Visit the Bethke Tech Badges website to learn about the program and watch videos for Levels 1-4.
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What Tech Skills Your Child Should Have...
... By the end of Kindergarten
Typing: Students should know where the letters of the alphabet are on their keyboards by using Dance Mat Typing.
Other Skills: Students should know how to use their computers; turn them on and off, log in, open and close windows and programs, maximize and minimize windows, use their headphones, etc. Students will learn these skills by playing educational games and drawing using Pixie.
Big Project: Printed booklet of their drawings from Pixie.
... By the end of 1st Grade
Typing: Students practice typing using Dance Mat Typing. Students should know how to type full sentences into MS Word.
Other Skills: Students should understand how to enter and edit text in MS Word, for example; upper and lower case letters, punctuation, how to bold, italicize and underline, how to change the font, color and size, and how to change text alignment.
Big Project: Printed document with the sentences they have typed into MS Word.
... By the end of 2nd Grade
Typing: Students practice typing using Dance Mat Typing and Typing Club. Students should type at 5 words per minute.
Other Skills: Students should understand how to make good presentations, presentations that use proper images and text to explain a topic. They should know how to make new slides, import images for the Internet and enter text into slides.
Big Project: PowerPoint presentations about Ancient India and an animal of their choice.
... By the end of 3rd Grade
Typing: Students practice typing using Typing Club. Students should type at 15 words per minute
Other Skills: Students should understand how to make effective presentations using PhotoStory. They should also understand the basics of digital photography and how to use a basic video and digital camera.
Big Project: Produce a PhotoStory essay on Canada with narration.
... By the end of 4th Grade
Typing: Students practice typing using Typing Club. Students should type at 20 words per minute.
Other Skills: Students should produce a 5 minute podcast about the US Constitution by working as part of a team. They will do online research, collaborate using Google Docs and record their podcast with Audacity. They should understand the basics of using email.
Big Project: A five-minute podcast that will be on iTunes.
... By the end of 5th Grade
Typing: Students practice typing using Typing Club. Students should type at 30 words per minute.
Other Skills: Students should produce a 5 minute documentary on The Renaissance or Historic Russia. Students will work on teams to research and write a script. They will also shoot and edit the video using Flip video cameras and a basic video editor. Students will also create a website and blog about Feudal Japan.
Big Project: Create a five-minute documentary film. Maintain a public blog.
This page temporarily borrowed, with great admiration, from Mr. Flick.
What Tech Skills Your Child Should Have...
... By the end of Kindergarten
Typing: Students should know where the letters of the alphabet are on their keyboards by using Dance Mat Typing.
Other Skills: Students should know how to use their computers; turn them on and off, log in, open and close windows and programs, maximize and minimize windows, use their headphones, etc. Students will learn these skills by playing educational games and drawing using Pixie.
Big Project: Printed booklet of their drawings from Pixie.
... By the end of 1st Grade
Typing: Students practice typing using Dance Mat Typing. Students should know how to type full sentences into MS Word.
Other Skills: Students should understand how to enter and edit text in MS Word, for example; upper and lower case letters, punctuation, how to bold, italicize and underline, how to change the font, color and size, and how to change text alignment.
Big Project: Printed document with the sentences they have typed into MS Word.
... By the end of 2nd Grade
Typing: Students practice typing using Dance Mat Typing and Typing Club. Students should type at 5 words per minute.
Other Skills: Students should understand how to make good presentations, presentations that use proper images and text to explain a topic. They should know how to make new slides, import images for the Internet and enter text into slides.
Big Project: PowerPoint presentations about Ancient India and an animal of their choice.
... By the end of 3rd Grade
Typing: Students practice typing using Typing Club. Students should type at 15 words per minute
Other Skills: Students should understand how to make effective presentations using PhotoStory. They should also understand the basics of digital photography and how to use a basic video and digital camera.
Big Project: Produce a PhotoStory essay on Canada with narration.
... By the end of 4th Grade
Typing: Students practice typing using Typing Club. Students should type at 20 words per minute.
Other Skills: Students should produce a 5 minute podcast about the US Constitution by working as part of a team. They will do online research, collaborate using Google Docs and record their podcast with Audacity. They should understand the basics of using email.
Big Project: A five-minute podcast that will be on iTunes.
... By the end of 5th Grade
Typing: Students practice typing using Typing Club. Students should type at 30 words per minute.
Other Skills: Students should produce a 5 minute documentary on The Renaissance or Historic Russia. Students will work on teams to research and write a script. They will also shoot and edit the video using Flip video cameras and a basic video editor. Students will also create a website and blog about Feudal Japan.
Big Project: Create a five-minute documentary film. Maintain a public blog.
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