Vocabulary

• Use standard technology vocabulary to identify computer and audiovisual hardware
• Use standard and appropriate computer terminology

Care and Maintenance

• Develop proper care and handling of technology hardware and software
• Keep work areas clean and free of food/drink, dust and magnets
• Use hands only to manipulate or operate hardware

Computer Skills

• Identify parts of the computer
• Use the mouse for pointing, clicking, double-clicking and dragging
• Identify parts of the desktop/front-end screen
• Start, reboot/restart the computer with some teacher direction.
• Develop opening, using, closing and quitting a program independently.
• Develop saving and printing independently.
• Manipulate windows with teacher direction.

Keyboarding

• Sit appropriately at the computer.
• Develop keyboarding skills using left hand for left side and right hand for the right side of the keyboard.
• Locate and use letters, numbers, backspace/delete, alt/option, return/enter, caps lock, cursor/arrow and spacebar.
• Develop proper use of the space bar, punctuation and shift keys.

• Collaborate with other classmates as a team members.
• Respect other's work and workspace.
• Demonstrate appropriate behavior when using equipment.

Ethical/Responsible Use

• Observe copyright laws.
• Observe locally established policies and procedures for acceptable use of resources.
• Paraphrase; avoid plagiarism.

• Use delete and backspace
• Use arrow keys to move about in document
• Use various fonts, sizes and colors of text
• Use shift key to capitalize letters
• Begin to use the shift key to access symbols on top of keys
• Use alignment (center)
• Begin selecting page setup to change orientati9n of the page.
• Begin to use the I-beam to insert and delete letters, words, sentences and spaces 
• Understand word wrap feature
• Begin to use the Tab key to indent.

Graphics

• Insert a graphic from a graphic library found within a program. 
• Use graphic tools to create or modify a graphic
• Begin to select and deselect a graphic
• Begin to manipulate a graphic.
• Insert a graphic from a graphic library found within a program with some teacher direction
• Use graphic tools to create or modify a graphic

Information Access and Use

• Beginning in to use technology resources to locate information with adult help.
• Locate books by searching the online catalog by author, with assistance.
• Locate primary level information in multi-media reference ( a general electronic encyclopedia) with adult assistance.
• Cite the sources of information used,  with adult assistance.

• Name and use basic paint and drawing tools (ex. KidPix tools)
• Begin to operate instructional equipment in the classroom, media center, and computer lab, with teacher assistance
• Begin to use multimedia CD-ROMs with teacher assistance
• Begin to develop the use of storyboarding.
• Begin to use a multimedia presentation product which includes graphics, and sound capabilities.

Video

• Participate in videotaping

• Begin to understand what is seen and heard.
• Use Multimedia Tools and Presentations
• Name and Use basic paint and drawing tools.