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7a. Global Citizen | English Language Arts | Grades 6-12
Students join a digital book club and engage other members of the club to come to new understandings of the book they are reading.
English Language Arts | 11th-12th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th
2d. Digital Citizen | English Language Arts | Grades 6-12
Students analyze the privacy policies of their favorite “pleasure reading” websites and add that information to a shared document.
English Language Arts | 11th-12th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th
2d. Digital Citizen | Math | Grades 6-12
Students analyze their data usage and then explore the privacy policies of the websites and platforms they most frequent before creating an equation to numerically represent the cost of their data usage.
Math | 11th-12th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th
2c. Digital Citizen | English Language Arts | Grades 6-12
As part of a lesson on universal themes, teachers can assign each student a theme (e.g., falling in love, losing a loved one, good vs. bad, coming of age, power & corruption, etc.). Next, students must locate a certain number of online/digital artifacts (e.g., images, text, and videos) that are … Read more
English Language Arts | 11th-12th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th
1a. Empowered Learner | Math | Grades 3-12
Students take a diagnostic test that is appropriate for their grade level and mathematical discipline (e.g., geometry, pre-algebra, physics, etc.) or topic within a discipline (e.g., number theory, probability, distribution, etc.). Next, students analyze their results, and they identify one or more areas to strengthen. Students then use resources to … Read more
Math | 11th-12th, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th
3c. Knowledge Constructor | English Language Arts | Grades 6-12
Instructional Idea Students select a topic related to English language arts (e.g., a piece of literature, literary movement, author, etc.) and locate credible digital resources about it. To locate resources, students can experiment with different keyword combinations and the use of quotes. (Note, the use of quote marks around a … Read more
English Language Arts | 11th-12th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th
3b. Knowledge Constructor | English Language Arts | Grades 6-12
Instructional Idea To develop students’ research skills, teachers present students with a series of statements thematically related to a topic of study, with some statements being true and some being false. Students are then tasked to locate digital information that either supports the statement as being credible or discredits them. … Read more
English Language Arts | 11th-12th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th
3a. Knowledge Constructor | English Language Arts | Grades 6-12
Instructional Idea Students are assigned a topic and required to locate primary and secondary sources about it to create an annotated bibliography. In an introductory paragraph, students will have to provide an overview of the topic and the search term(s) and search engine(s) used to locate the sources about their … Read more
English Language Arts | 11th-12th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th