We believe that students at St. Mark's should be prepared for the future through the use of a technology integrated curriculum.  As digital natives, students are immersed in technology in their everyday lives.  St. Mark's believes in the importance of preparing students to be successful in the technology-dense global society.  As learners in the digital world, the use of technology at St. Mark's advances digital equity, enhances student learning, and is relevant to students' lives.

Standard 1. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer hardware and operating systems

Benchmark 1. Knows the differing capacities and trade-offs for computer storage media, such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, hard disks, and tape drives

Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Knows the differing capacities and trade-offs of computer storage media, such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, hard disks, and tape drives
   
Benchmark 2. Types with some facility, demonstrating some memorization of keys

Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Types with some facility
    2. Demonstrates some memorization of keys

Benchmark 3. Connects via router and DSL, cable, etc. to other computer users via the internet, an on-line service, and/or bulletin board system

Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Connects via router and DSL, cable, etc. to other computer users via the internet, an on-line service, and/or bulletin board system

Benchmark 4. Knows basic characteristics and functions of an operating system

Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Knows basic characteristics and basic functions of an operating system

Standard 2. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer software programs

Benchmark 1. Uses advanced features and utilities of word processors (e.g., uses clip art, a spell-checker, thesaurus, outliner)

Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Uses advanced features of word processors, such as clip art, a spell- checker, thesaurus, outliner
   
Benchmark 2. Knows the common features and uses of desktop publishing software (e.g., documents are created, designed, and formatted for publication; data, graphics, and scanned images can be imported into a document using desktop software)
      
Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Knows the common features and uses of desktop publishing software
    2. Knows that documents can be created, designed, and formatted for publication using desktop publishing software
    3. Knows that data, graphics, and scanned images can be imported into a  document using desktop publishing software

Benchmark 3. Knows the common features and uses of spreadsheets (e.g., data is entered in cells identified by row and column; formulas can be used to update solutions automatically; spreadsheets are used in print form, such as look-up tables, and an electronic form, such as to track business profit and loss)

Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Knows the common features and uses of spreadsheets
    2. Knows that data is entered into a spreadsheet in cells identified by row and column
    4. Knows that formulas in spreadsheets cbe used to update solutions automatically
    5. Knows that spreadsheets are used in print form, such as look-up tables
    6. Knows that spreadsheets are used in electronic form, such as to track business profit and loss

Benchmark 4. Uses a spreadsheet to update, add, and delete data, and to write and execute valid formulas on data

Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Uses a spreadsheet to update, add, and delete data, and to write and execute valid formulas on data

Benchmark 5. Uses boolean searches to execute complex searches on a data base

Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Understands the concept of the boolean search technique
    2. Executes complex searches on a database

Standard 3. Understands the relationships among science, technology, society, and the individual

Benchmark 1. Knows that scientific inquiry and technological design have similarities and differences (e.g., scientists propose explanations for questions about the natural world that are always tentative and evolving, and engineers propose solutions relating to human problems, needs, and aspirations; both science and technology depend on accurate scientific information and they cannot contravene scientific laws)

Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Knows that scientific inquiry and technological design have similarities
    2. Knows that scientific inquiry and technological design have differences
    3. Knows that scientists propose explanations for questions about the natural world that are always tentative and evolving while engineers propose solutions for relating to human problems, needs, and aspirations
    4. Knows that both science and technology depend on accurate scientific information and they cannot contravene scientific laws

Benchmark 2. Knows that science cannot answer all questions and technology cannot solve all human problems or meet all human needs

Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Knows that science cannot answer all questions
    2. Knows that technology cannot solve all human problems or meet all human needs

Benchmark 3. Knows ways in which technology has influenced the course of history (e.g., revolutions in agriculture, manufacturing, sanitation, medicine, warfare, transportation, information processing, communication)

Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Knows that an agricultural revolution is one way in which technology has influenced the course of history
    2. Knows that a manufacturing revolution is one way in which technology has influenced the course of history
    3. Knows that a sanitation revolution is one way in which technology has influenced the course of history
    4. Knows that a revolution in medicine is one way in which technology has influenced the course of history
    5. Knows that a warfare revolution is one way in which technology has         influenced the course of history
    6. Knows that a transportation revolution is one way in which technology         has influenced the course of history
    7. Knows that an information revolution processing is one way in which         technology has influenced the course of history
    8. Knows that a communication revolution is one way in which                  technology has influenced the course of history

Benchmark 4. Knows that technology and science have a reciprocal relationship (e.g., technology drives science, as it provides the means to access outer space and remote locations, collect and treat samples, collect, measure, store, and compute data, and communicate information; science drives technology, as it provides principles for better instrumentation and techniques, and the means to address questions that demand more sophisticated instruments)

Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Knows that technology drives science
    2. Knows that science drives technology
    3. Knows that an example of technology driving science is that it provides the means to access outer space and remote locations, collect and treat samples, collect, measure, store, and compute data, and communicate information
    4. Knows that an example of science driving technology is that it provides principles for better instrumentation and techniques, and the means to address questions that demand more sophisticated instruments

Benchmark 5. Knows ways in which technology and society influence one another (e.g., new products and processes for society are developed through technology; technological changes are often accompanied by social, political, and economic changes; technology is influenced by social needs, attitudes, values, and limitations, and cultural backgrounds and beliefs)

Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Knows ways in which technology influences society
    2. Knows ways in which society influences technology
    3. Knows that new products and processes for society are developed through technology
    4. Knows that technological changes are often accompanied by social, political, and economic changes
    5. Knows that technology is influenced by social needs, attitudes, values, and limitations, and cultural backgrounds and beliefs

Benchmark 6. Knows examples of copyright violations and computer fraud (e.g., computer hacking, computer piracy, intentional virus creation, invasion of privacy) and possible penalties (e.g., large fines, jail sentences)

Knowledge/skill statements
    1. Knows examples of copyright violations, like computer piracy, and computer fraud, such as computer hacking, virus creation, and invasion of privacy   
    2. Knows that large fines and jail sentences are possible penalties of copyright violations and computer fraud