3rd Grade

Students in third grade will improve their speed and accuracy in keyboarding. They will create, edit, and do more advanced formatting in word processing documents. They will create a multi-slide presentation. They will discuss ethical technology use. They will study ownership and authorship issues including copyright. They will continue to demonstrate proper etiquette, behavior, and body position when using technology.

Expectations for year-end ability:

Demonstrate proper etiquette in the use of computers and other technologies.
Use and apply appropriate computer terminology.
Use home row keys with proper hand position.
Use proper hand and body position for computer use.
Use grade appropriate curriculum related software with assistance.
Use the computer as a writing tool.
Work with more than one software application at a time.
Use presentation software to create a product with assistance.
Model ethical and safe behavior relating to security, privacy, passwords, and personal information.

Strands:

Computer Basics

Application

Information

Gathering

Competencies:

Demonstrate proper care of equipment.
Demonstrate respect for the rights of others while using the computer.
Identify uses of technology at home and at school.
Demonstrate acceptable behavior at the computer and in the lab.
Recognize ownership and authorship of software and student and /or teacher products.
Keyboard with speed and accuracy (targets: 5 wpm ; 95% accuracy).
Identify and use: title bar, task bar, maximize, minimize, slide background, columns, cut, copy, paste, tab.
Continues to demonstrate proper body posture and hand position.

Create a simple multi-slide presentation.
Use a word processing application to create and format documents.
Format text by choosing font color, styles, size and alignment.
Use application tools to edit work

Use URL’s to get to a specific Website.
Use hyperlinks to move from one Website to another.
Conduct simple searches using educational search engines.
Evaluate Web site validity.

Mouse Practice

Mini Mouse

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Kaleidoscope

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Take A Trip

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Citizenship

Common Sense

K-12 Digital Citizenship Education Site

Digizen

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Google

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Docs

Brings your documents to life with smart editing and styling tools to help you easily format text and paragraphs.

Slides
Create a new presentation and edit with others at the same time. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Slides to edit PowerPoint files.

Sheets

Create a new spreadsheet and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet.

Forms

Create a new survey on your own or with others at the same time.

Keyboarding Practice