TECHNOLOGYCreation and Innovation at DMP

Hello, I’m Ms. Scott!● First computer at age 3● First program written at age 8● Attended Technology-based HS● Accepted to CISCO Networking

Internship during HS● BA International Business,

University of San Diego● Google Apps for Education Certified● 5th Year Teaching at DMP

I BELIEVE TECHNOLOGY IS EMPOWERING.

I've worked to bring technology education to:

● MOLDOVA: Grace House (foster home for teenage girls)Donated laptops, taught translating tools, word processing, Internet

research, and helped three girls secured long-term jobs with computers.● HONDURAS: Casa Rio Orphanage Donated laptops, taught photography, basic keyboarding and translator

tools, and kids still use Skype to communicate with us.

Lilia was able to use her technology skills to create a resume and land a job as a Moldovan translator just weeks after our program!

The Power of Technology

TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM: My Vision for the Technology Program

ISTE & COMMON CORE

ISTE: International Society for Technology in EducationStandards:● Creativity & Innovation● Communication & Collaboration● Research & Information Fluency● Critical Thinking, Problem Solving,

and Decision Making● Digital Citizenship● Technology Operations & Concepts

Common Core has technology integrated! Teachers and I work together to make sure those standards are met from a technology perspective.

PROJECT EXAMPLESStandard: Creativity & Innovation

PROJECT EXAMPLE: Talking Presidents (Kindergarten)

ISTE Standard:

Creativity & InnovationApply existing knowledge to generate new ideas

PROJECT EXAMPLEStandard: Creativity & Innovation

About Me Book (First Grade)

First graders Produce and Publish their own eBooks! We are building a digital class library.

PROJECT EXAMPLE : Creativity & Innovation

Producers & Consumers (Second Grade)

STEP 1: STORYBOARD STEP 2: RECORD 3. ANIMATE FILM

PROJECT EXAMPLE : Creativity & InnovationHuman Body Vidoes (Fifth Grade)

PROJECT EXAMPLEStandard: Creativity & Innovation

Mission Statement Project (Sixth Grade)

PROJECT EXAMPLESStandard: Communication & Collaboration

PROJECT EXAMPLE: Digital Book Review Library

ISTE Standard: Communication & Collaboration

a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media

b. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.

PROJECT EXAMPLE: California Regions Websites (Fourth Grade)

ISTE Standard: Communication & Collaboration

Google Sites = Web Design + Collaboration

Giving students an Authentic Audience

PROJECT EXAMPLE: Film Festival & Bloggers Collaboration (2nd & 3rd)

ISTE Standard: Communication & Collaboration

PROJECT EXAMPLE: Film Festival & Bloggers Collaboration

ISTE Standard: Communication & Collaboration

Meet the Press!

Students own the learning.

PROJECT EXAMPLESStandard: Technology Operations & Concepts

PROJECT EXAMPLE: Keyboarding & DMP Typing Challenge

ISTE Standard: Technology Operations & Concepts

TypingWeb.com

Typing Practice Sites:

BBC Dance Mat TypingTyping begins in third grade.

PROJECT EXAMPLE: Troubleshooting Flowcharts (Sixth Grade)

ISTE Standard: Technology Operations & Concepts

Troubleshooting Flowcharts

We used LucidChart.com to mindmap and problem solve.

HOUR OF CODE

Third-Sixth grade are all signed up to participate in Hour of Code this December! Upper graders may also choose to practice coding on Code.org when they are done early with our their technology projects.

Students use Code.org to play games and learn to computer programming!

PROJECT EXAMPLESStandard: Research & Information Fluency

PROJECT EXAMPLE: Safe & Strategic SearchingStandard: Research & Information Fluency

● Safe Searching begins in Kindergarten by learning about the Internet and websites.

● We learn about search engines, keywords, and reference sites.

● We use KidRex.org to search (NOT Google)

● Students have several safe search engines and image-search resources from which to choose

PROJECT EXAMPLE: Safe & Strategic SearchingStandard: Research & Information Fluency

Upper graders learn:

● Intermediate research and citation skills

● How to use University databases, Google Scholar, how to find primary sources

● How to sift through information on the Internet and evaluate sources.

Digital Citizenship● Taught through Common

Sense Media

● Digital Passport (game for upper graders)○ covers cyberbullying,

Internet safety, staying safe and responsible

● Digital Citizenship Week is coming up!

October 19-25th every grade will begin a unit on Digital Citizenship.

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, & Decision Making

PROJECT EXAMPLE: Coffee Shop Math Excel ProjectStandard: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, & Decision Making

Tony Wagner lists Initiative and Entrepreneurship as one of the

essential Seven Survival Skills for 21st century students.

1. Open a virtual “Coffee Shop” on CoolMathGames website

2. “Purchase” ingredients and open for business

3. Create an Excel spreadsheet to correlate with ingredients used in their coffee shop

4. Graph changes as you adjust your coffee recipe. Use your graph to make your business profitable!

ResourcesPlease visit my blog for student project showcases, resources on safe searching, keyboarding practice, and technology websites and apps for students!

DMPtech.edublogs.org

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