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@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

Kim Rogers

Librarian Lead

New Haven Public Schools

21 Wooster Place

New Haven, CT 06511-6932

475 220-1213 desk

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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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