St. Maurice School Activities

St. Maurice Catholic School
2001 Ardmore Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15221

412-351-5403

Computer Curriculum

| Kindergarten | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 |
Grade 6 | Grade 7 | Grade 8 |

Basic introduction to keyboard
Names of Hardware
Accessing Software
Function Key Familiarity
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Continued vocabulary definitions
Software that provides ease of keyboard skills
Software that provides organizational skill techniques

More Keyboard techniques
Word Processing
Recognition of Copyrights
Respect for Other's Work
Recognizing Patterns
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Application of Computer Commands
Use of Function Keys and menu commands
Word Processing - Save to Disk
Screen Changes and basic graphics
"Drawing" and auto-shape projects
Kinds and Uses of Computers in Society
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Review of all of the above
Respect of the power of machine
Emphasis on Word Processing
Respect of other's work
Saving and Accessing Documents
Completion of One-Page Document
Historical Background of Computers
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Re-emphasis of Word Processing Skills
Respect of other's work
Importing graphics into Proper Positions
Correct identification of downloaded information
All aspects of Editing and Page Set-up
Columnar and Borders and Headers
Margin Set-Up
Electronic Encyclopedia Resources
Introduction to Internet
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Re-emphasis of all of the above
Data Base formation
Organizational skills necessary to create and search databases
Stronger Internet searches
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Review of above topics - particularly respect and responsibility on Internet access
Spreadsheet techniques
Completion of problems and subsequent chart making of information
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Comprehensive problem-solving exercises
Re-emphasis on respect and individual responsibility
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