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| All Saints recognizes that our students are children of the 21st century media culture, and as such, are digital learners and multi-taskers comfortable with electronic devices of all kinds. The school recognizes the vital importance of All Saints' students becoming responsible, aware, proficient, and productive IT users.
These overall goals for the students stretch throughout the curriculum and span all grade levels. By graduation students have:
- mastered basic operations, concepts and terminology of computer use;
- an understanding of the social and ethical issues surrounding technology;
- developed strong keyboarding proficiency;
- acquired knowledge and skills within the MS Office suite of programs (Word, Publisher, Power Point and Excel);
- created a website;
- acquired the confidence to learn new computer programs or tools;
- learned how to utilize a variety of technology-related research tools.
Due to the ever-changing nature of technology, the curriculum is dynamic; new program, tools, resources and activities are introduced as they become available. |
Early Childhood Unit – Second Grade ECU students develop familiarity with computer systems and learn basic mouse skills. First and second graders use classroom computers to rotate through literacy centers featuring reading and phonics programs and for that teaching moment: “Let’s ‘Google’ it! In second grade, students use computers for Reading Counts quizzes, email demonstrations, Internet downloads, math games, and language arts skills. |
Third Grade – Fifth Grade Keyboarding is introduced to students in third grade. Students also begin to develop research skills as they use the Internet for science reports. Technology integration expands in the fourth and fifth grades, including proper keyboarding techniques and the improvement of speed and accuracy. Students begin to hone their research and information skills with an emphasis on site navigation, search strategies, and how to locate. information. Fifth grade students develop projects on Publisher and PowerPoint and Web Quests are incorporated into the science and language arts curricula. |
| By eighth grade, students have developed strategies to locate, organize and analyze information. They have learned how to evaluate bias, authenticity and accuracy when using the Internet, and how to ethically use the information and media that they find. Starting in sixth grade, students begin to utilize computers in other courses, further developing critical thinking skills, information fluency, and communication skills. |
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