Standards: 8.1 Educational Technology: All students will use digital tools to access, manage, evaluate, and synthesize information in order to solve problems individually and collaborate and to create and communicate knowledge. CPI: 8.1.5.A.1: Select and use the appropriate digital tools and resources to accomplish a variety of tasks including problem solving. 8.1.5.A.2: Format a document a word processing application to enhance text and include graphics, symbols and/or pictures. Common Core Standards (CCSS): (ELA) W.3.4. With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (ELA) W.3.5. With guidance and support from and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (ELA) L.3.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships. Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills: Technology Vocabulary Understanding and Using Features of an operating system. Grade appropriate effective input of text and data. Use computer icons. Produce grade appropriate documents using age appropriate software. Create and use graphic organizers to create, construct or design a document. Produce and interpret graphs and charts. Explain the purpose of an Acceptable Use Policy and consequence for inappropriate use of technology. Performance Standards: Time Line: One Class Period Mastery Level Performance is equal to Understandings: Essential Questions: Students will understand: What effect will this course have on parts of Success in keyboarding is directly related to my life? technique. How will having Technology skills make me The importance of using computer successful long-term: personally, academically and applications such as Spell Check and professionally? Thesaurus to solve problems. The importance of complementing document by using various graphics such as WordArt. Students will know: Students will be able to: The advantages of using proper keyboarding Use proper keyboarding technique. technique. Access Spell Check and Thesaurus. That Spell Check and Thesaurus are used to Insert and manipulate WordArt. review and improve a document. That Graphics, like WordArt, complement a document. Authentic Assessment Evidence Formative: Digital Activity: Spell Check and Thesaurus Digital Activity: WordArt
Standards: 8.1 Educational Technology: All students will use digital tools to access, manage, evaluate, and synthesize information in order to solve problems individually and collaborate and to create and communicate knowledge. CPI: 8.1.5.A.1: Select and use the appropriate digital tools and resources to accomplish a variety of tasks including problem solving. 8.1.5.A.2: Format a document a word processing application to enhance text and include graphics, symbols and/or pictures. Common Core Standards (CCSS): (ELA) W.3.4. With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (ELA) W.3.5. With guidance and support from and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (ELA) L.3.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships. Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills: Technology Vocabulary Understanding and Using Features of an operating system. Grade appropriate effective input of text and data. Use computer icons. Produce grade appropriate documents using age appropriate software. Create and use graphic organizers to create, construct or design a document. Produce and interpret graphs and charts. Explain the purpose of an Acceptable Use Policy and consequence for inappropriate use of technology. Performance Standards: Mastery Level Performance is equal to Time Line: One Class Period Understandings: Students will understand: Success in keyboarding is directly related to technique. The importance of using computer applications such as Spell Check and Thesaurus to solve problems. The importance of complementing document by using various graphics such as WordArt. Essential Questions: What effect will this course have on parts of my life? How will having Technology skills make me successful long-term: personally, academically and professionally? Students will know: The advantages of using proper keyboarding technique. That Spell Check and Thesaurus are used to review and improve a document. That Graphics, like WordArt, complement a document. Students will be able to: Use proper keyboarding technique. Access Spell Check and Thesaurus. Insert and manipulate WordArt. Authentic Assessment Evidence Formative: Digital Activity: Spell Check and Thesaurus Digital Activity: WordArt
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