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Technology Students in grades K - 5 have Technology class for two thirty-minute sessions each week. The curriculum includes skills from using a mouse in Kindergarten to programming a robot and using presentation software in grade 5. Standards in technology include the following: 1. Create and Innovate - learning draw tools, formatting, presentations 2. Communicate/Collaborate - writing and collaborative projects 3. Research - how to find the right information, keep what's relevant and cite sources 4. Solve/Critical Thinking - using formulas and coding to find the answer or the way to solve a problem 5. Digital Citizenship - being safe online, respecting property and feelings of others 6. Operations and Concepts - general operation and procedures, tools when using technology Students work on desktop computers in a computer lab and they also use one-to-one iPads. Many online sources include Typing.com, Code.org and students in grades 2-5 use Google classroom. Students use Microsoft, Apple and Google products and Spheros. |