Units:

Introduction and Basic

Functionality

Essential Understandings
(Objectives)

Students will understand the

privileges and responsibilities
assocated with technology use
in our school. Students will be
able to conduct basic iPad
functionality.

Skills/Strategies/Processes:
(performance expectation verbs)

Marianapolis 21st Century Skills Curriculum

Skills 21
2012 - 2013
Guidelines for safe,
Reading ebooks.
appropriate, and effective use
of technology.

Wikis and Wikipedia.

Elements of Digital
Citizenship and iMovie.

YouTube and Copyright.

Students will self generate a

Students will effectively use
set of guidelines to help them the basic features of standard
determine what safe and
e-reading tools.
appropriate use of technology
looks like.

Students will understand what

wikis are and how they work.
Students will edit their own
wiki pages to include
information on an element of
digital citizenship. Students
will engage in online
discussion on the topic of
Digital Citizenship. Students
will create a movie
demonstrating their element of
digital citizenship.

Students will understand how

YouTube copyright protection
works. Students will
understand how to abide by the
terms of Fair Use.

Read and understand

Acceptable Use Policy and
Policies & Procedures
document. Manage access to
wifi, email, basic internet
browsing, DropBox, App
Store, and PDF annotation.

Read Should Kindergarteners

Use iPads in the Classroom.
Generate a list of guidelines
for young children to follow
(Lino). Read High Tech vs.
No Tech. Generate
guidelines for themselves.

Install dot.epub. Practice

transfer of websites and pdf
articles to ereaders. Read and
annotate [insert article here].

Interact with wikipedia articles

to understand their
development. Discuss with a
group the definition of an
element of digital citizenship
and some examples. Create a
wiki page to share their group
discussion and discovery with
the class. Create a movie
demonstrating an element of
Digital Citizenship using
iMovie.

Watch tutorial explaining

YouTubes copyright
protection features. Upload
videos to YouTube abiding by
terms of Fair Use. File for
copyright appeals if necessary.

Assessment:

N/A

Student generated list of

guidelines

RFI

Group wiki page, movie,

rubric

Quiz

Curriculum Resources:

Google Docs, Gmail, Canvas

Canvas

iBooks, Amazon Kindle,

SubText

iMovie, Google Sites, Weebly Youtube, Canvas

Units:

Secure Passwords.

Etiquette in Digital
Communications

Connect and Disconnect

Evaluating Apps

Essential Questions:

Advanced Google Search

Strategies. Infographics

Essential Understandings
(Objectives)

Students will understand the

purpose of secure passwords
and will create a plan for
maintaining secure passwords.

Skills/Strategies/Processes:
(performance expectation verbs)

Students will know how to use

communication tools
effectively and respectfully.
Students will understand the
importance of clear and
professional written
communication.

Students will explain how all

technologies have the ability to
connect us to or disconnect us
from one another.

Students will utilize different

criteria for determining if a
given app might be useful for
their needs.

Students will effectively utlize

advanced Google Search
strategies. Students will create
well researched infographics.

Decide on a plan for creating Evaluate misinterpreted emails

future passwords. Create a
to understand the source of
spreadsheet to save passwords. communicatino problems.
Redraft emails making them
clear and professional.

Student pairs will create brief

presentations using
Educreations to explain the
role tech has on our society.

Students will test a variety of

hand writing apps and
complete a recommendation
supporting the one they think
works best.

Students will use advanced

Google search strategies to
research a topic and create an
infographic utlizing their
research results.

Assessment:

completed passwords
spreadsheet

composed email, quiz

audio-visual recording

written or video
recommendation

infographic, annotated works

consulted, quiz

Curriculum Resources:

Google Docs

PDF annotator, Google Docs

Educreations, Explain
Everything, Book Creator

iAnnotate, PDF Annotator

Cloud based
presentation/graphics creator

Units:

Social Media and Digital

Footprints

Final Project

Essential Understandings
(Objectives)

Students will research their

own digital footprint,
demonstrate how a digital
footprint is created, and how it
can be managed. Students will
understand the impact social
media has on all digital
citizens.

Essential Questions:

Skills/Strategies/Processes:
(performance expectation verbs)

Read Facebook User

Agreement, research their own
digital footprint, present what
theyve found about their
digital footprint and a plan for
how to improve it.

Essential Questions:
Assessment:
Curriculum Resources:

presentation (style is student

choice)

21st Century Skills

Standards to be Addressed

Common Core State Standards: ELA Grade 9-10

RI.9-10 = Reading: Informational Text

W.9-10 = Writing
SL.9-10 = Speaking & Listening

CT State Information and Technology Literacy

Framework: By Grade 12
1. Definition and Identification of Information Needs
2. Information Strategies
3. Information Processing
4. Application
5. Technology Use
6. Responsible Use
7. Assessment

RI.9-10.1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence 1.12.1 Clearly state the scope and criteria for a
to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as given task and demonstrate the ability to
well as inferences drawn from the text.
communicate them to others, independently.
RI.9-10.6. Determine an authors point of view or
purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses
rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.

National Educational Technology Standards for

Students (NETS*S)
1. Creativity and Innovation
2. Communication and Collaboration
3. Research and Information Fluency
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision
Making
5. Digital Citizenship
6. Technology Operations and Concepts

1.a Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas,

products, or processes.

1.12.2 Independently identify and assess existing

knowledge related to a given task and articulate
1.b Create original works as a means of personal or
information needs to information providers or peers. group expression.

RI.9-10.8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and

specific claims in a text, assessing whether the
reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and
2.a Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts,
sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious
1.12.4 Search print, non-print and digital resources or others employing a variety of digital environments and
reasoning.
within and outside the school, independently.
media.

W.9-10.2. Write informative/explanatory texts to

examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and
information clearly and accurately through the
effective selection, organization, and analysis of
content.

1.12.5 Determine a course of action that

demonstrates the selection of appropriate strategies
and resources for accomplishing a task,
2.b Communicate information and ideas effectively to
independently.
multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.

W.9-10.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to

produce, publish, and update individual or shared
writing products, taking advantage of technologys
capacity to link to other information and to display
information flexibly and dynamically.

2.12.2 Routinely and efficiently, use online

information resources to meet the needs for
research, publications, and communications.

2.d Contribute to project teams to produce original works

or solve problems.

W.9-10.7. Conduct short as well as more sustained

research projects to answer a question (including a
self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow
or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize 2.12.3 Access specific information from print and
multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating
non-print resources by using internal organizers
understanding of the subject under investigation.
(e.g., indexes, cross-references)

3.b Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and

ethically use information from a variety of sources and
media.

W.9-10.8. Gather relevant information from multiple

authoritative print and digital sources, using
advanced searches effectively; assess the
usefulness of each source in answering the research
question; integrate information into the text
selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding
plagiarism and following a standard format for
citation.

2.12.5 Determine the best tool for locating

information and use key word descriptors and
Boolean logic to perform advanced on-line and CD- 3.c Evaluate and select information sources and digital
ROM searches (e.g., field searches)
tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.

SL.9-10.1. Initiate and participate effectively in a

range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in
groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on
grades 910 topics, texts, and issues, building on
others ideas and expressing their own clearly and
persuasively.

2.12.8 Select and use, independently, an

appropriate search engine or directory related to a
specific task.

SL.9-10.2. Integrate multiple sources of information

presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually,
quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and
2.12.9 Identify key words for searching information
accuracy of each source.
sources, independently.

SL.9-10.4. Present information, findings, and

supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically
such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning
and the organization, development, substance, and
style are appropriate to purpose, audience, and task.

4.a Identify and define authentic problems and significant

questions for investigation.

4.b Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or

complete a project.

3.12.2 Demonstrate ability to identify and compare

sources of information and apply multiple evaluative
criteria, including purpose, point of view, biases and 4.d Use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to
stereotypes, accuracy, continuity and currency.
explore alternative solutions.

SL.9-10.5. Make strategic use of digital media (e.g.,

textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive
3.12.3 Organize, analyze and synthesize
elements) in presentations to enhance understanding information to draw meaningful conclusions through
of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add
written, oral, numeric and visual communications,
5.a Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible
interest.
independently.
use of information and technology.

4.12.1 Use in depth applications of appropriate

software and hardware to organize, analyze and
interpret information.

5.b Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology

that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.

4.12.2 Determine appropriate technology(s) and

format(s) to clearly present information gathered
from a variety of print and non-print resources, for a 5.c Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong
variety of audiences.
learning.
5.12.1 Operate school hardware and demonstrate
ability to understand and use capabilities of the
school network and software, independently.

5.d Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship

5.12.4 Produce a variety of products using the

advanced features of personal productivity software. 6.a Understand and use technology systems.

5.12.5 Using telecommunications collaborate with

peers, experts and others to research, compile,
synthesize, produce and disseminate information or 6.b Select and use applications effectively and
creative works.
productively.

5.12.6 Identify and apply strategies for solving

hardware and software problems outside the school
environment.
6.c Troubleshoot systems and applications.
5.12.7 Demonstrate the ability to identify, assess
and adapt to new technology tools and resources.
5.12.8 Analyze the educational, social and ethical
issues related to the increased reliance on
computers and other technologies.
6.12.1 Observe local, state and national laws and
policies and procedures regarding the use of print
and non- print information resources, computers,
other technologies and networks
6.12.3 Demonstrate an understanding of the
process for copyrighting/protecting their own original
work.

6.d Transfer current knowledge to learning of new

technologies.

6.12.4 Adhere to the districts acceptable use and

copyright policies as well as local, state and national
laws and policies.
7.12.2 Assess, independently, whether their
products meet established standards for process,
product and presentation.