My District's Year One Tech Standards

For those who asked, here are my districts "Year One Tech Standards" that all staff were expected to meet. Some of these items had to be performed in front of an administrator or approved "tech-expert" who could sign you off on them, and some were items that were a part of a two-part "task" that had to be completed and sent via e-mail attachment to one of the approved people listed above. There was also a "Technology Quiz" that satisfied the rest of the requirements. All of the items below are designated as such.

Check-Off Standards:

-Able to turn computer on and off effectively using energy saving features.
-Can use drop-down menu functions effectively.
-Able to turn volume up and down; and, mute the computer.
-Maintains computer by keeping area and computer clean.
-Able to create, save, and manage files and folders.
-Able to copy and paste from within a file and to another file.
-Able to use grading software (Web 2 School or other) to effectively complete progress reports and quarterly/trimester grades.
-Able to organize an address book and create mail lists and other groupings.
-Can access and use e-mail account from any Internet access point on any computer.

Quiz Standards:

-Knows the parts of a computer and what they basically do.
-Understands technology vocabulary.
-Knows basic Internet vocabulary (i.e. URL, IP, browser, search engine, etc.)
Knows how to enter URLs and has an understanding of the parts of a URL.

Task Standards:

-Can utilize a word processor to create formal documents
-Able to use spreadsheets to organize data and create graphs and charts.
-Can access e-mail through the Internet.
-Can evaluate the authenticity and appropriateness of a website.
-Knows and can teach the methods of citing information from the Internet.
-Can manage an e-mail account.
-Can create, save, send, attach, and forward messages.

Now realize that these standards were developed by a committee made up of administrators, teachers, and tech staff over a period of time and had never been implemented before. If you'd like to talk with me about the successes/failures of our first year implementation of this, I'd be more than happy to do so.