[CASL-L] Basic computer skills

[Elaine Shapiro]

Our school works a lot like what Kim reported.  No one is in charge, but
kids are on computers all the time now that we do iReady.  I assume that
classroom teachers do a lot of the computer skills teaching.  I teach
library, and so use computers for Destiny, World Book, Pebble Go.  My SLO
has to be a CC standard and I do RI 3.5, which is using text features like
hyperlinks, keywords, and sidebars to find information, in grade 3.  I see
every class one extra time every month, during which students do coding at
code.org.  We recently became a Google school, and had a PD about Google
Classroom, but it's not widely used yet.  I am starting to teach our 4 year
olds (pm PreK) how to use a laptop, with ABCya, so they will be familiar
with the trackpad for K.  I used to teach keyboarding on that extra day,
but found that to be futile (Keyboarding without Tears- KWT), and coding to
be a lot more interesting for everyone. Teachers are supposed to teach KWT,
but I'm sure they don't have time.  For a year, I taught how computers work
with a middle school teacher on that extra day (amounts to 9 sessions per
year per class) which was great, but then they cut his position and he went
back to teaching ELA. I don't use computers at all with K anymore, as it
was deemed they get too much screen time with iReady. I agree.  We play
games instead.

Elaine at  Broad Brook School (preK-4)

On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 9:32 AM ROGERS, KIM <KIM.ROGERS at new-haven.k12.ct.us>
wrote:

> Following!  This is a recent conversation with the LMS lead and the
> Science (who covers the STEM teacher) lead.  These skills, I believe are
> everyone's.  They will be learned organically as students use the programs
> taught by each teacher.  In The LMS world, we would teach using our OPAC,
> online data bases and the like.  In STEM they might use code.org, which
> actually has a level to teach that. In the classroom they use programs like
> iReady or Starfall, and the students will learn by doing.  Like reading in
> some regards, everyone is doing it in thier content area, we are all
> responsibe.
>
> Leading by Reading
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> Kim Rogers
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> Librarian Lead
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> New Haven Public Schools
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> New Haven, CT 06511-6932
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> I was wondering how basic computer skills (using a trackpad, highlighting,
> copy and pasting, etc.) are introduced at the elementary level in your
> schools, as well as who is in charge of that (library media specialists?
> classroom teachers? STEM teachers?).  Thanks for any perspective you might
> be able to provide.
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