TechYES TLC - Technology Literacy Curriculum
TechYES and Tech4Learning share a common vision where the student is at the center of the learning process and knowledge results from socially constructed experiences. Asking 21st-century students to construct and showcase their knowledge using technologies they find exciting makes classroom learning relevant. Student empowerment is a key to academic success.
Use the links and samples below to see how your students can meet the requirements of the TechYES Middle School Technology Literacy Curriculum with Tech4Learning tools.
Unit 1: Introduction to TechYES and Internet Safety and Ethics 1.3 – Online Personal Safety: |
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Unit 2: Becoming a Web Critic2.1 – Internet Search Strategies: Send me a Postcard from the Rainforest - ImageBlender
Students will learn about various rainforest regions through an online research project. They will use ImageBlender to create postcards which will show the plants and animals indigenous to a particular rainforest region. View Lesson A Day in the Life - Sharet
Students research life during ancient Roman times and create a digital newspaper with articles on politics, sports, culture, and economics.View Lesson |
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Unit 4: Digital Publishing and Presentations4.1 – Visual Literacy 4.4 – Comics Faster than a Speeding Bullet: Superhero Comic Strips - Pixie or Wixie
After learning the characteristics of a superhero, students will develop their own superhero and place them in a comic strip. View Lesson |
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Unit 5: Web Publishing 5.3 – Construct with software |
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Unit 9: Graphics9.2 – Photo Editing Design a Book Cover - ImageBlender
Students will apply what they know about the character, plot, setting, symbolism, and conflict to create and design a book cover. View Lesson Impressionism - ImageBlender
Students will learn about Impressionist art and showcase their knowledge as they research an artist and create an image in this artist's style. View Lesson 9.3 – Animation Don’t Let the Earth Down - Frames
Students will create a public service announcement about a conservation issue that they feel strongly about. They will write a persuasive essay and transform this argument into a public service announcement using Frames. View Lesson 9.4 – Digital Art/Drawing Design a Stamp - Twist
Students will choose a famous mathematician or scientist and use Twist to design a stamp which commemorates their work. View Lesson Beginning with Bosch - Pixie or Wixie
Bosch explored both the good and bad extremes of human nature, changing animals, people, and objects into fantastic new creatures, and inspiring later Surrealist painters like Ernst, Duchamp, and Dali. View Lesson |
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Unit 10: Digital Audio10.3 – Mini-Project: Making a Newscast 10.4 – Podcasting Watch a webinar on Podcasting with Tech4Learning Tools.
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Unit 11: Digital Video11.1 – Digital Storytelling Propaganda, Issues and More - Your Own Political Commercial - Frames
Students will learn about the election progress by studying the issues in the current election and creating a commercial. View Lesson Fairy Tales, Past and Present - Share, Pixie, and Wixie
Students will explore the key elements of fairy tales. They will then write a modern version of a fairytale and create an electronic storybook of the tale. View Lesson Read articles from Creative Educator on digital storytelling in the classroom.
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