Technology Curriculum Map 2013-2014
Revised 1/6/14
Unit Title
Technology & Other
Content Objectives
Technology
& Human
Interactions
ISTE Standard:
Understand and use
technology systems.
Internet Safety
Internet Ethics
Hardware Terms
Information and
Communications Literacy 1B
Contribute to the
construction and exchange
of ideas through
independent, cooperative,
and/or collaborative work
Multimedia
Creation
Tools
ISTE Standard:
Communicate information
to multiple audiences
using a variety of media
Specific Skills and
Concepts
Grade Level
Specifics
Projected
Date and
Duration
Internet Safety
Internet Ethics
Cyberbullying
Acceptable Use
Policy
Technology
Vocabulary Key
Terms
4th: Internet
Safety
Presentations
3rd: Internet
Safety
Posters
2nd-K: Play
Internet
Safety
Games
AugustSeptember
3 Weeks
Multimedia Program:
Use line, shape and fill to
create...
4th: Monster
Game
3rd: Monster
Game
2nd: Monsters
SeptemberOctober
3 Weeks
Share games
with younger
students
Math: Perform conversions
of measurements from a
larger unit to a smaller unit.
4th: Complete
online math
course and
share
information
learned in a
presentation.
January
2 weeks
and
continuing
throughout
the year
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Writing 3A: Compose
descriptive text
emphasizing format
Online Math
Exploration
CCSS Math Content
4.MD.A.1
Measurement and data
• Solve problems
involving measurement
and conversion of
measurements from a
larger unit to a smaller
unit.
• represent and interpret
data.
Technology: Create a
presentation to share
with younger students to
teach measurement
conversions.
3rd: Complete
online math
course.
Share
presentations
with younger
students
Internet
Searches
Digital
Research
and
Citizenship
ISTE Standard:
Students will apply digital
tools to locate, organize,
analyze, synthesize and
ethically use information
from a variety of media
ISTE Standards:
Digital Citizenship:
Demonstrate personal
responsibility for lifelong
learning
Siemens “We
Can Change
the World”
Challenge
Digital
Publication
Keyboarding
& Word
Processing
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Internet
Navigation
Web Search
Keyword Search
Note-taking
Credit for
Information and
Images
Research environmental
sustainability issues, record
information, and give credit
for information and images
Using Online Graphic
Organizers
CCSS ELA
W.4.6. With some
guidance and support
from adults, use
technology, including
the Internet, to produce
and publish writing as
well as to interact
and collaborate with
others; demonstrate
sufficient command of
keyboarding skills to
type a minimum of one
page in a single sitting.
ISTE Standard:
Technology Operations:
Understand and use
technology systems
Digital composition
Collaboration
Keyboarding skills
Research and compose a
digital document or
multimedia presentation for
the environmental
sustainability competition—
collaborative project
Using MS Word or
PowerPoint
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Ergonomics
Home Row
Sentence Format
Paragraph
Structure
Alignment
Fonts
Spell Check
Highlight
Insert
4th: How to
use Search
Engines to do
research and
give credit
3rd: How to
use Search
Engines
2nd-K: Basic
Internet
Navigation
January
1 Week
(Test of
Internet
Search
Skills)
4th:Research
green
technology
and record
information
3rd: Research
green
technology
and create
graphic
organizer
2nd-K: Play
games
related to
green
technology
February
2 Weeks
(Apply
research
skills to
obtain
information)
4th : Create a
research
paper or
multimedia
presentation
to highlight
green
technology
and publish to
share
2nd & 3rd :
Digital
composition
FebruaryMarch
4 Weeks
(Use
research to
prepare
presentations
for STEM
fair)
All: Practice
word
processing
documents
and key skills
defined by
grade level
(see ECOs)
Ongoing
throughout
the rest of
the yearstarting in
October.
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Science Fair
Projects
ISTE Standard:
Locate and organize
information from a variety
of sources
Science: Steps of
Scientific Inquiry-Communicate procedures
and results of
investigations and
explanations
Biology
Biome
Project
ISTE Standard:
Collaboration-contribute to project
teams to produce original
works
Information and
Communications
Technology Literacy 5B:
Construct new knowledge
based on information
gathered from a variety of
sources.
Fairly Odd
Tales
Creativity: create original
works as a means of
group expression
Digital Storytelling
Writing 3A: Compose a
narrative text, using
appropriate text features
Physics:
Robots
Electronics
Simple Machines
Undo
Print
Word Processing
Program:
Conduct a class science
fair project, establishing
questions, setting up
experiments, collecting
data and creating a display
of results according to
science fair protocol
Word & Google Docs
All: Conduct
science
experiment
together and
share the
writing for the
presentation
board.
March
2 Weeks
(Enter
Science Fair
Projects in
St. Charles
County
Science Fair)
Science: Identify and
describe how different
environments (i.e. forest,
desert, tundra) support
different types of plants and
animals
PowerPoint and Prezi
4th Only:
Presentation
Program:
Create an
interactive
game for
younger
students to
play to teach
them about
Biomes
3rd: Food
Webs
2nd: Life
Cycles
April
4 Weeks
(Study of
plants and
animals)
Analyze “Cinderella-type”
fairy tales. Compare and
contrast stories from
around the world. Compose
an original fairy tale and
make it into a movie.
Storybird
4th: Storybird
3rd: Photo
Story
2nd -K: Word
May
2 Weeks
(Optional)
STEM Subjects
4th: Build
Robots
3rd : Build
Electric
Circuits
2nd: Simple
Machines
May
2 Weeks
(Optional)
End of Year
Assessments
1. Internet Safety
and Ethics
2. Keyboarding
3. Word Processing
4. Presentation
Software
5. Multimedia
Creation Tools
6. Internet
Navigation
Specializations by grade level
Grade Level
Software Application or Online Programs
Subjects
Fourth Grade
Study Island
Keyboarding Online
Mad Minute Math
Math Online Edmodo Course
Reading
Keyboarding
Math
Third Grade
Study Island
Mad Minute Math
Keyboarding Online
Math Online Edmodo Course
Reading
Math
Keyboarding
Second Grade
Starfall Level 3
Arcademic Skill-builder
Mad Minute Math
BBC Dance Mat Typing
Reading
Math
Math
Keyboarding
First Grade
Starfall Level 2
(Word families: an, at, ig, ip, ot, og, ug,
ane, eed, ike, ose, ube, oat, ar, or, er)
Mad Minute Math (Addition & Subtraction
facts to 20)
Reading
Kindergarten
Starfall Level 1 (Each class will be focused
on one letter and one number)
Reading
Pre-School
More Starfall for Pre-school—colors,
numbers, letters, shapes, nursery rhymes)
Letters, Numbers
& Colors
Math
Notes: