Standards for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Kindergarten

Social and Ethical Issues Students understand the ethical, cultural, and societal issues related to ICT. Students practise responsible use of ICT systems, information, and software.	Research and Inquiry Students use and transfer ICT knowledge to locate, retrieve, organize, manipulate, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information for specific research tasks.•
By the end of Kindergarten, students will: respect the members of a group when sharing a computer (e.g., take turns when sharing a mouse); with assistance, recognize and begin to practise equitable use of ICT; act in a responsible manner when using ICT (e.g., keep food and drink away from the computer).	By the end of Kindergarten students will: begin to associate ICT as a source of information (e.g., to answer questions and search for pictures); begin to investigate information pictorially (e.g., identify and discuss images).
Communication and Collaboration Students collaborate using ICT. Students use ICT to communicate knowledge in a variety of forms and media, for different purposes and audiences.	Productivity and Applications Students understand how to use the range of ICT tools for research, inquiry, problem solving, decision making, creativity, communication, and collaboration.
By the end of Kindergarten students will: explore drawing tools; begin to communicate ideas using pictures and text (e.g., use KidPix to retell a personal event or story).	By the end of Kindergarten students will: begin to explore tool software (e.g., KidPix); begin to use tool software to solve problems and to explore concepts (e.g., sort stamps by their properties); launch applications found on the computer desktop; identify parts of the computer (e.g., monitor, mouse, keyboard).

Critical and Creative Thinking Using ICT, students will enhance their critical and creative thinking skills, including problem solving and decision making.

Kindergarten ICT Resources
Managing Access to the Classroom Computer	Ontario Curriculum Web Resources
Using Electronic Portfolios with Students	Ideas for Connecting ICT with Kindergarten Math
Using a Digital Camera for Assessment and Reporting	Ideas for Connecting ICT with Kindergarten Literacy
Kindergarten ICT Examples	KidPix Resource Guide (K-3)