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Technology Curriculum Scope & Sequence
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Commercial Courses for Students
Digital Storytelling and other Cross-Overs
Technology Lesson PlansStandards for technology are being redrawn in most states, districts and schools to reflect integration with the curriculum. The following reflect samples of both traditional skills-based standards and the newer standards.
National Technology & Information Literacy Standards - links provided as part of the Standards Locator by Riverdeep, through which you can access state Technology standards
California Learning Resources Center has created a database that helps you to locate software that correlates with a specific (CA - but you can do well outside of the state) standard - useful for a software purchaser or tech coordinator who must make recommendations or spend state funds
- Education World provides an index to Technology Standards by state, with links to national standards
- From Florida, technology skills within subject area standards - Technology Skills and the Sunshine State Standards
- ISTE (International Society for Education in Technology) - the site contains descriptions and printable copies of several of their standards projects
- Mountain Brook Schools (Alabama) Technology Scope and Sequence - clearly articulated and charted standards
- North Carolina Public Schools Computer/Technology Skills Curriculum
- Standards database k-12 from McREL
- Standards for Technology Literacy - from ITEA - can be downloaded in .pdf format - note that they are copyrighted
- Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Technology
- Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Information & Technology Literacy - Benchmark standards for Grades 4, 8, 12 - requires Acrobat Reader (.pdf files)
- Cisco Networking Academy Program
- Connected Tech - online course of study (mainly software tools) for k-8 - integrates technology into curricular activities - ISTE aligned - from Classroom Connect
- Learning.com's Easy Tech is a k-8 instructional system - $12/yr/student (site licensing available for huge purchasers) - aligns to ISTE standards and those of many states - has been adopted by several states - a digital literacy curriculum, complete with lesson plans, assessments, training, and administrative data mining, that claims to integrate with many disciplines
The advent of Curriculum Mapping has resulted in the appearance of many excellent web sites prepared by schools and school districts.The best of these connect skills and content scope & sequence with standards. The following links are to sample sights. These and the links above will provide you with good language for formulating essential questions and for curriculum mapping skill sets.
All
- Essential Computer Skills Checklist from the Muskegee County School District, Georgia - a basic tool
- Knowledge and Skills Matrix from San Diego schools is part of their overall technology integration plan
- North Carolina Computer Skills and Technology Curriculum
Elementary
- Snoqualmie Valley Public School system has put their elementary computer curriculum online
- Fayetteville Public Schools Elementary Technology Objectives - includes applications and objectives
- Ontario Curriculum: Science and Technology k-8 - provides a different view of the role of technology education
- Groton Public Schools Educational Technology Scope and Sequence - k-8 - be sure to read the Philosophy and Goals
Middle
- Pine River Middle Schools (LeRoy, MI) Technology Standards - include application and integration activities
- Middle School Technology Curriculum Map from The Community School, Sun Valley, Idaho
- Ontario Curriculum: Science and Technology k-8 - provides a different view of the role of technology education
- Groton Public Schools Technology Scope and Sequence - k-8 - be sure to read the Philosophy and Goals
High School
- Curriculum description from St. Peter's Schools focuses upon integration as well as demonstration of skills competency
- The Georgia Department of Education presents their HS standards for Media Technology
- The Mercer Island Information Technology Curriculum illustrates the range of technology course that can be offered by a large school
- Farmington Municipal Schools CSM (Computer Systems Management) Curriculum Checklist
Faculty
- ALA Adult Literacy Skills
- The Mankato Teacher Technology Survey can be downloaded in either FileMakerPro or .pdf version
- The Profiler archive contains skills evaluation self-surveys shared by schools - use requires registration and approval - archived surveys can be previewed or printed
- La Vega (TX) Teacher Competency Standards - .pdf format
- Boston Public Schools Technology Self-Assessment - for Teachers, Administration, Staff, other
Least Tern has provided a PowerPoint presentation to address this question. You may download it from our Teach Yourself page or view the presentation as a web-based slide show. The presentation contains a list of resources for more information and an overview of Mapping Applications. We also offer a Quick Talk on the basics of Curriculum Mapping for schools that are just beginning the process, workshops on FileMaker Pro and Inspiration mapping solutions, and consulting/support for the mapping process. Contact Least Tern for more information.Mapping Applications - Commercial - we have listed applications, sites and other sources at Learn About Curriculum Mapping
- Atomic Learning - subscription-based application tutorials provide sequenced online lessons - now provides Teacher2Teacher lessons for use in the technology classroom
- Instructional Technology from TECH Learning - multi-level curriculum package, print and/or digital, covering most academic uses of technology k-12 - generic software - purchase by yearly license
- Teacher Created Materials - activity modules in hard copy - platform and application independent
The technology curriculum can be, and should be, merged with other departmental curricula. Here are some resources for recommended Cross-Overs. Others can be found by perusing the best of the best - our Research Starters for academic areas.Digital Storytelling - see also HyperFiction
- BBC's Telling Voices Digital Storytelling Project - grouped by theme - Real Player - these are powerful examples
- Memory's Voices - devoted to digital storytelling - includes good introductory material (areas of digital storytelling) and good tutorial (cookbook) - samples not yet available
- PBS American Family - curriculum for Elementary/Middle school to explore Multimedia Storytelling - includes tips for iMovie, slideshow and print productions - includes a storyboarding template
- StoryLink - new, non-profit site in beta - enter beta site and explore Communities for sample movies - QT format - good for use with teens
- Blogs & Blogging and Wikis - visit our web design resource listing
- Educational Blogger's Network - a blog about ed blogs
- Find a Blog - Blogarama is a blog search engine
- EditMe - at least, a low-cost WIKI service! For $4.95 base fee you can build a WIKI site that is hosted by EditMe - features include Comments, images, WYSIWYG editor (or .html), Attachments, version tracking, and administration granting, as well as e-mail notification of comments - as of 12/07/03, editing tools worked reliably on IE 5.5 for Windows, OK on Netscape 7.+ for Mac OSX, and did not appear on IE 5.2 for OSX
The best way to learn about the WIKI phenomenon is to visit the Wiki Wiki Web and get involved in the experience
Literature & Computers
WebDesign - focusing upon design will lead to collaboration with academic and Arts facultyRobotics - it is not possible to pursue a robotics curriculum without coordinating with the study of Science and Mathematics - even English!HTML Walkthrough - this is a concept new to us - see an example at the Metropolis Walkthrough - we think it can apply to History, Architecture, Social Studies and Community studiesComputer Graphics and Art - we have collected links under:
- Photoshop tutorials
- Media Literacy
- Digital media tutorials and information
- Visual Arts resources
- Web design resources
see also: Computer Animation Creation - scroll down the page for drawing tablet information
Data Mining - spreadsheets, GIS, GPS, databases and other tools can all be put to curricular use for data analysis
- Least Tern highlight links for History/Social Studies data, including census, demographics, geography
- Least Tern highlight links for Science data
- The GLOBE Program - in the program, students collect and post environmental data to the web - this data can be accessed by all - the program itself is fabulous! and k-12
- Image Processing - scientific measurement and image analysis tools and lessons
- Weather and Earth Science
- Websites to Find Statistics On-Line - just about all topics of interest to kids, including sports and media
- Science Probes - current links to suppliers of probeware and software from NYC
- Palms and Probes - an intro to a collaborative project - follow the resources to connect to project participants
- Pedagogy - Probeware Takes a Seat in the Classroom
- ImagiProbe - sensors and software - omitted from lists above
- Data Harvest - also creates probes and interfaces for use with Pocket PC
- ProbeSight - from the Concord Consortium - how to, why to, what to use
- Onset makes the HOBO datalogger, a battery operated device that does not need a computer connection - they also make outdoor sensors that will interface with a Palm device - the iScience Project provides free HOBO devices for use in the classroom
- Vernier Go! Temp probe (temperature data) and Go! Link (allow connection to other Vernier probes) link directly to USB ports - include Logger Lite software
GIS/GPS
- Geocaching - this "treasure-hunt" type hobby now has its own home site - links to cache activities and organizations in all states - how-to
- GIS and its Applications in Education - shrink the font and scroll down to the links at the bottom of this resource rich site
- GIS in Education - lessons and links from an active Wisconsin initiative
- GIS in Education - an even broader resource from the Rocky Mountain Mapping Center
- GIS in Education - pedagogy and methods from North Carolina State University
- GPS/GIS Lesson Plans
- GPS- Resources - from South Dakota
- The GPS Store - locate hardware and judge for yourself - see also the link: Learn about GPS
- Palm resources:
E. Sky-McIlvain 05/16/2004
