Student Technology Competencies

These are the skills that all middle schools students are expected to have mastered by the time they graduate from 8th grade. Each year teachers in all grades are expected to teach/review the skills that have been identified in their areas. However, all teachers need to be very familiar with all of the technolgy literacy skills because there is a great deal of overlap. All curriculums include the use of technology as an everyday tool. The list below is a starting point for the assigned area, However, all teachers and all students should become proficient over time with all of the skills.

Students will effectively use technology to:

• Easily retrieve, manipulate, edit, and backup saved information from network and disks
• Continue to improve keyboarding skills
• Continue using formatting skills in their computer generated work (including tab settings, margins, etc)
• Use spell checker, thesaurus, cut, copy, and paste editing tools
• Use hardware and networks in a responsible, ethical manner
• Add graphics to document by using the clippings library
• Add graphics saved from the Internet to a document

Skills for Math

Students will effectively use technology to:

• Use a variety of appropriate data to set-up and organize the information into a spreadsheet.
• Use spreadsheet data to create appropriate charts and graphs.
• Use hardware and networks in a responsible, ethical manner
• Create and incorporate information from databases and spreadsheets into reports
• Use calculators and scientific instruments appropriate to curriculum
• Use technology skills to solve problems, interpret, synthesize, analyze, and evaluate information
• Understand terminology relating to technology they use (Internet, database, spreadsheet, telecommunication, multimedia, LCD,CD-ROM, etc)
• Add graphics to document by using the clippings library
• Add graphics saved from the Internet to a document

Skills for Science

Students will effectively use technology to:

• Identify database terms
• Use hardware and networks in a responsible, ethical manner
• Use technology skills to solve problems, interpret, synthesize, analyze, and evaluate information
• Create and use a database to organize, retrieve, and print data in a report
• Share information with other students to facilitate collaborative projects
• Add graphics to document by using the clippings library
• Add graphics saved from the Internet to a document

Students will effectively use technology to:

• Use tools to integrate imported sound, video, and CD-ROM information into multi-media presentations
• Use hardware and networks in a responsible, ethical manner
• Use multimedia applications to create presentations that organize, display, and share ideas.
• Create clear presentations which require research from a variety of sources (CD-ROM programs - research and curriculum based, Internet, etc), and skillful delivery
• Understand terminology relating to technology they use (Internet, database, telecommunication, multimedia, LCD,CD-ROM, etc)
• Add graphics to document by using the clippings library
• Add graphics saved from the Internet to a document