Technology 5
Units
| Unit | Essential Questions | Content | Skills and Processes | Assessment | Resources | Multicultural Dimension |
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| Desktop Publishing |
What do I hope to accomplish in this course? What work do I think may be challenging? How do I create a printed, multimedia document? Why do computers save files in different formats? |
Personal reflection about hopes and potential obstacles for the year How to create a multimedia printed document Image file transfer and management A computer integrated digital camera DIfference between file formats for editing and publication (Word doc, ComicLife, PDF) Standard file upload form |
Take one or more self-portraits Reflect on one's own learning goals and challenges Create a document in ComicLife and save it to the file server Create a document in Microsoft Word and save it to the file server Transfer image files from website to desktop to application Add digital photos to ComicLife or MS Word document |
Assess completed work against project rubric (individual projects) Provide formative and summative feedback to students |
ComicLife application Moodle website software |
Expression of one's own identity through pictures and words |
| Programming |
How may we create a computer animation to explain a concept? |
Programming constructs in Scratch: loops, conditional statements, motion, sound, user input, sensing, and others Integrated with the Aprovecho sustainable solutions field trip |
Create a simple interactive animation |
Work file assessed against a project rubric |
Scratch website, instruction cards, tutorials, and examples |
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| Graphing Data |
How do we analyze data using a computer? What is spreadsheet software? How may we best communicate useful information using graphs? |
Definition of a website database Distinction between website and local data storage Excel formulas Different types of graphs (pie, bar, etc.) Differences among productivity applications (word processor, email client, spreadsheet, presentation software) Individual survey questions and data from one's peers Paper Towel and Bottle Biology project data (coordinated with science class) |
Add a record to a website database View records in a website database Download data from a website database to Excel Summarize data by counting manually and using the COUNTIF function Graph data in Excel and iWork applications Use graphs to communicate ideas/support oral presentations |
Assess Excel spreadsheets, graphs, and presentation files against project rubrics |
insideCatlin website Microsoft Excel, including the function reference Pages, Keyote applications |
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| Presentation Software |
How may we use a computer application to best support an oral presentation? |
Effective slide design strategies Presentation software applications |
Compose a multi-slide, multimedia presentation using Keynote or PowerPoint Deliver an oral presentation to a group, using presentation software as a complement |
Presentation documents assessed according to a project rubric |
Presentation Zen book and website Apple Keynote software |
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| Social Networks |
How may we use social networks to promote an idea? How may we maintain our privacy when using social network software? |
Facebook Page feature Student-designed sustainability initiative |
Create text, photo, and video content to promote an idea Email/send these items to the teacher to post on Facebook Monitor Facebook page for responses |
Review of submitted student work against a project rubric |
Facebook Page feature Advertising campaign examples |