Paideia’s Three-Year Technology Curriculum Plan

Paideia's technology curriculum is developed by a committee of teachers, students and technology staff members with the aid of a consultant. The NETS standards for students and teachers serve as a guide and the entire faculty participates in surveys to determine what skills teachers teach in their classrooms and what technology skill set students must have to be successful in a specific class. The technology curriculum is reviewed on a regular basis and the focus is on applications, communication and critical thing as well as skills. Learning and applying technology is a continuum. Careful consideration is given to when a topic is introduced, practiced, mastered and reinforced.

Last updated: June 2011


		I: Introduce P: Practice M: Mastery R: Reinforce
Skill area	Skill Components	K- 2nd	3rd- 4th	5th- 6th	7th- 8th	9th- 10th	11th- 12th
Keyboarding	Identify main parts of the keyboard (space bar, numbers, letters)	I/P	M
	Locate and use symbol and special function keys (shift, backspace, punctuation, accented characters)	I	P	M
	Demonstrate keyboarding proficiency		I	P	M
	Type accurately and effectively without looking at keyboard			P/M	R	R
	Type/transcribe from a printed source					I/P	P/M

Vocabulary	Identify elementray computer terms: mouse, keyboard, monitor, disk, CD	I/P	M
	Identify and define intermediate computer terms: file, document, applications, hard drive, disk drive, flash drive, account, software, and hardware		I/P	P/M	R
	Define advance computer & Internet terms: preferences, memory, flash drive, port, URL, USB, website/web page, search engine, cite/citation, software version				I/P	P/M	R
	Identify file endings (.doc, .pdf, .htm, .jpg, .exe, others) with the file type, and appropriate software for handling each file type				I/P	P/M	R
	Identify terms related to computer-generated production: desktop publishing, clip art, multimedia, ROM, scanner, digital, burn, CD/DVD burning, download			I	P	P/M	R
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Hardware Use	Properly care for headphones, mice, and keyboards	I/P	M	R
	Login in and out of a local computer	I	P/M	R
	Login and and out of their personal folder		I/P	P/M	R	R	R
	Hold a CD correctly, insert CD, open and close files	I/P	P/M
	Save and name files on local computer		I	P/M
	Save and name files to personal folders			I/P	P/M	R	R
	Retrieve files		I/P	P	P/M
	Print documents		I/P	P/M	R
	Capture still and moving images with digital cameras/camcorders.			I	P	P	M
	Understand why and how to protect hardware and software from computer viruses			I	P	M/R	R
	Perform basic troubleshooting skills to solve hardware problems			I	P	M/R	R
	Identify and and safely connect/eject a variety of computer accessories and peripherals including printer, external storage devices, camera, firewire				I/P	P/M	R
	Routinely back-up files on portable storage devices.			I	P/M	R	R
	Routinely anticipate and create an alternate plan for information and presentations in case of technology failure.				I/P	P/M	R
Skill area	Skill Components	K- 2nd	3rd- 4th	5th- 6th	7th- 8th	9th- 10th	11th- 12th
Software Use	Use age appropriate educational software
	Use library catalog	I/P	P/M	R	R	R	R
	Identify and use basic functions in word processing (typing, formatting, saving, copy/paste, undo, 'save as', 'save as text,')		I/P	R/M	R
	Identify and use intermediate functions in word processing including spell & grammar checking, thesaurus.				I/P/M	R	R
	Identify and use advanced functions in word processing including tables, insert graphics, foreign language characters					I/P	P/M
	Create a spreadsheet to enter, edit and organize data and to explain the results of the changes			I	P/M	R	R
	Given a prepared spreadsheet, use sorting and searching techniques to solve a specific problem				I/P	M/R	R
	Use chart and graphing functions of a spreadsheet to display data, and explain the differences among these styles					I/P	P/M
	Insert/manipulate digital photographs and other artwork in a variety of applications			I	P	P/M	R
	Create and manipulate databases					I/P	P/M
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Internet/ Information Technology	Understand and explain the differences between a website, a search engine, an online data base and subscription data base		I/P	P	M	R	R
	Understand why and how to protect passwords and personal information on the Internet			I	P/M	R	R
	Demonstrate effective Internet search skills, using a variety of search engines and advanced search techniques				I/P	P/M	R
	Effectively evaluate validity/reliability of information obtained from the Internet through URL, link, language, and other source information		I/P	P	P	P/M	R
	Be aware of and able to use advanced functions of Internet browser software (Firefox, Safari, IE, others), such as 'print selection', preferences, tabbed browsing, "find in page"					I/P	P/M
	Take notes, with citations, from Internet and other electronic sources using copy/paste, print selection, & multiple programs & windows techniques				I/P	P/M	R
	Use at a basic level the subscription databases (as appropriate) offered to Paideia School students				I/P	P/M	R
	Identify information necessary for a complete source citation (author, title, URL,dates of revision and access)				I/P	P/M	R
	Be familiar with educational applications of Web 2.0 tools including blog, wiki, social networking, podcast, tags, file sharing				I	P	M
	Be aware of and able to evaluate and use a variety of Web 2.0 information/social networking tools such as bookmarking, podcasts, blogs, wikis, media sharing, etc.			I	P	P/M	R
	Use online dictionaries and thesaurus effectively			I/P	P/M	R	R
	Understand the permanent public nature of Internet information (archives, caches, 'viral' information), implications for security, and future viewings of information posted to social networking sites such as YouTube, FaceBook and blogs			I	P	P/M	R
	Age-appropriate use of basic calculators			I
	Age-appropriate use of scientific calculators				I/P/M
	Age-appropriate use of graphing calculators				I	I/P	P/M
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Ethics and Safety	Respect others work on the computer	I	P/M	R
	Discriminate between ethical and unethical access to electronic information		I	P	P/M	R	R
	Understand and practice safe Internet use including using appropriate web sites and protecting personal information	I/P	P/M	R	R	R	R
	Be aware of and able to explain why hacking, plagiarism, copyright infringement, cyberbullying and impersonation are unethical		I	P/M	P/M	R	R
	Adhere to copyright and fair use guidelines and know how to identify Creative Commons					I/P	P/M
	Understand the legal and academic implications of copyright infringement and plagiarism					I/P	P/M
	Understand safety and ethical issues as they relate to collaborative technology projects			I	P/M	R	R

Multimedia/ Presentation	Use multimedia applications, such as iMovie, iWeb, and Garageband			I	P	P/M	R
	Utilize Internet media creation & manipulation tools				I	P	P/M
	Create a visual presentation using PowerPoint, PhotoShop, iMovie or web-authoring software and share with an audience inside your class			I/P	P	P/M	R
	Share a visual or audio presentation using PowerPoint, PhotoShop, iMovie or web-authoring software with audiences outside the classroom				I	P	P/M

Communication	Be able to use basic functions of e-mail including cc, bcc, & attachments				I/P/M	R
	Be able to use advanced functions of e-mail including distribution lists & formatting					I/P	P/M
	Be able to identify and use FirstClass (or other communications software) conferences and calendar				I/P/M	R	R
	Be aware of telecommunication tools and online resources to safely communicate with others, gather information and express ideas					I/P	P/M
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