Key Learnings

Standard 5—Technology

• Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use, and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs.

Elementary Computer Technology

• Computers, as tools for design, modeling, information processing, communication, and system control, have greatly increased human productivity and knowledge.

Students:

• identify and describe the function of the major components of a computer system.
• use the computer as a tool for generating and drawing ideas.
• control computerized devices and systems through programming.
• model and simulate the design of a complex environment by giving direct commands.

* New York State Standards for Elementary Computer Technology