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...
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Website Design |
| Kindergarten |
- Discuss the class website.
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| Grade 1 |
- Exposed to and help develop the class website.
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| Grade 2 |
- Create a webpage using the "save as..." command in a graphics application with teacher assistance.
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| Grade 3 |
- Create a webpage using the "save as..." command in graphics and word processing applications independently
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| Grade 4 |
- Create a webpage with links using PowerPoint or Dreamweaver
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| Grade 5 |
- Create a simple webpage using webpage design software that includes text, graphics, and links with teacher assistance
- Save files in the appropriate folder.
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| Grade 6 |
- Create a simple webpage using webpage design software that include text, graphics, and links
- Maintain consistency of style in the key elements and choose elements that will assist the audience (create text chunks of appropriate length and size, use representational icons for buttons)
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| Grade 7 |
- Maintain a simple webpage using webpage design software that include text, graphics, and links
- Create a clear, balanced and consistent layout for pages and screens (use representational icons within a navigation bar or menu, use a footer to place an address and page number)
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| Grade 8 |
- Create a simple website using webpage design software that include text, graphics, and links
- Save and update image files correctly
- Be able to upload webpages to a webserver.
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| Grade 9 |
- Identify basic web page codes and edit source code with HTML authoring software
- 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 |
- Incorporate animations and other HTML features (i.e. tables, lists, counters)
- 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 |
- Incorporate animations and advanced HTML features (i.e. tables, lists, counters, reply forms)
- Create a website for a classroom project advocating a point view with links to at least eight additional pages
- Include basic Flash animations
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| Grade 12 |
- Incorporate animations and advanced HTML features (i.e. tables, lists, counters, reply forms, java script)
- Create a website for a classroom project advocating a point view with at least 10 pages and links to reliable sources
- Include advanced Flash animations and other multimedia plug-ins
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