Grade 2
Unit 2: Advance Pages

Standards Assessed
(4) Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. The student applies critical-thinking skills to solve problems, guide research, and evaluate projects using digital tools and resources. The student is expected to:
(A) identify what is known and unknown and what needs to be known regarding a problem and explain the steps to solve the problem.

(5) Digital citizenship. The student practices safe, responsible, legal, and ethical behavior while using digital tools and resources. The student is expected to:
(B) comply with acceptable digital safety rules, fair use guidelines, and copyright laws.

(6) Technology operations and concepts. The student demonstrates knowledge and appropriate use of technology systems, concepts, and operations. The student is expected to:
(A) use appropriate terminology regarding basic hardware, software applications, programs, networking, virtual environments, and emerging technologies; and
(G) use the help feature online and in applications.

Enduring Understandings

Essential Questions
Overreaching…
  • Individuals must understand there are rules in the digital world much like the real world.
  • Problem solvers apply a systematic process to make sense of new and/ or complex problems.
Tropical…
  • Seeking expertise via the internet will increase your capacity to use technology.
  • Students’ understanding of technology terms will open common ground for exploration and insight.
Overreaching…
  • Who owns the information and how do I give them credit?
  • What kind of problem is it? What do I want to know?

Tropical…
  • How do I use the technology resources to get the job done right?
  • What do I do if I get stuck?

Knowledge 

Skills 
The student will know... 
  • Understand the importance of and the procedures of citing sources.
  • The importance of gathering information in the correct format.
  • How to access informational web sites for educational purposes.
  • Be able to independently problem solve basic tech issues.
The student will be able to...
  • Correctly give credit to images and information taken from the internet.
  • How to search the internet for answers to questions.
  • How to use translator, dictionary and encyclopedia resources on the computer.
  • Know how to use spell check and help features on the computer.

Performance Tasks

  • Goal: To provide personalized learning to each student, each student will write a properly formatted letter to Santa Claus.
  • Role: Student
  • Audience: Santa Claus; letters will be assessed by the technology teacher and literacy teacher.  Letters will be displaced for Winter Arts Day.
  • Situation: Students will learn and master desktop publishing skills taught in class.
  • Product: A properly formatted letter to Santa Claus using multiple fonts, size and colors.  Images from Google will be insert with sources cited.
  • Standard: See Technology Standards.