1. 6-8.CC. Communication and Collaboration—By the end of grade 8 each student will:
1.1. 6-8.CC.1. use digital resources (e.g., discussion groups, blogs, podcasts, videoconferences, Moodle, Blackboard) to collaborate with peers, experts, and other audiences
1.1.1. Students will collaborate to create an "author study" presentation. Students will communicate, collaborate, and share materials and resources via blackboard collaborate elluminate, discussion groups, email, texts, phone calls, I.M., or social media websites
2. 6-8.RI. Research and Information Literacy—By the end of grade 8 each student will:
2.1. 6-8.RI.2. evaluate information from online information resources for accuracy and bias
2.1.1. Students will work individually to research and write a persuasive speech on the topic of banning and eliminating landmines world-wide. Students will learn via teacher led lecture about accuracy or validity of websites and bias. Students will learn about different types of websites based on their domain names, such as ".gov" or ".edu". Students will complete a matrix chart while researching online to cite their sources on the chart and to evaluate each source for whether it is an "expert" or "not".
3. 6-8.CT. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making —By the end of grade 8 each student will:
3.1. 6-8.CT.3. gather data, examine patterns, and apply information for decision making using available digital resources
3.1.1. Students will survey/poll 20 people to identify their one primary personal goal. Goals will then be divided into 4 categories; health, family and friends, education, and extracurricular/other. Students will then create a bar graph or pie chart using a web 2.0 Tool to present the results of their survey/poll.
4. 6-8.DC. Digital Citizenship—By the end of grade 8 each student will:
4.1. 6-8.DC.2. discuss issues related to acceptable and responsible use of technology (e.g., privacy, security, copyright, plagiarism, viruses, file-sharing)
4.1.1. Students will take a pretest at the beginning of the course on "Academic Integrity" and plagiarism. Students will watch an "Academic Integrity" and plagiarism class video and take notes on what they learn from the video. Students will take multiple choice, matching, and short-answer quiz on "Academic Integrity" and plagiarism after watching the video and reviewing their notes.
5. 6-8.TC. Technology Operations and Concepts—By the end of grade 8 each student will:
5.1. 6-8.TC.7. use technology to identify and explore various occupations or careers, especially those related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
5.1.1. Students will setup an online account and portfolio through Florida Choices Career Planning from www.flchoices.org. and/or <https://access.bridges.com/auth/login.do?sponsor=7>. Students will create a career interest portfolio, take career assessments to learn about their career interests, skills, and values, explore various career options, and make plans for their high school and post high school career options/trainings/college.
6. 6-8.CI. Creativity and Innovation—By the end of grade 8 each student will:
6.1. 6-8.CI.2. create an original project (e.g., presentation, web page, newsletter, information brochure) using a variety of media (e.g., animations, graphs, charts, audio, graphics, video) to present content information to an audience
6.1.1. Students will use prezi.com to create a "self- portrait" project to share with their classmates. The project should represent themselves to their classmates; hobbies, interests, talents.