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Technology Timeline

Student Name: _________________________________________     Date: ___________________

Items Beginning(1 Point)

Developing(2 Points)

Accomplished(3 Points)

Exemplary(4 Points)

Understanding: Technologies oftenhave costs as well as benefits andcan have an enormous effect onpeople and other living things.

There is little connection madebetween technology tools and thelives of people.

There is some evidence of howtechnology tools are used in dailylife.

Makes some relevant connectionsbetween the lives of people and thetechnology tools they used.

Makes clear statements about thepositive and negative impact oftechnology tools on the lives ofpeople within the given time period.

Understanding: Change is both apositive and negative force thatshapes our world, and may benatural or artificial, intentional orunintentional.

The timeline does not show relevanttools.

The timeline shows a variety ofrelevant tools over time.

The timeline shows the evolution ofspecific technology tools over time.

Through the flow of the timeline andchosen items, the impact that thechanging tools had on the lives ofpeople over time is demonstrated.

Skill: Support statements with factsfound in books, articles, and otherresources.

The timeline consists only of visualsand incomplete citing of urls.

Items on the timeline are labeled andone or no url is cited.

All items on the timeline include abrief description of their use and atleast one url is cited.

All items on the timeline are labeledwith detailed information and at leastone url source is cited.

Skill: Use technology, includingcameras, tape recorders, andcomputers, to store and retrieveverbal and graphic information anddata.

There are no examples of media useon the timeline.

There are 1-2 examples of media useon the timeline.

There are 3-4 examples of videoand/or photos used in the timeline.

Each element on the timelineincludes video and photos that havebeen found on the web and/orcreated on the ipad or computer.Narration may also be included.