Norwell Public Schools
Technology Skills and Concepts
Scope and Sequence
1.0 General Computing Skills K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1.01 Input: Mouse Skills, Keyboard B D D D S S S S S S S S S
1.02 Format: Font, Size, Style, Justification, Color, WordArt B D D D S S S S S S S S S
1.03 File Management: Open, Close, Save, Save As, Folder location (hard drive, floppy, CD, flash drive) B D D D D D S S S S S S S
1.04 Save: Save to hard drive, floppy, CD, flash drive B D D D S S S S S S S S S
1.05 Print: Printing, Software specific   B D D D S S S S S S S S
1.06 Edit: Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete   B D D D S S S S S S S S
1.07 Tools: Spell-check, Thesaurus, Grammar Check, other     B D D D S S S S S S S
1.08 Print: Print Preview, Page Setup, Orientation          B D S S S S S S S
1.09 Toolbars: Standard, Formatting, Drawing, Button options         B D D D S S S S S
1.10 Print: Margins, Header/Footer, Printer location, Page range, Number of pages, Double-sided, Properties             B D D D S S S
1.11 View: Zoom, Normal / Print Layout, Scrolling, Headers & Footers, Split Screen, Toggle between open applications and windows, Minimize / Maximize             B D D D S S S
1.12 Understand different file formats             B D S S S S S
1.13 Save and convert different file formats                 B D S S S
1.14 Insert: Breaks, tables, Clip Art, Photographs, Audio, Video             B D D D S S S
1.15 Keyboarding     B D D D              
1.16 Computer Rules (contained within posters) B B D D D S S S S S S S S
1.17 Proper citation     B B D D D S S S S S S
1.18 Email (school accounts)                 D D S S S
  1.18.1  Proper etiquette                 D D S S S
  1.18.2  Virus protection                 D D S S S
  1.18.3  Attach a document                 D D S S S
  1.18.4  Opening a document                 D D S S S
1.19 Evaluate Web Sites       B D D D D D D S S S
Tools, Software or other technologies
Type to Learn        
Landmark Citation Machine www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine
   eazybib   www.eazybib.com
B = Beginning Skills  These are teacher directed lessons where target skills are introduced.
D = Developing Skills  These are teacher assisted lessons where students have acquired some prior knowledge to bring to the task.
S = Secure Skills  These are target skills that students have acquired to accomplish tasks on their own.
Students should use in class with minimal assistance.
It is understood that it may take 2-3 years of implementation for some students to get to this level of competency.