The 32-week technology curriculum is designed to be completed in about 45 minutes a week (though this may vary, depending upon your student group). Textbook includes:
* 237 images
* 3 assessments
* 14 pedagogic articles
* 23 posters
* Grade K-6 wide-ranging Scope and Sequence
* Grade K-6 technology curriculum map
* 32 weeks of lessons
* Certificate of Completion
* monthly homework (3rd-8th only)
* posters ready to print and hang on your walls
Each lesson is aligned with both Common Core State Standards and National Educational Technology Standards and includes:
* academic applications for lessons
* additional resources
* assessment strategies
* big idea
* class exit tickets
* class warmups
* Common Core Standards
* domain-specific vocabulary
* emphasis on comprehension/problem-solving/critical thinking/preparing for career and college
* essential question
* examples
* focus on transfer of knowledge and blended learning, collaboration and sharing
* grading rubrics
* homework
* how to extend learning
* ISTE Standards
* materials required
* problem solving for lesson
* skills required for lesson and learned during lesson
* steps to accomplish goals
* teacher preparation required
* time required to complete
Scaffolded lesson plans include:
* Coding/Programming
* Details
* Digital Citizenship
* Digital Letter Writing
* Digital Tools in the Classroom
* Explore the Internet
* Fills
* Graphic Organizers and Reading
* Greeting Cards
* Hardware
* Holiday Letters
* Holiday Projects
* Intro
* Intro to Google Earth
* Math
* Open House
* Pre-Keyboarding
* Problem Solving
* Reading and the Internet
* Shapes
* Site Words
* Slideshows
* Software and Web-based Tools
* Tools, Toolbars, and Symbols
* Virtual Field Trip
Additionally, Units are collected under Themes. Teachers can adopt several themes per grading period or break them up throughout the year. Themes include:
* Basics
* Digital citizenship
* Logical thinking
* Problem-solving
* Writing
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