| Computer Vocabulary | Mouse Keyboard Printer Program | Graphic Icon Scroll bar Font Cursor Menu Toolbar Internet | Document Bookmark I-bar Highlight-select Folder File desktop | Landscape and portrait orientation .com, .gov , .edu, .org Email Website Insert | Table Column Row Cell Website credibility Window | Hard drive Memory Window Computer virus Filtering Files-doc, jpg, pdf Search engine Blog | Network Server Header/footer Toolbar Clipboard Save/save as Attachment | Instant message Social network Current and emerging technological terms |
| Overall operation of the Computer | Comfortable using computer for project or unit | Complete a simple assignment using the computer | Complete and print an assignment using a document | Complete, save, and print the response to an assignment using a saved document and Internet | Practice using integrated features of computer system to complete projects | Identify & use basic features. Demonstrate understanding of components | Identify & use features of computer and network Demonstrate and use components of a system. | Identify versions of software to determine compatibility between different computers i.e. home/school |
| File Navigation and File Sharing | Use icons to open, print and quit | Open programs and files. Use icons and file menu to open, print, save, quit | Use menus in documents. Understand concepts of opening and saving. | Know how to access and continue work on saved documents Use computer skills to enhance/complete independent assignments | Name, save, open files to/ from server Create/name folders & subfolders keyboard shortcuts and menu/toolbar | Navigate a directory to save, open, and print. Exchange documents via portable data storage (i.e. between home & school) | Demonstrate how to move info from one file to another. Practice accessing files from different devices—network, portable storage, hard drive | Develop proficiency in navigating and sharing files. |
| Keyboarding as it relates to Word Processing and other programs | Find letters and numbers Use mouse, return (enter) and arrows Capitalize Delete Space bar Point, click, drag | Use periods, commas, question marks Use return key to end paragraphs Compose sentences Generate simple documents. | Use two hands for typing Format text-font size and color Align text-left, right, center Use I-bar and cursor Use mouse to select text Use cut, copy and paste Compose and edit sentences Use spell check Insert clip art | Use tab key to indent. Use comma for punctuation. Edit, delete, replace, insert text into documents Change document orientation from portrait to landscape and landscape to portrait. | Use apostrophes and quotations with proper spacing. Use bulleted and numbered lists. Edit w/o pre-written prompts; Set margins Set line spacing Insert graphics Insert columns Format text. Use word processor’s thesaurus. | Identify and use all editing and formatting features in word processing program i.e. Center, page break, line space, margins, cut & paste, fonts, styles, spelling, page numbers | Identify and use all editing and formatting features in a word processing program i.e. Center, page break, line space, margins, cut & paste, fonts, styles, spelling, page numbers | Insert tables, graphs, pictures and hyperlinks into Word documents |
