NC K-12 Computer Skills Curriculum

I have been thinking...yes I really have. I have been thinking about the NC K-12 Computer Skills Curriculum. It amazes me that I hear from teachers weekly that say they don't know about the Computer Skills Curriculum and that they don't know that it is THEIR responsibility to teach that curriculum to their students. I think many of the teachers think that they will gain these skills in Middle and High School CTE classes. I am dumbfounded when I hear students tell me that they never get on the computer, or I see kids in 5th grade that don't know how to type or 7th graders who only know how to create PowerPoint Presentations and Word documents.

The fact is that the Curriculum is Kindergarten through 12th grade. It is the teachers responsibility to teach this curriculum (integrated throughout the NCSCOS) and make sure that their students know the grade appropriate objectives. In fact, students are more apt to learn and utilize these skills the younger they learn them! The teachers that are trying to do this...thank you. The world is a technology driven society...we do not want OUR students to be left behind.

So I am giving you some links to the NC K-12 Computer Skills Curriculum and some links to some websites that have ideas for you to use to integrate this curriculum!

NC K-12 Computer Skills Curriculum

Learn NC

Guilford County Schools

Computer Skills Lessons/Files

NC Catalyst

Onslow County Schools Media and Instructional Technology Website