Information Technology Standards and Benchmarks

Canadian Academy Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Standards

Grade: 1     (I)=Introduce / (E)=Explore / (D)=Developed   
    The skills learned each year built on skills learned the previous year.   

Standard 1: Ethics - Use information and technology systems responsibly and ethically.
1. (E) Demonstrate proper use and treatment of equipment.
2. (E) Cooperate with others when using technology.
3. (E) Discuss the school's technology policy.
4. (E) Discuss Internet Safety Rules.
5. (E) Describe and explain the right of ownership of created work.

Standard 2: Library and Information - Use the library and other information systems effectively and critically.
1. (I) Locate and choose appropriate “ER” fiction and “ER” non-fiction books.
2. (I) Locate and choose appropriate non-fiction books in designated sections of the general collection.
3. (I) Understand that each book in the library has a call number which is the “address” of the book, identifying its location.
4. (I) Understand the function and organization of a junior encyclopedia.
5. (I) Locate and use an appropriate dictionary.

Standard 3: Foundation - Understand basic operations and concepts.
1. (D) Move between applications.
2. (D) Change applications using the finder and quit currently running applications.
3. (D) Use a mouse to highlight text and graphics.
4. (D)  Start, restart, and shutdown the computer properly.
5. (D) With guidance, select from known software to perform a familiar task.

Standard 4: Productivity - Use information and technology tools, both collaboratively and individually, to produce quality analytical and creative works and to communicate various forms of information effectively.
1. (E) Use a graphics program to illustrate written work.
2. (E) Make a graph to sort and understand information.
3. (E) Use a variety of multimedia resources for directed and independent learning activities.
4. (E) Complete a multimedia project from a template or from a teacher directed model.

Standard 5: Research - Use information and technology tools, both collaboratively and individually, for research, problem solving, and decision-making.
1. (E) Define problems to be solved.
2. (E) Identify types and amount of information needed to complete a task and solve a problem.
3. (E) Review information analytically and transform it into useful knowledge to solve problems.
4. (E) Work with a group to collaboratively solve a problem and present results.

May 7, 2007