Tech+Literacy+Draft

This working document will be our collaborative space for articulating Basic Technology Literacy. As we discussed, this process will involve several steps:


 * 1) Identify the knowledge/skills that are **currently** part of our 7th and 8th grade program (i.e. what we are doing)
 * 2) Identify the knowledge/skills that **should be** part of our 7th and 8th grade program (i.e. what we want an ideal program to be)
 * 3) Determine where (grade level and discipline) these knowledge and skills should be introduced/reinforced
 * 4) Present our recommendations to the 7th and 8th grade teams

The table below can be used for the first two tasks; please add your input to either/both columns. I have included two simple examples to get us started. If it helps guide your thinking, consider the first column to be what they know/can do now, and the second to reflect what you'd like them to know/be able to do:

no games, email (unless granted), internet browsing || AUP: no games, email, internet browsing || One Note Word DyKnow Excel Browser (Firefox) || Applications: Photoshop Basics (resize, resolution, crop, layers) One Note Word (formating, citing sources in word) PowerPoint DyKnow Excel Browser (Firefox) || Task Manager and End Now Restarting Wireless Repair Control Panel When to visit Help Desk sophos and counterspy, basic updates, web of trust || Knowing the difference between My Documents, Hard drive, Temp files, Plug-ins (USB drive) One Note Folder creation for desktop and Office tools Backups || Function keys Volume Brightness Escape Typing skills || Where (we need a public, supervised place that is always available) When ||
 * = **Current Technology Literacy (knowledge and skills)** ||= **Ideal Technology Literacy (knowledge and skills)** ||
 * AUP:
 * Data backup: iFolder || Data backup: iFolder ||
 * Homework submission: Interact || Homework Submission: Interact ||
 * Applications:
 * Communication & Collaboration: First Class, portal, wikis, blogs, || Communication & Collaboration: First Class, portal, wikis, blogs ||
 * Email || Email: etiquette, frequency of use, organization of First Class ||
 * Troubleshooting || Troubleshooting computer problems and basic maintenance:
 * File storage and organization || File storage & organization
 * Keyboard || Understanding Key board
 * Printing || Printing

Once we have a sense of where we'd like to be, we can begin the process of identifying how we get there.