DCF Projects - Standards

Due to popular demand, here’s a list of standards our DCF units address. Each project individually addresses a number of skills. I find that putting everything together in a Wiki gives much more depth & breadth to the experience. With that part of our unit, students get a good deal of experience trouble shooting and using a variety of different applications as well as working collaboratively. What I like best is that they are gathering & synthesizing information, then presenting it in an organized format. Through the wiki, they are creating content for the web, not just accessing it.

Vermont IT GEs we tackle through the DCF projects:

  • Basic Operations & Concepts

- Hardware
- OS
- Files

  • Social, Ethical & Human Issues

- Intellectual Property
- Acceptable Use
- Working with content/information

  • Productivity Tools

- Word processing
- Paint
- Visual Organizer
- Databases

  • Communication

- Multi-media
- (Web 2.0) (not in the standards now, but I bet it will be in some form - see ISTE below for a model)

  • Problem Solving & Decision Making

- Search Skills
- Browser Use

More Standards…

National Educational Technology Standards from ISTE

  • Creativity and Innovation

Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology

  • Communication and Collaboration

Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.

  • Research and Information Fluency

Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

  • Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.

  • Digital Citizenship

Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.

  • Technology Operations and Concepts

Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.

IRA/NCTE Standards for the English Language Arts

  • Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts
  • Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres
  • Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts
  • Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language to communicate effectively with variety of audiences and for different purposes.
  • Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
  • Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint texts.
  • Students use a variety of technological and information resources to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
  • Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.

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