Linda O’Reilly, 2016 K-3 OVERVIEW APPLIED DESIGN, SKILLS, AND TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP This guide presents a suggested overview for K-3 Applied Design, Skills, and Technology implementation in combination with grade-level content from other areas in cross-curricular activities. BIG IDEAS K-3 BIG IDEAS K-3 BIG IDEAS K-3 Designs grow out of natural curiosity. Skills can be developed through play. Technologies are tools that extend human capabilities. LEARNING STANDARDS Curricular competencies LEARNING STANDARDS Curricular competencies LEARNING STANDARDS Curricular competencies Students are expected to be able to do the following: Applied Design Ideating Identify needs and opportunities for designing, through exploration Generate ideas from their experiences and interests Add to others’ ideas Choose an idea to pursue Making Choose tools and materials Make a product using known procedures or through modelling of others Use trial and error to make changes, solve problems, or incorporate new ideas from self or others Sharing Decide on how and with whom to share their product Demonstrate their product, tell the story of designing and making their product, and explain how their product contributes to the individual, family, community, and/or environment Students are expected to be able to do the following: Applied Skills Use materials, tools, and technologies in a safe manner in both physical and digital environments Develop their skills and add new ones through play and collaborative work Students are expected to be able to do the following: Applied Technologies Explore the use of simple, available tools and technologies to extend their capabilities
Identify and use letter keys with correct fingering technique on Home Row Identify and use the space bar, return/enter, and delete/backspace keys, using correct fingering technique Use shift and caps lock using correct fingering technique Use two hands to demonstrate keyboarding skills to type words and sentences Demonstrate proper ergonomics DIGITAL LITERACY CURRICULUM ORGANIZERS Content Creation Students create innovative products and processes using digital resources individually and collaboratively. DIGITAL LITERACY COMPETENCIES SUGGESTED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES/ INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES Multimedia and Presentation Tools Students in K-2 will be able to: Create and format original documents on the iPad Select and use drawing and painting tools Insert and resize graphics on the iPad Create simple and complex presentations with audio on the iPad Use storyboard to create a presentation on the iPad Create projects related to curriculum on the iPad Integrate a variety of apps across curriculum on the iPad Use digital media to express thoughts creatively Students in Grade 3 will be able to: Use word processing application to create and save content Use menu/tool bar functions including font, size, style, line spacing/margins, to format, edit, and print a document Copy, paste or format images Insert and size a graphic in a document Kindergarten Screen Chomp App: All About Me illustrate likes and dislikes Story Kit App: Letter sounds, Earth Book Activity-Students create an electronic book on the iPad including pictures, text and audio See Appendix A for curriculum related skill based apps Grade 1 Drawing Box App: Pattern Pictures create patterns using drawing tools Story Buddy App: Suggested Topics: All About Me, Signs of Fall, Shapes Around the Classroom, Fairy Tale, Animal create an electronic book on the iPad
Legal and Ethical Aspects Creative Credit and Copyright Students in K-2 will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of having ownership over creative work Students in Grade 3 will be able to: Identify and articulate strategies to protect personal information Exhibit legal and ethical behavior when using technology and discuss consequences of misuse Realize that the information they share online leaves a digital footprint Explain how the digital environment can positively or negatively affect their lives Recognize that images can be digitally manipulated for positive purposes or to mislead us Students in Grade 3 will be able to: Explain how copying the work of others and presenting it as one’s own is called plagiarism Use age-appropriate technologies to locate, collect, organize content from media collections for specific research purposes and cites sources Suggested Activities: My Creative Work Grades 2-3 Digital Citizenship Digital Trail DIGITAL LITERACY CURRICULUM ORGANIZERS Research Critical Thinking and Decision Making Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. DIGITAL LITERACY COMPETENCIES SUGGESTED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES/ INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES Information Literacy and Processing Students in K-2 will be able to Uses the alphabet on a children’s dictionary site to search online Generate key words from a posed question for a search Use Dropbox to store and retrieve pictures for projects related to curriculum topics Kindergarten Resource: Suggested Activities ABC Searching on Enchanted Learning