Content Area: Technological Literacy

 

Index: 8.1B Grade 4 CPI 4

 

Standard:8.1 - Computer and Information Literacy

 

Strand: B - Application of Productivity Tools

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 4 - The student will recognize the ethical and legal implications of plagiarism of copyrighted materials.

 

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       Mr./Ms. Z's company has decided to relocate the employee and the family overseas. The employment opportunities exist in Australia, Brazil, China, Kenya, and Switzerland. Your family must make the decision as to the country of preference with a backup alternative. Provide a justification to the human resource department. Be prepared to negotiate a contract that meets career, financial, and personal needs.

 

·       An individual wants to select a career pathway….in an area of interest for future employment and postsecondary and lifelong learning

 

·       Current transportation systems consume natural resources and add to pollution and congestion.

 

·       Teacher demonstrate ways that the teachers can check student work for plagiarism. Discuss ways to give credit to authors of print and graphic information. Discuss school policies related to this topic and what it means in relations to grading in the classroom.

 

Resources:

Wall of Fame: http://cnets.iste.org/students/pf/pf_wall_fame.html

Who’s Who in Fingerprinting: http://cnets.iste.org/students/pf/pf_whos_who.html

Advertising: http://cnets.iste.org/students/s_book.html

Webquest, Ms. Babb: http://teacherweb.com/in/pnc/babb/

A Visitor’s Guide to the Solar System: http://www.teachtheteachers.org/projects/SPierce/index.htm

Traveling the World:  http://www.geocities.com/dj10700/index_files/page0005.html