Grade 2
Unit 4: Intro to Google Drive

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:
(D) collect, analyze, and represent data using tools such as word processing, spreadsheets, graphic organizers, charts, multimedia, simulations, models, and programming languages.

(6) Technology operations and concepts. The student demonstrates knowledge and appropriate use of technology systems, concepts, and operations. The student is expected to:
(B) use appropriate digital tools and resources for storage, access, file management, collaboration, and designing solutions to problems; and
(C) perform basic software application functions, including opening an application and creating, modifying, printing, and saving files; and
(F) demonstrate keyboarding techniques for operating the alphabetic, numeric, punctuation, and symbol keys appropriate for Kindergarten-Grade 2 learning.

Enduring Understandings

Essential Questions
Overreaching…
  • Data can be displayed in multiple ways to illustrate relationships, trends and patterns.
  • The power of technologies lies within the interaction between the user and the tool.
Tropical…
  • Students’ application choices directly influence the productivity of the task at hand.
  • Students see value in using proper keyboarding techniques to increase productivity.
Overreaching…
  • Does what I made make sense?
  • Which technologies can I use for learning?


Tropical…
  • How do I use the resources to get the job done right?
  • Why is doing my job well important?

Knowledge 

Skills 
The student will know... 
  • Understand the purpose and outcome needed of specific project.
  • Be able to correctly collaborate between web tools and computer programs.
  • Be able to choose the correct technology tool for a certain outcome.
  • Understand the importance of correct keyboarding usage and demonstrate it.
The student will be able to...
  • Know why the reason why they are creating a specific project.
  • Know how to combine what they found on the internet into their work.
  • Know which application to choose for a desired result.
  • Be able to type with two hands, and correct use of function keys.

Performance Tasks  (main subject integration: all subjects)

  • Goal: The goal is for students to master how to use Google Drive for Education.
  • Role: Student
  • Audience: The target audience is the student and teacher. She/He will use the data to that meets their needs are met, and can learn at their own pace; see which students need more instruction and practice in specific content.
  • Situation: Students will learn and master how to create, organize and share documents and folders in Google Drive.
  • Product: An organized Google Drive that can used as a digital portfolio and a management system to store the students work.
  • Standard: See Technology Standards.