5-8+Tech+Standards-Curriculum+Discussion+Page

Standards for Grades 5-8.

In our group, we discussed each of the strands of the standards for middle school students. We broke each of the areas down into whether or not regular classroom teachers can and should be asked to take on the task of teaching this standard. We determined that some of the standards would require the help and tutelage of a trained computer teacher.

__Basic Operations:__ By the time students enter the middle school level, they should have a good base of knowledge for using technology to help their learning. Basic operations should be in place by this time.

__Word Processing/Desktop Publishing__

__Database__ Math Department?

__Spreadsheet__ Math Department?

__Internet, Networking, and Online Collaboration__ All subject areas

__Multimedia__ Library and Tech Integration? Social Studies

__Ethics__ Library and Tech Integration

__Society__ All subject areas

__Health and Safety__ Sheriff's Department 7th/8th

__Research__

__Problem Solving__

__Communication__

The standards are listed here for 5-8 @http://www.doe.mass.edu/edtech/standards/itstand.pdf

Here is a cool video about the information age and globalization.

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Another video about technology and schools

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