TECH TWO UNITS

(2nd Year tech students)
Unit name
What do you study?
Final Project
2.0 Word Processing 201 / with Photoshop
Students develop more advanced Word Processing formatting skills and incorporate Photoshop pictures with their work.
Persuasive essay and personal brochure
Students learn the basic principles of digital photography, including how to take great pictures, how to use a camera, how to import pictures, and how to integrate pictures into projects.
Digital Poetry slideshow project
Students explore ethical behavior involving computers and internet including passwords, viruses, talking online, and copyright laws.
Create an Ethics quiz project
Students continue to expand their skills on the Internet, developing their research skills, identifying false web sites, and knowing advanced search tricks.
Internet 2.0 project
     
Students work on a web site of their work at school.
Your own 4+ page website

Students explore how to plan, shoot, and edit digital videos.

Digital video project

 

 

Tech Lab Standards and Performance Indicators

To live, learn, and work successfully in an increasingly complex and information rich society, students must use technology effectively. Within a sound educational setting, technology can enable students to become:

  1. Capable information technology users
  2. Information seekers, analyzers, and evaluators
  3. Problem solvers and decision-makers
  4. Creative and effective users of productivity tools
  5. Communicators, collaborators, publishers, and producers
  6. Informed, responsible, and contributing citizens

The Tech Lab power standards for students are divided into six broad categories. Standards within each category are to be introduced, reinforced, and mastered by students. These categories provide a framework for linking performance indicators found(numbered) within the standards. These standards and profiles are guidelines for planning Tech Lab based activities in which students achieve success in learning, communication, and life skills.

  1. Basic operations and concepts
    • Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.
    • Students are proficient in the use of technology.
  2. Social, ethical, and human issues Students understand the ethical, cultural, and societal issues related to technology.
    • Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, and productivity
  3. Technology productivity tools
    • Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
    • Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, preparing publications, and producing other creative works
  4. Technology communications tools
    • Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with experts and other audiences.
  5. Technology research tools
    • Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources
    • Students use technology tools to process data and report results.
    • Students evaluate and select information resources based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
  6. Technology problem-solving and decision-making tools
    • Students use technology resources for solving problems and making informed decisions.
    • Students employ technology in the development of strategies for solving problems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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