Brief Description

This track was designed to be part of a long term lesson. Students need to have an understanding of technology vocabulary in order to make decisions involving puchasing a computer for home use.

Students will use the information from this lesson to create a PowerPoint presentation that describes the computer system they want to purchase and includes an explanation of their choice.

Standards and Frameworks

Technology Standards

1T-E1. Communicate about technology using developmentally appropriate and accurate terminology

VP-E1. Analyuze visual media for language, subject matter and visual techniques used to influence opinions, decision making and cultural perceptions.
R-E2. Use reading strategies such as making inferences and predictions,, summarizing, paraphrasing, differentiating fact from opinion, drawing conclusions, and determining the author's purpose and perspective to comprehend written selections.

Academic

Students will take notes that paraphrase information.

Students will write definitions for common technology vocabulary words using their own words.

Students will become proficient in the use of technology vocabulary.

Students will be able to describe the functions of various technological systems.

• Student will need to have basic technology skills in using the Internet so that they can navigate to different sites using links and bookmark.
• Student will need have an understanding of how to open a Word document, use "save as" to save it with a different name and retrieve this document when needed.

Computers with access to the Internet and Microsoft Word.
Student Worksheet. This worksheet can be opened by clicking on the link in my TrackStar lesson.

Accommodations for Special Needs

Students with special needs will be working next to students that are able to help them with this lesson. The criteria used to assess these students will be modified.

Procedures

Students will be introduced to the lesson and its purpose.
Students will open Netscape and go to the bookmark for TrackStar. They will open this track by typing in the Track # 89959.
Demonstrate how to navigate within a TrackStar lesson using the projector.
Demonstrate how to open, rename, and save Student Worksheet.
Students will follow the directions at the top of the track to complete the worksheet.

Assessment

• Students will be assessed on their completed and printed worksheet. Performance on worksheet will be evaluated on quality of definitions that students have written as well as answers to final questions on what decision they have made for their computer purchase and their explanation as to why they made this decision.

Teacher Name: Anne Booth
Site: Coronado K-8
Date Submitted: November 15, 2001