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Computer/Technology Standards by the
End of Grade Five
Computer/Technology skills are essential components of every
student's education. In order to maximize opportunities for students
to acquire necessary skills for academic success, the teaching of
these skills should be the shared responsibility of teachers of all
disciplines.
Minimum skills that students should acquire
by the end of Grade 5 include the following:
- C/T5.1 The student will demonstrate a basic understanding of
computer theory including bits, bytes, and binary
logic.
- C/T5.2 The student will develop basic technology skills.
- Develop a basic technology vocabulary that includes cursor,
software, memory, disk drive, hard drive, and CD-ROM.
- Select and use technology appropriate to tasks.
- Develop basic keyboarding skills.
- Operate peripheral devices.
- Apply technologies to strategies for problem solving and
critical thinking.
- C/T5.3 The student will process, store, retrieve, and transmit
electronic information.
- Use search strategies to retrieve electronic
information using databases, CD-ROMs, videodiscs, and
telecommunications.
- Use electronic encyclopedias, almanacs, indexes, and
catalogs.
- Use local and wide-area networks and modem-delivered
services to access information from electronic
databases.
- Describe advantages and disadvantages of various
computer processing, storage, retrieval, and
transmission techniques.
- C/T5.4 The student will communicate through application
software.
- Create a 1-2 page document using word processing
skills, writing process steps, and publishing programs.
- Use simple computer graphics and integrate graphics
into word-processed documents.
- Create simple databases and spreadsheets to manage
information and create reports.
- Use local and worldwide network communication systems.
(from
Standards of Learning Currently in Effect for Virginia
Public Schools )
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