Grade 3 introduction unit 3: Google Docs & Slides

Standards Assessed
2. Digital Citizen: Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical. Students:
d. manage their personal data to maintain digital privacy and security and are aware of data-collection technology used to track their navigation online.

4. Innovative Designer: Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions. Students: 
(A) know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.

7. Global Collaborator: Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally. Students: 
(A) use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.
(C) contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.
(D) explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work with others to investigate solutions.

Enduring Understandings

Essential Questions
Students will understand that...
  • 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.
  • 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.
Students will be able to answer...
  • Who owns the information and how do I give them credit?
  • What kind of problem is it? What do I want to know?
  • 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

Students will create work for their homeroom classes using Google documents and slides, successfully collaborating with their peers. Students will be able to compose, edit and share a Google document and Google slides.  Students will understanding the differences between edit, commenting and viewing when sharing a document or slide file.