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Arizona
Standards
Technology
Standards
(Adopted 3/24/97)
Standard
1
Students develop
the essential technology skills for using and understanding conventional
and current tools, materials and processes.
Students know
and are able to do the following:
READINESS
(Kindergarten)
- Use basic
technology vocabulary when referring to computer hardware, software,
printer, monitor, disk drives, mouse and keyboards
- Perform basic
computer operations including inserting and removing diskettes
- Select
and use learning activities on the computer
- Identify technological
skills (e.g., sketching, modeling/prototyping an object using
materials/kits) they would like the teacher to demonstrate
- Resolve difficulties
with technology devices to accomplish required tasks
- Be familiar
with the keyboard, mouse, and control keys (e.g., return key,
shift key, space bar, escape key)
- Start and
exit computer programs
- Design playground
play equipment
- Design classroom
learning activity centers with climbing, crawling and sitting
places
- Identify a
variety of machines at home and at school
FOUNDATIONS
(Grades 1 - 3)
- Use basic
technology vocabulary (e.g., cursor, software, memory, disk
drive, hard drive, CD-ROM) when referring to computers
- Produce prototypes
(e.g., structures, home floor plans, city streets plan, creative
inventions, transporting objects) that represent solutions to
real-life local or personal technology-based problems
- Develop basic
keyboard skills
- Operate peripheral
devices
- Compare various
computer processing, storage, retrieval and transmission techniques
- Define technology
as associated with solving problems and extend the students'
potential in terms relative to their education experiences
- Select and
use technology appropriate to tasks in the classroom
- Use electronic
encyclopedias, almanacs, indexes, catalogs, local and wide-area
networks, and modem-delivered services to access information
from electronic databases
- Employ search
strategies to retrieve electronic information using databases,
CD-ROMs, videodisks and telecommunications
- Describe
advantages and disadvantages of various computer processing,
storage, retrieval and transmission techniques
- Measure differences
in time, speed or distance required to perform various tasks
on time, weight and distance problems, using motion sensors
(e.g., stopwatch, linear measuring tools, pendulum apparatus,
wheel-mounted vehicle, incline plane)
- Read and follow
directions in a technology instruction manual to construct a
model or product
- Write, test
and revise directions for the use of some technology devices
(e.g., programming a VCR; using a hair dryer, tape player, CD-ROM
player, clock radio, microwave oven, electronic games)
- Demonstrate
a basic understanding of computer theory, including bits, bytes
and binary logic
- Use organizational
features of electronic mail (e.g., passwords, entry menu features,
pull-down menus, icons, key word search)
- Participate
in a student think tank simulation to solve a technology-based
problem
ESSENTIALS
(Grades 4 - 8)
- Design a scale
model of a system or facility
- Identify simple
and complex machines (e.g., bicycle chain and gears, a home
appliance/ machine)
- Design a living
structure/space to scale using inches/millimeters
- Outline a
procedure for troubleshooting a machine
- Present a
definition of technology and explain its meaning
- Keyboard with
efficiency and accuracy without looking at the keyboard
- Evaluate the
quality and performance of a product, e.g., performance test
a technology device
- Evaluate the
operation of a technology device and correct any malfunctions
(e.g., adjust paper feed on printer, check electric power source/connection)
- Examine information
from electronic media and determine its correctness and worth
- Identify copyright
laws that pertain to technology and apply them appropriately
- Understand
the "Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia"
regarding using audio, video and electronic media
- Identify technology
skills (e.g., cutting materials, gluing/pasting, measuring shaping
process) which enhance personal productivity in building prototypes
and modeling
- Follow directions
to use computer software to construct a model or complete a
project
- Use organizational
features of electronic information (e.g., microfiche headings
and numbering; headings for accessing nested information in
hypertext media, electronic media, library, interlibrary catalog
databases)
- Read equipment
descriptions and technical specifications to select equipment
for specific needs
- Use technology
devices to determine linear heights and dimensions (e.g., of
flagpoles, structures, land areas, topographical features)
- Write a program
to accomplish a task (e.g., calculator routine, LOGO procedure,
defining fields in spreadsheets)
PROFICIENCY
(Grades 9 - 12)
- Demonstrate
the uses and purposes of a range of technical equipment (e.g.,
plotter, programmable devices, cutting and shaping devices,
electronic information transfer/mail methods)
- Discuss new
and emerging technologies and their applications (e.g., laser
medical applications, portable satellite uplinking/downlinking
devices, enabling technologies, imaging devices, teleradiology,
videoconferencing, wireless devices)
- Interpret
and present their definition of technology
- Produce a
technology plan to manage products, facilities and systems
- Use a technology
system (e.g., mass transit, highway planning, material/package
distribution, airport luggage handling and distribution) to
solve a problem
- Find and correct
non-functional technology system/subsystem areas needed to accomplish
required tasks (e.g., check component connections, software
settings)
- Locate information
on a global network by setting search parameters
- Analyze the
set-up of workstations (e.g., ergonomics, lighting, ventilation,
cabling)
- Read
and follow directions to complete a technology-based task
- Compare and
contrast technological product information contained in advertisements,
instruction manuals, contracts and warranties
- Apply information
contained in labels, warnings, manuals, directions, applications
and forms to complete simulated or real-world tasks on computer
- Identify the
various methods and uses of technology by which companies interact
internally and externally
- Use organizational
features of electronic text such as bulletin boards, database
keyword searches, and e-mail addresses to locate information
and conduct research
- Research and
select a career choice, develop a career plan, and select the
courses/program for entry-level skills
DISTINCTION
(Honors)
- Prepare a
personal portfolio of research and experimentation involving
technology and share the discoveries with others
- Manage a complex
system such as a computer network or the lighting for a production
- Debug a program
using appropriate techniques (e.g., controlled breaks, printing
of intermediate results) and identify the difference between
syntax errors and logic errors
- Design, write,
test, debug and document a complete structure program including
the preconditions and post-conditions of program segments, input/output
specifications, a step-by-step plan, the test data, a sample
run and the program listing with appropriately placed comments
- Read and follow
maintenance instructions for keeping relevant equipment in good
working order and instructions for troubleshooting and repairing
relevant equipment
- Design technological
solutions for a variety of complex tasks such as theater production,
joint projects with business, school yearbook, newspaper and
entrepreneurship activities
- Develop a
plan for implementing new and emerging technology
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