The unit and lesson plans in this class are created or chosen to teach the ISTE Standards ( International Society for Technology in Education ) Technology Standards for 21st Century Students. 

 

Students

In this class students will learn how to use the internet as a tool to help learn new things as well as reinforce skills learned in class. We will use computer programs such as Microsoft Word Documents, PowerPoint, Excel and Paint to produce work that shows what  we learned in class in a creative way. Students will experience hands on learning through the use of  Legos. Students will learn skills such as following directions, writing directions and steps of a process. We will use them in team building activities. Eventually we will learn robotics by building  Lego creatures we can animate through a computer program we create. Third  and fourth graders are working on a goal to type at least 15 words a minute, and they will be able to use the internet for research as well as homework help.

Parents 

This is a class that both introduces children to technology and gives  them the tools they will need to be successful in this technologically advanced era. Technology has taken over our society over the past 10 years and this trend is here to stay. I am excited about what new technologies this world is  about to produce. My goal for my students is that they have the tools to be on the cutting edge of the new technology driven job market.

Grading Standard Base Grading

Each standard is graded based on the Standard Base Grading scale

 

 

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