Content Area: Technological Literacy

 

Index: 8.1B Grade 8 CPI 8

 

Standard:8.1 - Computer and Information Literacy

 

Strand: B - Application of Productivity Tools

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 8 - The student use computer applications to modify information independently and/or collaboratively to solve problems.

 

Grade: 8

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       Earth is becoming uninhabitable

 

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

 

·       Although New Jersey is well known as the Garden State, it certainly could be recognized as the Invention State. We now live in an increasing complex "global society" with demands for increased invention, design, and manufacturing to make people's lives and work more productive while meeting personal and family needs

 

·       Create a poster using computer software to accompany a report.

 

·       Create cover for a report using computer software.

 

·       Create eye catching invitations to an event

 

·       Create a time line using computer software that tracks the development of a specific item.

 

·    Resources:

Getting It Right:  http://cnets.iste.org/students/pf/pf_get_it_right.html

Earth Movement in Real Time:  http://cnets.iste.org/students/pf/pf_earth_movement.html

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: http://hirshhorn.si.edu/education/interactive.html

SodaPlay: http://www.sodaplay.com/

The Satellite Site: http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/satellite/