Students are assessed individually by a scoring rubric, which they see at the commencement of the project thereby providing them with clear expectations. Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity. Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity. Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works. Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
Students use technology resources for solving problems and making informed decisions.
This unit covers a lot of vocabulary that students have previously studied, such as transportation, food, shopping, etc. Basic computer skills are necessary. I group students according to language and technical ability level, with 3-4 students per group. Also take into consideration the group members who have a computer at home, as many students like additional time to construct elaborate projects with colorful graphics. Students draw on prior knowledge of the subject, use authentic cultural resources to locate further information, and construct their own meaning via the dialogue presentation.