Technology/Computer
Applications
There are a variety of Computer Applications used in our computer lab as well as in the classroom and school office. Every student who comes to Saint Thomas will use these computer applications at least once during their school years.
Our list includes the following applications (subject to change each year):
- Microsoft Word (word processing)
- Microsoft Excel (spreadsheet)
- Microsoft Publisher (desktop publishing)
- Microsoft PowerPoint (presentation)
- Microsoft Access (database)
- Kid Pix Deluxe (drawing)
- StoryBook Weaver (story writing)
- Inspiration 6.0 (idea compilation)
- Paint (drawing)
- Hyperstudio 4.0 (stacking, idea presentation)
- Internet Explorer (Internet access)
- Thinkin' Things Collection (music, drawing, categorizing)
- Cornerstone Series (math, language arts, social studies, reading)
- SkillsBank Series (math, language arts, social studies, reading)
- Type to Learn (keyboarding)
If you have any questions about these programs, please contact the Technology Coordinator.
K-Grade 3
- Undo/cut/paste
- Selecting/manipulating objects
- Import clipart
- Layer manipulations
- Patterns/gradients
- Cursor placement/usage
- Keyboarding
- Tool bar/scroll bar/pull-down menu
- Sizing Windows/maximize/minimize
- Copyright implications
- Create a new document
- Manipulating text
- Format
- Style
- Layout
- Size
- Alignment
- Color
- Columns
Grades 4-6
- Create original looking graphics
- Prepare slide show
- Use Format/Layout in curriculum context
- Create newsletter/newspaper
- Add/Delete/Edit spreadsheet
- Create Graph
- Import data (text, chart, graphics, etc.)
- Headers/Footers
- Insert Menu
- Cut/Copy/Paste text
- Create a multimedia presentation
- Link information from one document to another
- Create/Format a table
- Use Grammar/Thesaurus features
- Create graphic organizers
Grades 7-8
- Import/export data
- Keyboarding (20-30 words per minute)
- Page set-up
- Margins
- Columns
- Orientation
- Paragraph set-up
- Merge with other applications
- Independently design and use a more complex database
- Independently design and use a more complex spreadsheet
- Compare types of graphs
- Integrating multiple elements to make an effective multimedia presentation
- Edit/fine-tune a presentation
- Animation
- Create acceptable and professional-looking products