HCSD K-12 Technology Benchmarks

Hornell City School District Technology Benchmarks

The table below outlines how specific computer hardware and software skills progress as students progress through the school.

Multimedia Technology Benchmarks

At the end of each school year, students will be able to...

Year Multimedia

Kindergarten
Use aspects of multimedia applications: sounds, graphics
Access Kid Pix or CD programs
Access drawing and painting tools with assistance
Create text areas in Kidspiration.
Use tools within an application to draw a picture (line, fill, shapes) with Kidspiration and Photo Editor
Select a graphic within an application with Kidspiration

Grade 1
Create text areas with assistance in Kidspiration
Select a graphic within an application with Kidspiration
Access and create sounds with assistance
Create transitions (visible buttons, screen transitions) with assistance

Grade 2
Create text areas
Use aspects, animations in Kidspiration

Grade 3
Perform the following in Photoshop with assistance:
edit text spelling, style, font, size, alignment, and color
cut and copy from other applications
manipulate a graphic within an application
create sounds within an application
create transitions (visible and transparent buttons, screen transitions)
manipulate information within a document (moving cards in a stack, changing information and text)
Use Illustrator with assistance

Grade 4
Perform the following in Photoshop on own:
edit text spelling, style, font, size, alignment, and color
cut and copy from other applications
manipulate a graphic within an application
create sounds within an application
create transitions (visible and transparent buttons, screen transitions)
manipulate information within a document (moving cards in a stack, changing information and text
Use Illustrator on owno Perform more advanced functions in Photoshop and Illustrator

Grade 5
Perform the following in PowerPoint on own:
edit text spelling, style, font, size, alignment, and color
cut and copy from other applications
select and manipulate a graphic within an application
access or create sounds within an application
create transitions (visible and transparent buttons, screen transitions)
create a basic animation with assistance
manipulate information within a document (moving cards in a stack, changing information. add video clips to pages or cards)

Grade 6
With assistance edit text spelling, style, font, size, alignment, and color
With assistance cut and copy from other applications
Select and manipulate a graphic within an application
Access or create sounds within an application
Create transitions (visible and transparent buttons, screen transitions)
Create a basic animation with assistance
Manipulate information within a document (moving cards in a stack, changing information and text
Add video clips to pages or cards
Produce a simple multimedia product (create a database layout to share results of an investigation, use a spreadsheet to calculate and display comparisons)
Select the appropriate software to produce a product (choose an interactive program to share information through text, pictures, sound and video)
Use simulations to learn about people, the world, and events
Use simulations to learn basic problem-solving strategies

Grade 7
Design and create multimedia presentations
Produce a simple multimedia product (create a brochure to promote an idea, design a web page to publish artwork)
Select the appropriate software to produce a product (combine previously made diagrams and captions in a slide show)

Grade 8
Design and create multimedia presentations, import graphics, sound, video and other files from a variety of sources
Produce a simple multimedia product (create a web page advocating a point of view to students in other parts of the world, design a database to share comparative information using raw data and summaries)
Select the appropriate software to produce a product (choose a spreadsheet program to graph statistical data, choose a database to collate information and to create layouts)

Grade 9
Use advanced features of multimedia programs (i.e. advanced animations, video, sound, transitions, can convert to html, can upload to webpage.)
Use multimedia to illustrate and support a complex argument, scientific process or point of view
Synthesize information from multiple sources to create new products

Grade 10
Use multimedia to support academic endeavors

Grade 11
Prepare a CD ROM multimedia project

Grade 12
Use all the skills of multimedia and create a presentation that promotes an idea, person or place.

Year	Multimedia
Kindergarten	Use aspects of multimedia applications: sounds, graphics Access Kid Pix or CD programs Access drawing and painting tools with assistance Create text areas in Kidspiration. Use tools within an application to draw a picture (line, fill, shapes) with Kidspiration and Photo Editor Select a graphic within an application with Kidspiration
Grade 1	Create text areas with assistance in Kidspiration Select a graphic within an application with Kidspiration Access and create sounds with assistance Create transitions (visible buttons, screen transitions) with assistance
Grade 2	Create text areas Use aspects, animations in Kidspiration
Grade 3	Perform the following in Photoshop with assistance: edit text spelling, style, font, size, alignment, and color cut and copy from other applications manipulate a graphic within an application create sounds within an application create transitions (visible and transparent buttons, screen transitions) manipulate information within a document (moving cards in a stack, changing information and text) Use Illustrator with assistance
Grade 4	Perform the following in Photoshop on own: edit text spelling, style, font, size, alignment, and color cut and copy from other applications manipulate a graphic within an application create sounds within an application create transitions (visible and transparent buttons, screen transitions) manipulate information within a document (moving cards in a stack, changing information and text Use Illustrator on owno Perform more advanced functions in Photoshop and Illustrator
Grade 5	Perform the following in PowerPoint on own: edit text spelling, style, font, size, alignment, and color cut and copy from other applications select and manipulate a graphic within an application access or create sounds within an application create transitions (visible and transparent buttons, screen transitions) create a basic animation with assistance manipulate information within a document (moving cards in a stack, changing information. add video clips to pages or cards)
Grade 6	With assistance edit text spelling, style, font, size, alignment, and color With assistance cut and copy from other applications Select and manipulate a graphic within an application Access or create sounds within an application Create transitions (visible and transparent buttons, screen transitions) Create a basic animation with assistance Manipulate information within a document (moving cards in a stack, changing information and text Add video clips to pages or cards Produce a simple multimedia product (create a database layout to share results of an investigation, use a spreadsheet to calculate and display comparisons) Select the appropriate software to produce a product (choose an interactive program to share information through text, pictures, sound and video) Use simulations to learn about people, the world, and events Use simulations to learn basic problem-solving strategies
Grade 7	Design and create multimedia presentations Produce a simple multimedia product (create a brochure to promote an idea, design a web page to publish artwork) Select the appropriate software to produce a product (combine previously made diagrams and captions in a slide show)
Grade 8	Design and create multimedia presentations, import graphics, sound, video and other files from a variety of sources Produce a simple multimedia product (create a web page advocating a point of view to students in other parts of the world, design a database to share comparative information using raw data and summaries) Select the appropriate software to produce a product (choose a spreadsheet program to graph statistical data, choose a database to collate information and to create layouts)
Grade 9	Use advanced features of multimedia programs (i.e. advanced animations, video, sound, transitions, can convert to html, can upload to webpage.) Use multimedia to illustrate and support a complex argument, scientific process or point of view Synthesize information from multiple sources to create new products
Grade 10	Use multimedia to support academic endeavors
Grade 11	Prepare a CD ROM multimedia project
Grade 12	Use all the skills of multimedia and create a presentation that promotes an idea, person or place.

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