Almost Almost Rarely Occasionally Frequently Technology Literacy Skill Never Always 2 3 4 1 5 Uses technology to gather, analyze, and assess data and its effectiveness to design, develop and test possible solutions that assist students in making decisions. Analyzes and evaluates information from a variety of perspectives and resources in order to assess multiple solutions and investigates them from differing viewpoints. Essential Concept and/or Skill: Understands the legal and ethical issues of technology as related to individuals, cultures, and societies. (21.6-8.TL.5) Uses technology efficiently and in a manner that does not harm them or others. Demonstrates awareness of legal and ethical responsibilities when using copyrighted material, and how a disregard of legal and ethical responsibilities affects others. Uses online resources to work with others to complete a task and accepts responsibility for the results. Identifies capabilities of contemporary technology resources. Develops examples of how technology systems and services can assist them in pursuing personal interests. Essential Concept and/or Skill: Understands the underlying structure and application of technology systems. (21.6-8.TL.6) Utilizes technology for everyday uses and understands how technology systems can be applied to various situations. Selects and uses technology applications to conduct research, solve problems and produces finished products. Identifies the source of a problem with technology, and, if necessary, the appropriate support personnel needed. Applies knowledge of technology to explore other technologies and be able to identify commonalities among them. Rating Descriptors Operationally Defined: Almost Never grade level essential concept or skill is demonstrated/observed very little or not at all (with appropriate – accommodations) with no generalization of skill across days and novel situations. grade level essential concept or skill is demonstrated/observed infrequently (with appropriate accommodations) Rarely – with little or no generalization of skill across days and novel situations; teacher prompting does not always result in demonstration of skill. Occasionally grade level essential concept or skill is demonstrated/observed periodically (with appropriate – accommodations) with inconsistent generalization across days and novel situations; teacher prompting is often necessary for skill to be generalized. Frequently grade level essential standard or skill is demonstrated/observed often (with appropriate accommodations) – with consistent generalization of skill across days and novel situations; occasional teacher prompting is necessary for skill to be generalized. Almost Always grade level essential standard or skill is demonstrated/observed most of the time (with appropriate – accommodations) with consistent and independent generalization of skill across days and novel situations.
Technology Literacy Skill Almost Never 1 Rarely 2 Occasionally 3 Frequently 4 Almost Always 5 Uses technology to gather, analyze, and assess data and its effectiveness to design, develop and test possible solutions that assist students in making decisions. Analyzes and evaluates information from a variety of perspectives and resources in order to assess multiple solutions and investigates them from differing viewpoints. Essential Concept and/or Skill: Understands the legal and ethical issues of technology as related to individuals, cultures, and societies. (21.6-8.TL.5) Uses technology efficiently and in a manner that does not harm them or others. Demonstrates awareness of legal and ethical responsibilities when using copyrighted material, and how a disregard of legal and ethical responsibilities affects others. Uses online resources to work with others to complete a task and accepts responsibility for the results. Identifies capabilities of contemporary technology resources. Develops examples of how technology systems and services can assist them in pursuing personal interests. Essential Concept and/or Skill: Understands the underlying structure and application of technology systems. (21.6-8.TL.6) Utilizes technology for everyday uses and understands how technology systems can be applied to various situations. Selects and uses technology applications to conduct research, solve problems and produces finished products. Identifies the source of a problem with technology, and, if necessary, the appropriate support personnel needed. Applies knowledge of technology to explore other technologies and be able to identify commonalities among them. Rating Descriptors Operationally Defined: Almost Never – grade level essential concept or skill is demonstrated/observed very little or not at all (with appropriate accommodations) with no generalization of skill across days and novel situations. Rarely – grade level essential concept or skill is demonstrated/observed infrequently (with appropriate accommodations) with little or no generalization of skill across days and novel situations; teacher prompting does not always result in demonstration of skill. Occasionally – grade level essential concept or skill is demonstrated/observed periodically (with appropriate accommodations) with inconsistent generalization across days and novel situations; teacher prompting is often necessary for skill to be generalized. Frequently – grade level essential standard or skill is demonstrated/observed often (with appropriate accommodations) with consistent generalization of skill across days and novel situations; occasional teacher prompting is necessary for skill to be generalized. Almost Always – grade level essential standard or skill is demonstrated/observed most of the time (with appropriate accommodations) with consistent and independent generalization of skill across days and novel situations.
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