Standard III Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum
Teachers implement curriculum plans that include methods and strategies for applying technology to maximize student learning.
 

Standard IV Assessment and Evaluation
Teachers apply technology to facilitate a variety of effective assessment and evaluation strategies.

Standard III Technology Productivity Tools
Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology enhanced models, preparing publications, and producing other creative works.
 

Standard IV Technology Communications Tools
Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts and other audiences.
Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.

Point, Click and drag, and double-click with the mouse

Use shift-click and control-click to select/deselect multiple items

Pull down a menu

Scroll with at least one method

Open and close a window or a folder

Launch programs using the Windows 95 start button

Know that scrolling can be done both horizontally and vertically

Drag windows from one screen location to another

Resize/minimize/maximize windows

Switch between applications without exiting (quitting)

Tile, arrange icons

Rename icons

Acknowledge a dialogue box ("Are you sure? Yes/No/Cancel") without using the mouse

Adjust the appearance of the desktop (fonts/colors/backgrounds)

Change the views in the windows. (View by details, icons)

Use the control key shortcuts instead of the mouse (e.g. to cut text, paste text)

Create shortcuts

Insert/eject a floppy disk

Save a file

Describe the difference between minimizing windows and quitting a program

Give a file a unique name while saving

Determine and direct where a file is saved

Select the most appropriate place to save a file (i.e. floppy, hard drive, network drive)

Copy and paste between documents from different applications

Rename an existing file

Describe the differences between file types including application-specific documents, applications, and system files

Logon to a local network and logout

Retrieve and save files to your home directory on the local server

Understand rights for logons and passwords

Create a word processing document

Name a word processing document

Save a word processing document

Open a word processing document

Print a word processing document

Change fonts

Size text (resize existing text also)

Apply font styles

Spell check

Set margins

Know what red underline means

Know what green underline means

Insert graphics (Clip art, other file formats)

Cut and paste text

Import graphics from the Internet into a document

Add automatic page numbers

Adjust the viewing percentage

User the thesaurus

Insert a file (another document, spreadsheet, or graphic)

Insert headers/footers/footnotes/end notes

Create and format tables

Save as different file formats (html, text, doc, rtf)

Customize toolbars

Write protect documents

Create templates

Create new publication using template

Create, format, and position text

Rotate text

Resize and position objects. Import text

Import graphics. Link text/wrap texts

Add borders and shading

Use template to create a concept map with 3 hierarchical levels

Resize boxes

Change attributes of boxes (color, appearance, shape, etc.)

Position and relocate boxes in diagram

Add notes to portion of outline

Add boxes

Print diagram/outline

Change to outline format

Add items to existing diagram. Do outline, change to diagram

Export outline

Site electronic resources

Understand and communicate to students the difference between electronically published opinion, facts, and fact-based opinion

Summarize copyright laws and how they apply to education

Properly document resources used in a presentation, web page, etc.