The table below outlines how specific computer hardware and software skills progress as students progress through the school.
At the end of each school year, students will be able to...
| Year |
Email and Internet Communication |
| Kindergarten |
- View a web page
- Participate in whole-class projects to exchange electronic information (contribute in a class email message to a partner class)
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| Grade 1 |
- Navigate from one screen to another using hyperlinks
- Contribute to a large group email using the components of send and reply
- Participate in whole class projects to exchange electronic information.
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| Grade 2 |
- Review web pages already visited using the back/forward buttons from the navigation bar
- Login with username and password for their email
- Use items from the menu bar such as Go and Bookmark
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| Grade 3 |
- Access a browser to do a query using a search engine
- Type the keyword to search the correct information
- Observe copyright laws and make references
- Compose an email message including an address line, subject line, message box, signature line
- Reply to an email.
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| Grade 4 |
- Evaluate a selected site using the following criteria: authority, accuracy, purpose, currency, and helpfulness
- Observe copyright laws and make references
- Follow email etiquette
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| Grade 5 |
- Choose a site which best matches a query
- Evaluate a selected site using the following criteria: authority and purpose
- Compose an email with attachments and perform group emails
- Perform advanced searches with +, and, -, etc.
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| Grade 6 |
- Send email with attachments
- Make an address book in an email
- Demonstrate clarity in telecommunications exchanges (state the key idea or question, provide necessary information)
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| Grade 7 |
- Use Email to communicate with a variety of people
- Compose a subject line that summarizes the content of a message.
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| Grade 8 |
- Use Internet resources to communicate with a variety of groups
- Summarize ideas, state opinions, copy original questions
- Create a personal webpage
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| Grade 9 |
- Use e-groups, listserves, bulletin boards
- Create a personal web page advocating a point of view to students in other parts of the world with links to at least three pages.
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| Grade 10 |
- Use e-groups, listserves, bulletin boards, and messaging
- Create a website for a classroom project advocating a point view with links to at least five additional pages.
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| Grade 11 |
- Use e-groups, listserves, bulletin boards, messaging and chat groups
- Create a website for a classroom project advocating a point view with links to at least eight additional pages.
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| Grade 12 |
- Use various on-line communication tools and filter out unwanted participants
- Create a website for a classroom project advocating a point view with at least 10 pages and links to reliable sources.
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