K-12 Media and Technology Curriculum

GRADE

STRAND

STANDARD

BENCHMARKS

ISTE, AASL

MN CONTENT STANDARDS

RESOURCES

7

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Students will select and use appropriate technology for educational and personal goals

1.  Students improve keyboarding skills, including advances in speed, accuracy, and general efficiency.

2.  Students use a variety of painting and drawing tools to create images and modify digital photographs.

3.  Students improve word processing skills, including automated proofreading and editing tools.

4.  Students create multimedia presentations using multiple layouts, customized backgrounds, animations, slide sorting and arrangement features.

5.  Students use spreadsheets to organize data by using spreadsheet features such as rows, columns, cell formats; insert/delete, and fill down/across commands; formulas and functions, headers and footers.

6.  Students embed a spreadsheet into a word processing document.

7.  Students identify and solve routine hardware and software problems.

8.  Students  create desktop publishing layouts using graphics, word art, text boxes, and a variety of drawing tools

ISTE Profile 6-8: 1,5,8,9,10

Business Education

Tech Education

STEM Science Technology Engineering & Math

Video Yearbook

Business Marketing Education Frameworks

Inspiration

Microsoft Office 2003

Microsoft Publisher 2003

MicroError-Checker98

GRADE

STRAND

STANDARD

BENCHMARKS

ISTE, AASL

MN CONTENT STANDARDS

RESOURCES

7

RESPONSIBLE USE OF INFORMA-TION AND TECHNOLOGY

Students will understand ethical and safety issues related to information use including plagiarism, citing sources, copyright, intellectual freedom, acceptable use of school technologies, privacy, and evaluation of information

1.  Students understand the privileges and responsibilities as outlined in the Internet Acceptable Use Policy

2.  Students understand why private identity information should not be communicated without the permission of a teacher or parent

3.  Students understand the importance of passwords and can describe strategies for protecting password security.

4.  Students identify strategies for responsibly dealing with online bullies.

5.  Students distinguish between online and face-to-face friends and explain the rules for being safe when communicating with online contacts.

6.  Students understand the capacity of the Internet to disseminate both positive and negative ideas about groups and individuals.

7.  Students evaluate a website based on credibility, accuracy, and purpose.

8.  Students understand that creators of intellectual works have ownership rights which are protected by copyright law.

9.  Students define plagiarism and explain why it is wrong.

ISTE Profile 6-8: 2,3

AASL 8: 1,2

Cybersmart

COPPA

School District Internet Safety and Acceptable Use Policy

GRADE

STRAND

STANDARD

BENCHMARKS

ISTE, AASL

MN CONTENT STANDARDS

RESOURCES

7

RESPONSIBLE USE OF INFORMA-TION AND TECHNOLOGY

Students will use resources responsibly.

1.  Students use materials, equipment, and facilities respectfully and independently.

2.  Students use strategies, such as print preview, to avoid waste of resources

AASL 7: 2:8:3

Students will use resources and learn independently and in collaboration with others

1.  Students respect the thinking and creative works of other students.

2.  Students use technology resources to maximize individual productivity as well as collaborative learning experiences.

ISTE Profile 6-8:5,7

AASL 9:1,2,

3,4

GRADE

STRAND

STANDARD

BENCHMARKS

ISTE, AASL

MN CONTENT STANDARDS

RESOURCES

7

RESEARCH PROCESS

Students will follow a systematic research process that involves formulating a question, gathering, evaluating, and organizing information, drawing conclusions, presenting results to an audience, and evaluating both the product and the process

1.  Students recognize that accurate and comprehensive information is the basis for informed decision making.

2.  Students find information in digital resources.

     a.  Students use search strategies such as Boolean operations, keyword, subject, browse, and hierarchical searches in various databases and Internet search engines to find information.

3.  Students evaluate information considering currency, accuracy, validity, relevance, completeness, bias, intended audience, fact/opinion, and purpose.

4.  Students use a standard format to record bibliographic information for sources used.

5.  Students use mind-maps, webs, or diagrams to display relationships between ideas and supporting evidence.

6.  Students use conventions of different media to convey meaning

     --Word processed document

     --Hand or computer-generated drawing or poster

     --Digital presentation

     --Spreadsheet with/without accompanying graph

ISTE Profile 6-8: 4,5,7,

10

AASL

1:4,5; 2:1,2,3

    4

3:1,2,3

    4

4:1,2

Inspiration

Microsoft Office 2003

Microsoft Publisher 2003