Information Technology Grade Expectations--Grade 5  (Page 1 of 3)

Basic Operations and Concepts

Students demonstrate proficiency in the effective use of technology by …

Use of Hardware

q Recognizing and using keys: shift, enter, punctuation, backspace, delete, tab, control,

and escape keys

q Using effective keyboarding:

Posture (i.e., back straight, body leaning slightly forward, etc.)

q Using effective keyboarding:

Techniques (e.g., eyes on monitor or copy--not the keyboard, etc).

q Using effective keyboarding:

Attitudes (e.g., willingness to change habits, persistence, and diligence)

q Right-clicking and using a contextual menu

q Using digital tools to capture images (e.g., scanner, digital camera)

Use of Operating System and Standard Features of Applications

q Cutting, copying, and pasting within a document and across documents

q Using Print Preview to review documents before printing them

Organization and Navigation

q Creating folders within folders (nested folders)

q Copying and moving files and folders

q Opening documents from and saving documents to nested folders

q Locating files and folders using the Search command

Information Technology Instructional Guide and Performance Assessment Tasks

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