SUBJECT#11: Technology

Project #109: Assessment in MS Word This assessment is comprehensive, designed to cover everything

students will learn in MS Word through elementary school .

Word basics, formatting Technology Subject Area/ Standard: NETS-S
specific Learning-
specific
Use information, remember Word basics, Grammar, 4.b. 6.a
knowledge formatting spelling critical
thinking decision
making
Grade level: 3-8

Prior knowledge: MS Word basics

Time required: 45 minutes

Software Required: MS Word

Vocabulary: assessment, barometer, right-align, call-out, font, text box, wrap, auto shape, rows,
columns, format, WordArt, border, fill

Lesson Description: for productivity, communicating

• Why assess student technology
learning? Because NCLB Part D,
Section 2402, requires all schools
ensure the technology literacy of
their students by eighth grade.
• Technology assessments
promote student and teacher
learning. They are an aid in
determining how effectively
students can be expected to use
technology resources and skills
and research.
Computer Activity
• Remind students that this
evaluation is designed to exceed
their ability, to judge the depth of
their skills (as well as the class
average), what to teach this year
and what to skip.
Explain to students which skills
are standard for 2nd grade, 3rd,
4th and 5th. This will be based on
your personal teaching history in
the school, and will allow
students to relax while they're
working. The goal is to find out
what they know, not what they
don't know.
• Open Word. Review the
assessment with them. Go over
each step, so they can see how it
is laid out.
Give students the entire class to
complete it-45 minutes-but no
more than that.
If you have the digital version of
this. workbook, copy-paste the
grading sheet into Excel.
Formulas in the 'Total' row will
auto-count for you.
Extensions
Challenge students to add any
skills that aren't covered here,
such as organizational charts.
Allow one class period with a
study buddy to warm-up.
Troubleshooting Tips

• Have students save to their

student network folder and save- I can't remember item #. (Skip it.
as to flash drives. Maybe you'll remember as you do
• When you're grading their the rest of the assessment.)
completed work, set up a
spreadsheet of each skill and
tabulate how many students
could complete each. This will
provide a reliable barometer of
what you should teach this year
(even if it's review), what you
should go into more depth on and
what can be skipped. When
teaching technology, you don't
want to bore or frustrate students.