstrate how to retrieve a document from the file server

 

  • Determine the appropriate software application(s) for a given task

Teacher observation

 

Checklist

 

Oral discussion

Skills covered in word processing, spreadsheet, database, multimedia, and graphic applications

 

 

Instructional Focus:  Word Processing

 

CCCS:  8-1 (Computer and Information Literacy)

All students will use computer applications to gather and organize information and to solve problems.

 

CCCS:  8-2 (Technology Education)

All students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, technological design, and the designed world as they relate to the individual, society, and environment.

 

Goal:  To develop effective and efficient use of word processing applications (NET Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

 

Objective:  The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Integrated

Projects

 

  • Use word processing applications to compose at the computer through the use of appropriate editing and formatting skills

Teacher observation

 

Student work

 

Oral response

 

Rubric

Biographies (http://www.biography.com)

Bio Card            Bio Poem

Scientists           Role Models

Menu

       Historical menus     Parts of speech

Newsletters

      School          Classroom

ABC project

Persuasive writing (http://www.cnn.com,      http://news.google.com)

Political Issues   Local Issues

World Issues   Health Issues

Personal narratives

Role assumptions of important figures

Role assumptions of inanimate objects

 

Instructional Focus:  Spreadsheets

 

CCCS:  8-1 (Computer and Information Literacy)

All students will use computer applications to gather and organize information and to solve problems.

 

CCCS:  8-2 (Technology Education)

All students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, technological design, and the designed world as they relate to the individual, society, and environment.

 

Goal:  To develop effective management of spreadsheet applications (NET Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

 

Objective:  The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Integrated

Projects

 

  • Apply an understanding of related vocabulary

 

  • Demonstrate an ability to:

      Enter and edit data

            Insert a header/footer

            Create formulas

            Format rows, columns, and cells

            Create charts from data

            Use fill down, fill right, and fill special functions

            Sort data

            Use the display functions

 

 

Teacher observation

 

Student work

 

Oral response

 

Rubric

Math calculations/problem solving (http://www.math.com)

Stock market investment

Budget calculator

Floor plan dimension calculator

Car loan calculator

Pricing/discount/sales calculator

Grade averages

 

Charts

 (http://www.education-world.com)

       Colony population

        Country statistics

   Science experiment data

        Historical statistics

 

Instructional Focus:  Multimedia/Presentations

 

CCCS:  8-1 (Computer and Information Literacy)

All students will use computer applications to gather and organize information and to solve problems.

 

CCCS:  8-2 (Technology Education)

All students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, technological design, and the designed world as they relate to the individual, society, and environment.

 

Goal:  To develop an effective and efficient use of multimedia applications (NET Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

 

Objective:  The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Integrated

Projects

 

á      Apply an understanding of related vocabulary

 

á      Demonstrate an ability to:

Utilize an outline to organize information

Create backgrounds

Create and format text boxes

Import graphics from a variety of sources

Import sounds from a variety of sources

Create tables/frames

Create hyperlink to anchored data/image

Utilize digital still/video cameras

Present projects using LCD

Use sound files

Use graphic files

Use video files

Import/Export multimedia files

Teacher observation

 

Student work

 

Oral response

 

Rubric

Presentation/web page (http://www.education-world.com)

Plant concepts

Animal concepts

Weather concepts

North American explorer

African American history

Student profile

Book report

Review game

Health issues

Math concepts

Country statistics

Ancient civilizations

 

Digital Video (http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/)

Instructional

Informative

 

Instructional Focus:  Databases

 

CCCS:  8-1 (Computer and Information Literacy)

All students will use computer applications to gather and organize information and to solve problems.

 

CCCS:  8-2 (Technology Education)

All students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, technological design, and the designed world as they relate to the individual, society, and environment.

 

Goal:  To develop effective and efficient use of database applications (NET Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

 

Objective:  The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Integrated

Projects

 

  • Apply an understanding of related vocabulary

 

  • Create fields and enter data

 

  • Demonstrate an ability to search a database to retrieve information

 

  • Manipulate data using sort, match, and find

 

  • Design and format layout (including font/backgrounds)

 

  • Demonstrate an ability to utilize mail/merge function

 

Teacher observation

 

Student work

 

Oral response

 

Comparisons/Contrasts (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/)

African American history

North American explorers

Ancient cultural statistics

Modern cultural statistics

Country statistics

Scientific data

 

Merge

Holiday card

Friendly letter

Invitation

 

 

Instructional Focus:  Graphics Applications

 

CCCS:  8-1 (Computer and Information Literacy)

All students will use computer applications to gather and organize information and to solve problems.

 

CCCS:  8-2 (Technology Education)

All students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, technological design, and the designed world as they relate to the individual, society, and environment.

 

 

Goal:  To develop effective and efficient use of graphics applications (NET Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

 

Objective:  The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Integrated

Projects

 

  • Illustrate the ability to:

Use lines, ovals, and multi-sided figures to create drawings

Use colors, patterns, and shapes to create images

Import/export a variety of digital images

Manipulate layers

Manipulate objects

Create three dimensional drawings

Create basic animations

Select all/group objects

Cut, copy, and paste

Print finished graphics

Teacher observation

 

Student work

 

Oral response

 

Rubric

Biography (http://www.biography.com)

Bio card              Bio poem

Menu

    Historical menus        Parts of speech

Design

      Dream house floor plan; interior

      decoration, animal and plant cell

      diagrams

Flow charts

      Food chain, timelines, ecosystem

interdependence, life cycles, cell theory, 

           EarthŐs layers, sunŐs energy

Drawing/Animation

Political cartoons    (http://cagle.slate.msn.com/teacher/, http://herrickses.org/searingtown/library/cartoons/)

Current events                  Maps

 

 

Instructional Focus:  Communications

 

CCCS:  8-1 (Computer and Information Literacy)

All students will use computer applications to gather and organize information and to solve problems.

 

CCCS:  8-2 (Technology Education)

All students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, technological design, and the designed world as they relate to the individual, society, and environment.

 

Goal:  To develop effective and efficient use of telecommunication applications (NET Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

 

Objective:  The learner willÉ

Assessment Choices

Integrated

Projects

 

  • Apply an understanding of related vocabulary

 

  • Demonstrate the ability to access information through the proper use of search engines 

 

  •  Differentiate the quality of information found on the Internet

 

á      Demonstrate an understanding of the Acceptable Use Policy

 

á      Develop an understanding of online ethics

Teacher observation

 

Peer conferencing

 

Student activity

Distance learning opportunities (http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/)

Cross cultural connection

Interschool connection

 

Internet activities

Scavenger Hunt

Web Quest (www.iWebQuest.com)

Q and A from selected web sites

Data retrieval