Priority Standards for Technology, Dec. 18-Jan. 4

4th grade:

Electronics Recycling PSA continued

-Students will learn about the importance of recycling electronics and then create a public service announcement to share with the community.

Guiding Questions:

What types of materials that people throw away are actually recyclable?

What are recycling companies doing to help reduce the impact of human garbage?

21.3-5.TL.1 Use technology resources to create original projects, identify patterns, make predictions, and propose solutions.

*I can choose from a variety of resources to add content to a project.

*I can work individually and collaboratively to create, display, publish, or perform technology projects.

21.3-5.TL.2 Use interactive technologies in a collaborative group to produce digital presentations or products in a curricular area.

*I can use technology to work with others.

21.3-5.TL.4 Use technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation

*I can use more than one source.

*I can find information online to solve problems.

5th grade:

Day 1: You Won’t Believe This! What is Clickbait? continued

-Define the curiosity gap. Explain how clickbait uses the curiosity gap to get your attention. Use strategies for avoiding clickbait.

21.3 -5.TL.3 Utilize digital tools and resources to investigate real–world issues, answer questions, or solve problems.

-I can evaluate website content.

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology for lifelong learning.

-I can be safe online and keep personal information private.

Day 3: Coding with Sphero (coding and problem solving)

21.3-5.TL.6 Understand technology hardware and software system operations and their application.

-I can identify sources of a problem or issue with technology.

6th grade:

National Parks Research & Evaluation Websites continued

21.6-8.TL.3 Plan strategies utilizing digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

-I can locate and utilize information from a variety of sources.

-I can evaluate resources for usefulness and validity.

21.6-8.TL.5 Understand the legal and ethical issues of technology as related to individuals, cultures, and societies.

-I can use copyrighted materials responsibly.

Priority Standards for Technology, Dec. 10-17

4th grade:

Electronics Recycling PSA continued

-Students will learn about the importance of recycling electronics and then create a public service
announcement to share with the community.

Guiding Questions:

What types of materials that people throw away are actually recyclable?

What are recycling companies doing to help reduce the impact of human garbage?

21.3-5.TL.1 Use technology resources to create original projects, identify patterns, make predictions,
and propose solutions.

*I can choose from a variety of resources to add content to a project.

*I can work individually and collaboratively to create, display, publish, or perform technology projects.

21.3-5.TL.2 Use interactive technologies in a collaborative group to produce digital presentations or
products in a curricular area.

*I can use technology to work with others.

21.3-5.TL.4 Use technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation

*I can use more than one source.

*I can find information online to solve problems.

5th grade:

You Won’t Believe This! What is Clickbait? continued

-Define the curiosity gap. Explain how clickbait uses the curiosity gap to get your attention. Use
strategies for avoiding clickbait.

21.3 -5.TL.3 Utilize digital tools and resources to investigate real–world issues, answer questions,
or solve problems.

-I can evaluate website content.

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology for
lifelong learning.

-I can be safe online and keep personal information private.

6th grade:

National Parks Research & Evaluation Websites continued

21.6-8.TL.3 Plan strategies utilizing digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

-I can locate and utilize information from a variety of sources.

-I can evaluate resources for usefulness and validity.

21.6-8.TL.5 Understand the legal and ethical issues of technology as related to individuals,
cultures, and societies.

-I can use copyrighted materials responsibly.

Example Slides for Denali National Park

Priority Standards for Technology, Nov. 30 - Dec. 7

The Hour of Code is here! All Norway students will be participating in coding activities in Technology. Mrs. Speer will also be offering a "Coding with Sphero" session for classrooms to sign up for.

What is Hour of Code?

• A global movement that brings computer sciences to students during computer science education week.
• Began as an hour challenge to introduce students to computer sciences and turned into a global learning event.
• The lifestyle we live today with our tablets, and mobile phones wouldn’t be possible without computer programming. Most people are intimidated by the thought of learning how to program but, as with anything, the more you practice the easier it gets.

Why Coding?

• Everything computers do is controlled by lines of code, called computer programs, which are written by coders, or programmers.
• Computer programming is currently one of the world’s fastest growing occupations.
• There are approx. 587,000 computing jobs nationwide (some of the highest paying jobs in US) but only about 38,000 computer science students graduated into the workforce this year.

What is Code?

• Code is a set of instructions (or rules) that computers can understand; it might be helpful to think of code as a recipe.
• People write code, code powers computers and computers power many everyday objects like phones, watches, microwaves and cars. In fact, almost anything powered by electricity uses code.
• There are many names for people who code: coders, programmers, developers, computer scientists, software engineers, etc.

For more information about the Hour of Code, check out these links*

• https://hourofcode.com/us
• https://csedweek.org/
• https://code.org/learn

*These links are outside the control of Benton Community Schools and Mrs. Speer.

Priority Standards November 19-29

4th grade:

Electronics Recycling PSA continued

-Students will learn about the importance of recycling electronics and then create a public service announcement to share with the community.

Guiding Questions:

What types of materials that people throw away are actually recyclable?

What are recycling companies doing to help reduce the impact of human garbage?

This video was a starting point to get us thinking about what we throw away:

21.3-5.TL.1 Use technology resources to create original projects, identify patterns, make predictions, and propose solutions.

*I can choose from a variety of resources to add content to a project.

*I can work individually and collaboratively to create, display, publish, or perform technology projects.

21.3-5.TL.2 Use interactive technologies in a collaborative group to produce digital presentations or products in a curricular area.

*I can use technology to work with others.

21.3-5.TL.4 Use technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation

*I can use more than one source.

*I can find information online to solve problems.

5th grade:

Check out Seesaw, students posted (in groups) about the Curiosity Gap.

You Won’t Believe This! What is Clickbait? continued

-Define the curiosity gap. Explain how clickbait uses the curiosity gap to get your attention. Use strategies for avoiding clickbait.

21.3 -5.TL.3 Utilize digital tools and resources to investigate real–world issues, answer questions, or solve problems.

-I can evaluate website content.

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology for lifelong learning.

-I can be safe online and keep personal information private.

6th grade:

National Parks Research & Evaluation Websites

21.6-8.TL.3 Plan strategies utilizing digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

-I can locate and utilize information from a variety of sources.

-I can evaluate resources for usefulness and validity.

21.6-8.TL.5 Understand the legal and ethical issues of technology as related to individuals, cultures, and societies.

-I can use copyrighted materials responsibly.

Questions we are looking at to evaluate websites used in our research:

1. Who wrote the information on the website? What is their background?

2. Is the information current; can you tell when the websites was last updated?

3. Is the source truthful and unbiased? Can you verify the information in another website/book/article?

4. What is the purpose of the information? (to inform, teach, sell, entertain, persuade)

Priority Standards for Technology Nov. 9-16

4th grade:

*4B, 4K, and 4T will be finishing their Genre Posters.

Electronics Recycling PSA

-Students will learn about the importance of recycling electronics and then create a

public service announcement to share with the community.

Guiding Questions:

What types of materials that people throw away are actually recyclable?

What are recycling companies doing to help reduce the impact of human garbage?

21.3-5.TL.1 Use technology resources to create original projects, identify patterns,

make predictions, and propose solutions.

-I can choose from a variety of resources to add content to a project.

-I can work individually and collaboratively to create, display, publish, or perform

technology projects.

21.3-5.TL.2 Use interactive technologies in a collaborative group to produce digital

presentations or products in a curricular area.

-I can use technology to work with others.

21.3-5.TL.4 Use technological resources to develop and refine questions for investigation.

-I can use more than one source.

-I can find information online to solve problems.

5th grade:

You Won’t Believe This! What is Clickbait?

-Define the curiosity gap. Explain how clickbait uses the curiosity gap to get your

attention. Use strategies for avoiding clickbait.

21.3 -5.TL.3 Utilize digital tools and resources to investigate real–world issues,

answer questions, or solve problems.

-I can evaluate website content.

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of

technology for lifelong learning.

-I can be safe online and keep personal information private.

6th grade:

Fighting Fake News

21.6-8.TL.3 Plan strategies utilizing digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use

information.

-I can locate and utilize information from a variety of sources.

-I can evaluate resources for usefulness and validity.

21.6-8.TL.5 Understand the legal and ethical issues of technology as related

to individuals, cultures, and societies.

-I can use technology in ways that do not harm myself or others.

Priority Standards Nov. 1-8

4th grade:

Genre Posters continued

-Students will explore the meaning of literature genres and then create a poster to explain
one of the genres used in our school library.

-Students will use graphics from iClipArt that are licensed to be used in projects.

21.3-5.TL.1 Use technology resources to create original projects, identify patterns, make
predictions, and propose solutions.

*I can choose from a variety of resources to add content to a project.

*I can create and share new ideas and products and processes related to curriculum content.

21.3-5.TL.2 Use interactive technologies in a collaborative group to produce digital
presentations or products in a curricular area.

*I can use technology to work with others.

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology
for lifelong learning.

*I can use copyrighted materials responsibly.

5th grade:

Seesaw Activity: Describing a Spooky House 2 ways (writing and recording)

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology
for lifelong learning.

21.3-5.TL.6 Understand technology hardware and software system operations and
their application.

Finish Email Etiquette

6th grade:

Fighting Fake News

21.6-8.TL.3 Plan strategies utilizing digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

-I can locate and utilize information from a variety of sources.

-I can evaluate resources for usefulness and validity.

21.6-8.TL.5 Understand the legal and ethical issues of technology as related to
individuals, cultures, and societies.

-I can use copyrighted materials responsibly.

Global Read Aloud - Postcard Exchange

We are reading Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed for the Global Read Aloud. We are using Flipgrid to share reflections on the reading with schools near Chicago, IL and Columbus, OH. We are also writing postcards to about 35 schools around the USA and Canada.

We have created a map to show the location of schools from which we received postcards.

Check out our Map!

Priority Standards for Technology Oct. 24-31

4th grade:

Genre Posters continued

-Students will explore the meaning of literature genres and then create a poster to explain one of the genres used in our school library.

-Students will use graphics from iClipArt that are licensed to be used in projects.

21.3-5.TL.1 Use technology resources to create original projects, identify patterns, make predictions, and propose solutions.

*I can choose from a variety of resources to add content to a project.

*I can create and share new ideas and products and processes related to curriculum content.

21.3-5.TL.2 Use interactive technologies in a collaborative group to produce digital presentations or products in a curricular area.

*I can use technology to work with others.

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology for lifelong learning.

*I can use copyrighted materials responsibly.

5th grade:

Discussing Email Etiquette continued

-View examples of composing and sending email through school-provided email accounts. Discuss the importance of using correct spelling and grammar, avoiding sarcasm and abbreviations, including a subject, etc.

21.3-5.TL.5 Understand and practice appropriate, legal, and safe uses of technology for lifelong learning.

6th grade:

Share Glogster projects continued

21.6-8.TL.5 Understand the legal and ethical issues of technology as related to individuals, cultures, and societies.

21.6-8.TL.1 Demonstrate creative thinking in the design and development of innovative technology products and problem solving.