Artifact #1
Computer/Technology Skills Curriculum AND Computer Skills Test is designed to help see the North Carolina technology skills.
Rationale for the Artifact: Computer/Technology Skills Curriculum AND Document on the 8th Grade Computer Skills Test
Competency 10.1: “Use the computer skills curriculum to identity what students should be able to do.”
Competency 10.5: "The NC Computer Skills Assessment."
Context:
I created this artifact during the summer of 2001 in Classroom Use of the
Microcomputer in grades K-12. This artifact was developed to see the
North Carolina technology skills. It shows us the different competency
goals and objectives for each grade level and also what the strands mean for
each objective. I went to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
at www.ncdpi.org and then clicked on the curriculum and read and printed
out the competencies. The second document was on the 8th Grade Computer
Technology Skills. I got on the Internet and went to www.ncpublicschools.org
and read and printed it out.
Impact:
As a future teacher, I will be licensed to teach grades K-6 in North Carolina
and I will incorporate these computer skills into my classroom. I am
now aware of the 6 strands in computer skills for all public school students
in NC, they are SI = Societal Issues; KU/WP/DTP = Keyboard Utilization/Word
Processing/Desk Top Publishing; DB = Database; SS = Spreadsheet; T = Telecommunications;
M/P = Multimedia/Presentation.
Alignment:
The printout of the North Carolina Computer Skills aligns with
competency 10.1
– as a future North Carolina public school teacher; I know and will incorporate
these skills into my lesson plans.
The printout on the 8th grade testing aligns with
competency 10.5
– as a future teacher, I will teach the necessary technology skills to
prepare my students for the mandatory computer assessments.