PEIMS #: 03580400 Implementation Year: 2012-13 Knowledge & Skills Student Expectation Bloom's Level TEKS Alignment Evidence Recommendations Guideline Observed (1) Creativity and innovation. The student employs a creative design process to create original projects as they relate to purposes and audiences. The student is expected to: (A) create designs for defined projects such as graphics, logos, and page layouts; Create Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (B) apply design elements and typography standards; and Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (C) use visual composition principles. Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where:
(2) Communication and collaboration. The student understands professional digital media communications strategies. The student is expected to: (A) adapt the language and design of a project for audience, purpose, situation, and intent; Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (B) organize oral, written, and graphic information into formal and informal publications; Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (C) interpret and communicate information to multiple audiences; and Analyze Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (D) collaborate to create original projects, including seeking and responding to advice from others such as peers or experts in the creation and evaluation process. Create Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where:
(3) Research and information fluency. The student uses a variety of strategies to plan, obtain, evaluate, and use valid information. The student is expected to: (A) obtain print and digital information such as graphics, audio, and video from a variety of resources while citing the sources; Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (B) evaluate information for accuracy and validity; and Evaluate Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (C) present accurate information using techniques appropriate for the intended audience. Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (4) Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. The student implements problem-solving methods using critical-thinking skills to plan, implement, manage, and evaluate projects; solve problems; and make informed (A) employ critical-thinking and interpersonal skills to solve problems and make decisions through planning and gathering, interpreting, and evaluating data; Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where:
decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. The student is expected to: (B) identify and organize the tasks for completion of a project using the most appropriate digital tools; Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (C) distinguish design requirements as they relate to the purposes and audiences of a project and apply appropriate design elements; Analyze Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (D) seek and respond to input from others, including peers, teachers, and outside collaborators; Understand Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (E) evaluate a process and project both independently and collaboratively and make suggested revisions; and Evaluate Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where:
(F) transfer critical-thinking, problem-solving, and processes when using new technologies. Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (5) Digital citizenship. The student complies with standard practices and behaviors and upholds legal and ethical responsibilities. The student is expected to: (A) examine copyright and fair use guidelines with regard to print and digital media; Analyze Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (B) model ethical and legal acquisition and use of digital resources such as licensing and established methods of citing sources; Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (C) demonstrate proper digital etiquette, personal security guidelines, use of network resources, and application of the district's acceptable use policy for technology; and Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where:
(D) identify and demonstrate positive personal qualities such as flexibility, open-mindedness, initiative, listening attentively to speakers, willingness to learn new knowledge and skills, and pride in quality work. Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (6) Technology operations and concepts. The student uses technology concepts, systems, and operations as appropriate for a project. The student is expected to: (A) define the purpose of a product and identify the specified audience; Understand Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: (B) demonstrate appropriate project management to: (i) create a plan for a media project such as a storyboard, stage development, and identification of equipment and resources; and (ii) evaluate design, content delivery, purpose, and audience throughout a project's timeline and make suggested revisions until completion of the project; Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where:
(C) use hardware, software, and information appropriate to a project and its audience to: (i) acquire readily available digital information, including text, audio, video, and graphics, citing the sources; (ii) create digital content through the use of various devices such as video camera, digital camera, scanner, microphone, interactive whiteboard, video capture, and musical instrument; (iii) collaborate via online tools such as blogs, discussion boards, email, and online learning communities; (iv) make decisions regarding the selection and use of software, taking into consideration operating system platform, quality, appropriateness, effectiveness, and efficiency; (v) delineate and make necessary adjustments regarding compatibility issues, including Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where:
(F) demonstrate appropriate use of digital photography and editing to: (i) use digital photography equipment to capture still-shot images that incorporate various photo composition techniques, including lighting, perspective, candid versus posed, rule of thirds, and filling the frame; (ii) transfer digital images from equipment to the computer; and (iii) demonstrate image enhancement techniques such as feathering, layering, color enhancement, and image selection using appropriate digital manipulation software; Apply Select One: Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create Select One: Observed Partially Observed Not Observed Where: