Grade 4 introduction 2: Google Drive

Standards Assessed
6. Creative Communicator: Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals. Students: 
(B) create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.
(C) communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations.
(D) publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.

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: 
(B) use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.

Enduring Understandings

Essential Questions
Students will understand that...
  • 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.
  • Students’ application choices directly influence the productivity of the task at hand.
  • Students see value in using proper keyboarding techniques to increase productivity.​
Students will be able to answer...
  • Does what I made make sense?
  • Which technologies can I use for learning?​
  • 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

​Students will learn and master how to create, organize and share documents and folders in Google Drive. Students will create an organized Google Drive that can used as a digital portfolio and a management system to store the students work.  The Google Drive portfolio will be a way for students to save and share their work throughout their years at Blue Valley School.