Content Area: Technological Literacy

 

Index: 8.1A Grade 4 CPI 3

 

Standard:8.1 - Computer and Information Literacy

 

Strand: A - Basic Computers Skills and Tools

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 3 - The student will input and access text and data, using appropriate keyboarding techniques or other input devices.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       Students write a letter. Teacher can decide on topic of letter that ties in with content from a CCCS area being studied. While practicing keyboarding skills to create the letter, keyboarding techniques need to be emphasized such as:
- Keep your eyes on your copy.
- Keep your feet flat on the floor.
- Sit up straight in your seat. Adjust your chair if necessary.
- Keep your fingers slightly curved.
- Keep your elbows in.
- Keep your hands off of the table or keyboard.
- Always return to home row after each keystroke.
- Maintain a steady rhythm as you keyboard.
- Align your body with the letter "H" on the keyboard.
- Keep your copy on the right if you are right-handed and vice versa. Note: Speed is not emphasized. Students need to learn and practice the correct posture and skills in the early grades. Schools may choose software programs, free websites, etc. to use with children to help them to learn location and fingering for learning the keyboard. Other items to emphasize in developing the letter are opening files and folders, navigating with a mouse, using shortcuts, and saving files. If a school has software for scanning text, students may be shown how to use it to convert text to files that can be edited on the computer.

 

·       Famous Women in History: http://www.nj.gov/njded/aps/cccs/tech/frameworks/

 

Resources:

 

·       Awesome Authors: http://138.47.70.2/FMPro?-db=nets.fmp&-lay=web&-format=/netsdb/s_results.html&type=lesson&-Max=5&-findhttp://138.47.70.2/FMPro?-db=nets.fmp&-lay=web&-format=/netsdb/s_results.html&type=lesson&-Max=5&-find