Students will use computers in a safe and healthy manner. Students will be introduced to use of information technology as a tool and as a resource for learning and skill-building. Students will be introduced to the use of the school library on-line catalog to find information. Students will be introduced to the use of electronic mail to communicate. Students will be able to describe the uses of technology outside of the school setting.
Students begin to write a paragraph using word processing programs.
Students will be aware that many activities in their daily lives today depend on computers. Students will be introduced to computer vocabulary tool bar, scroll, replace, existing file. Students continue to use a word processing program to start a new document, enter, save, edit, and print text. Students will continue to review how to protect themselves and the equipment as they work. Students will care for equipment and obey rules of work around computers.