K-12 Media and Technology Curriculum

Grade

Strand

Standard

Benchmarks

ISTE

AASL

MN Content

Resources

K-2

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.

Question:

1.      Students generate questions based on interests, observations, information or stories.

ISTE Pre-K-2: 10

AASL 1:1,3; 4: 1,2

Examples: Ask a question about personal interest, a detail of a story, or a natural occurrence.

International Society for Technology in Education http://www.iste.org.

American Association of School Librarians

http://www.aasl.org.

Gather:

1.      Students identify information sources and locations.

a.       Students identify information experts around the school and community.

2. Students understand that each book has a special place on a shelf and can use a shelf marker to mark the place.
3. Students find easy reading, picture, fiction, non-fiction, reference, etc. books.
4. Students locate designated areas in a library media center such as the computer lab, circulation desk and book return.
5. Students identify the difference between fiction and non-fiction materials.
6. Students identify call numbers on materials.
7. Students use call numbers to locate a specific book.
8. Students identify the parts of a book including author, illustrator and copyright (symbol and date).
9. Students use a table of contents, index and glossary (introduce guide words) to find specific information in a book.
10. Students locate a book using an electronic catalog.
11. Students navigate to/on a pre-selected web site.
12. Students understand the sequence of alphabetical order and can use it to find an article/word in a print encyclopedia or dictionary.
13. Students conduct a simple keyword search in an online encyclopedia or age-appropriate site.

2.      Students identify the best source of information to locate an answer to a question (encyclopedia, dictionary, phone book, atlas).

3.      Students summarize and record information using a variety of methods.

ISTE Pre-K-2: 4,10

AASL 1: 4,5; 2: 4; 4: 1,2

Examples: Information experts might be teachers and other school staff, older students, etc. What kinds of questions can each one answer?

b. Students create and use their own shelf marker in K.

c., d. Introduction to the Media Center in K; reinforced in grades 1 and 2.

e. Media Center book talks, grades k-2.

f. ,g. Grade 2, Book Search, Around the World.

h. Grade K.: Introduction to parts of a book, including author and illustrator. Grade 1 and 2 reinforcement and addition of copyright.

i. Grade 2 classroom

j. Grade 2 Web Collection

k. Grade K-2 : www.pbskids.org

www.starfall.com , Grolier.

l. Grade 2 classroom

m. Grade 2 Web collection,

Grolier.

2.      Grade 2: Intro to Reference section.

3.      Grade k-2 classroom.

Conclude:

1.      With teacher guidance, students will identify categories and themes across multiple sources.

2.      Students draw a conclusion about what was learned (main idea) from sources with teacher guidance.

3.      Students draw conclusions regarding the topic at the end of a theme or research project with teacher guidance.

ISTE Pre-K-2: 10

AASL

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

1.-3. Grade K-2: Reading Curriculum.

Communicate: 

1.      Students retell a story, explain a drawing or display, or describe a selected object.

2.      Students demonstrate a reaction to a story by drawing a picture or writing a response.

3.      Students create an effectively labeled diagram or graph.

ISTE Pre-K-2: 10

AASL

3:4

1.-3. Grade K-2: Media Center Book Talks, Author of the Month Activities, Classroom Information Graphs.

Evaluate:

1.      Students seek review through student-teacher dialogue.

2.      Students complete project checklist.

3.      Students evaluate a computer-generated picture using pre-developed criteria and verbally explain the picture.

AASL

6:1,2

1.  Grades K-2: Classroom and Media Center discussion.

2. Grade 2: Kidspiration Font and Spelling list exercise.

3. Grades K-2: KidPix and Kidspiration.

K-2

RESPONSIBLE USE OF INFORMATION 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 that Internet use should involve adult supervision

2.      Students know how to stay safe on the Internet by visiting only sites selected by teachers and parents. 

3.      Students communicate to teacher when inappropriate material is accidentally viewed.

4.      Students explain why it is wrong to copy someone else’s work.

ISTE Pre K-2: 6

AASL

8: 1,2

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/index.cfm

http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index.html

http://www.msn.staysafeonline.com/kids/games/index.html

School Internet Safety and Acceptable Use Policies

K-2

RESPONSIBLE USE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Students will use resources responsibly.

1.      Students understand that school resources and materials belong to the school community.

2.      Students follow checkout and return procedures.

3.      Students use materials, equipment, and facilities in a respectful way.

4.      Students learn basic safety rules for use of hardware and electronic equipment.

5.      Students listen to audios and watch  video tapes or DVDs appropriately.

6.      Students print documents with permission only.

ISTE Pre K-2: 7

AASL

7: 2; 8:3

Introduction to the Media Center

Standards are reinforced continuously as students use the Media Center to gather information and resources.

K-2

RESPONSIBLE USE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Students will use resources to learn both independently and in collaboration with others.

1.      Students communicate ideas with others in a respectful manner.

2.      Students understand that everyone does not like the same books, pictures or music.

ISTE Pre K-2: 2,6

AASL

9: 1,2,

3,4

Classroom and Media Center discussion of materials.