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Demonstrators should be read from bottom to top, but need not be demonstrated sequentially.
Elementary Demonstrators
• Use a variety of technologies in various ways.
• Use technology to display information in various ways.
• Gather and manipulate data using technology.
• Express information and ideas using technology.
Middle School Demonstrators
• Express information and ideas creatively using technology.
• Analyze relationships/patterns to draw inferences using technology.
• Integrate the use of a variety of technologies.
• Expand knowledge by identifying and using technology for a specific purpose.
• Compare and analyze the effectiveness of various technologies for a specific purpose.
High School Demonstrators
• Conduct investigations; solve problems; create products; complete tasks by integrating various forms of technologies.
• Analyze and select appropriate technologies to efficiently complete a task and/or enhance productivity.
Sample Teaching/Assessment Strategies
Collaborative Process: Cooperative Learning, Peer Tutoring / Continuous Progress Assessment: Portfolio Development / Graphic Organizers: Time Line, Graphic Representations / Problem Solving: Creative Problem Solving, Inquity, Future Problem Solving, Research, Case Studies, Simulations / Technology/Tools: Computers, Calculators, Telecommunications, Distance Learning, Interactive Video, Multimedia, Videotaping /Writing Process
These sample strategies offer ideas and are not meant to limit teacher resourcefulness. More strategies are found in the resource section.
Ideas for Incorporating Community Resources
• Interview a representative from KET on the ways technology influences programming.
• Invite a local doctor to discuss how technology influences diagnosis and treatment.
• Interview a representative from a newspaper on technological changes in the industry.
Core Concept - Using Electronic Technology
Sample Elementary Activities
• Create a database to record information about different tress. Recommend whether a given tree would flourish in Kentucky based on understanding of climate and weather in the state. PE
• Use a spreadsheet to record and graph the growth of plants given different soil and atmospheric conditions. Using a multimedia platform, present your findings as to the best methods to promote or hinder plant growth. P
• Use CD-ROM reference materials to gather information to produce a report using multimedia (e.g., a word processor with graphing capabilities) comparing the metamorphosis of caterpillars to moths and tadpoles to frogs. P
• Use audio or video tape to collect an oral history of your community. Write a report using multimedia to compare the variations in story versions. OE, P
• Use hypermedia to present the sequence of events in the growth of a flower from a seed. P
Sample Middle School Activities
• Compare the damage created by earthquakes and volcanoes in the 20th century in the United States using a spreadsheet and graphing program. Use multimedia to report the results in a narrative document. P
• Compare the personal characteristics of heroes from literature using a database. Present the results as posters created with graphic software. PE
• Demonstrate the movement of the planets in our solar system using hypermedia. PE
Demonstrate how to proportionally increase ingredients in various recipes using a spreadsheet. PE
• Share autobiographies with students from another district using an electronic bulletin board via telecommunications. PE, P
Sample High School Activities
• Record and analyze, in a database, information related to capital punishment. Write a position paper, using research from CD-ROM and telecommunications resources, which either supports or refutes capital punishment as a means of crime prevention. P
• Demonstrate the effects of changing variables in algebraic equations using a spreadsheet and graphs. PE
• Demonstrate, using hypermedia, the differences in energy use between monocotyledons and dicotyledons. P
Discuss political issues with other students who are of a different political party or cultural background (e. g., Republican, Democrat, Independent, etc.) using telecommunications. Enter commentaries from discussions in a reflective journal. P
• Present the economic, social, political, and entertainment issues related to the Kentucky Derby using multimedia. Reflect an opinion in the presentation as to the effects of these factors. P
• Gather and analyze information regarding lotteries across the United States, using CD-ROM reference material and a spreadsheet with graphing capability. Prepare a position paper, using a word processor, about the value of lotteries with regard to the number of dollars spent by consumers, dollars won by consumers, dollars spent on advertising, and operational costs and the amount used for other purposes (a. g., funding state initiatives or special projects). P