Select a skill below to discover possible classroom applications:
Choose appropriate software to generate new ideas and create products.
Creativity and Innovation-1 | T.6-8.DL.1
- Digital pictures
- Storybook
- Document
- Video
- Presentation
- Microsoft Office
- Google Apps for Education
- Minecraft EDU
- WeVideo
- Storybird
- Tinkercad
- Paint
- Tuxpaint
- sketch.io
Select and use technology in multiple subjects to gather, organize, and analyze data to draw conclusions, solve problems, make informed decisions, and/or propose solutions to an authentic audience.
Critical Thinking-1; Critical thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making-4 | T.6-8.DL.2
- Teacher-directed research project
- Search and find session
- Collaborative document/spreadsheet
- Google form
Play with technology and collaborate to present what is discovered.
Creativity and Innovation-1 | T.6-8.DL.3
- music memos app
- lincoln logs
- legos
- class projects
- genius hour
- music recording software
- digital cameras
- Garageband
- Code.org
- Microsoft Office
- Voice Memo
Analyze and evaluate how technology can help identify multiple solutions to a problem.
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making-4 | T.6-8.DL.4
- teacher-led research project
- use a kid-safe search engine to research ideas
- use tools to take apart a broken device/object and fix it
- KidzSearch
- Kiddle
- Encyclopedia Brittanica
- Your local library
Create a project using technology to serve the church and community.
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making-4 | T.6-8.DL.5
- video
- blog post
- presentation
- digital pictures
- prayer cards
- post an audio file of a memory verse or prayer to a website
- digital poster
- Google Sites
- Kidblog
- Microsoft Office
- Paint
- Tuxpaint
Standards Coding
The standards have been coded so that educators can easily refer to them in their curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices. The coding system that precedes each standard uses the following system of abbreviations:
- All are identified with T—Technology (T.K-2.DL.1).
- The second part of the code refers to the grade level (T.K-2.DL.1).
- The third part of the code refers to the particular technology domain (T.K-2.DL.1), with DL standing for Digital Learning.
- The fourth part of the code refers to a particular skill within the domain (T.K-2.DL.1).
- Following the standard is the name of the International Standards for Technology in Education (ISTE) primary domain correlation.
