4th Grade Technology Skills Development



      Development Levels
      E=Exposure D= Development of Skill IU= Independent Use
Grade 4          
Operating Rules      
  Clean Hands     IU
  Food, Drink, and Magnets not allowed     IU
  Respect for others work and space     IU
    Networks - Privacy files and folders   D  
    Passwords E    
  Body Posture   D  
           
Skills        
  Mouse Control     IU
    drop and drag     IU
    double click     IU
    right click to shortcuts   D  
  Listening to Directions   D  
  Opening and Closing Programs   D  
  Navigate within a program   D  
  Crop     D  
  Resizing Pictures   D  
  Cursor     IU
  Font       IU
    Color     IU
    Size     IU
    Bold, Italic, Underline     IU
  File Menu     IU
    Locating Folder     IU
    Saving Files     IU
    Printing Files     IU
    Print Preview   D  
    (Page-viewing layout) E    
    Page Orientation (portrait or landscape)   D  
  View Menu   D  
    Header (title, author, date)   D  
    Footer (page number)   D  
    Toolbars   D  
  Show/Hide Button     IU
    Proper spacing and punctuation   D  
  Select All     IU
    Double line spacing     IU
  Tabs (paragraphing)   D  
  Introduce Shortcuts   D  
    Alt + F4 (closing)   D  
    F2 (edit) E    
  Justification (Left, Center, Right, and Justify)     IU
  Highlight Text     IU
  Save and Scan Pictures   D  
    JPEG and BITMAP   D  
  Digital Camera   D  
    Video E    
  Networking   D  
    Logging On   D  
    Passwords   D  
    Navigating   D  
  Maximize, Minimize, and Restore   D  
  Zoom Control   D  
  Multiple Windows   D  
    Resizing   D  
    Tiling   D  
  Cut, Copy, Paste   D  
  Undo     D  
  Spell Check   D  
  Grouping   D  
  Ordering (send to back and bring to front)   D  
  Move/Copy Files E    
  Scan floppies and zip drives for viruses E    
  Format Disks E    
  Saving to different file formats E    
  Proper naming of files   D  
  Insert Clipart E    
  Create Graphs E    
  Columns E    
  Calendar E    
  Hyperlink Buttons E    
  Slide Animation E    
  Thesaurus E    
           
Internet Skills      
  Preset Bookmark Sites   D  
    Add their own E    
  Back, Forward, Refresh, and Home Keys     IU
  Saving to the Desktop   D  
  Netiquette   D  
    Net Safety   D  
    Ethics   D  
  Enter the URL to locate specific sites E    
  Copy and Paste to a Word Processing Page E    
           
Library Skills      
  Athena (automated card catalog)     IU
    Title Search   D  
    Author Search   D  
    Subject Search   D  
    Advanced Search E    
    Visual Search   D  
  Print Preview E    
    Previewing data before printing E    
  Operating CD Rom Drive     IU
    Proper Care and Usage of CD's     IU
  Digital Camera   D  
           
Vocabulary        
  URL   E    
  Anti-Virus E    
  Browser E    
  Format E    
  Thumbnail E    
  Virus Scan E    
           
Software        
  Multimedia Encyclopedia   D  
  Publisher E    
  Microsoft PowerPoint   D  
  Treasure Math Storm     IU
  Jumpstart 4 E    
  Kid Pix     IU
  Outnumbered     IU
  Microsoft Word   D  
  MicroType Pro E    
  MS Paint     IU
  Print Artist     IU
  Microsoft Excel E    
           
Portfolios        
           
Curriculum Integration      
           

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