Digital Literacy
Grades 7-8
Welcome to Digital Literacy
7th Grade - Due Dates
Dream Family Vacation Travel Project - Grade 7
10/4/21 Family Vacation: Maps and Itinerary
10/12/21 Family Vacation: Budget
8th Grade - Due Dates
News Literacy Unit - Grade 8
9/28/21 News Literacy 1: InfoZones
9/29/21 News Literacy 2: InfoZones School Lunch
10/4/21 News Literacy 3: First Amendment
10/7/21 News Literacy 4: Democracy's Watchdog
10/13/21 News Literacy 5: Practicing Quality Journalism
10/14/21 News Literacy 6: Arguments and Evidence
10/19/21 News Literacy 7: Arguments and Evidence - Spot the Logical Fallacy - Climate Change
10/21/21 News Literacy 8: Arguments and Evidence - Evidence or Not?
10/26/21 News Literacy 9: MisInformation
10/27/21 News Literacy 10: MisinfoQuest Weather
10/28/21 News Literacy 11: MisinfoChallenge: Fact-Checking 101
10/29/21 News Literacy 12: Evaluating Evidence Online
11/1/21 News Literacy 13: Evaluating Sources Online
11/3/21 News Literacy 14: Verifying Social Media Content
11/4/21 News Literacy 15: Understanding Bias
11/8/21 News Literacy 16: Bias Types and Forms Level 1
11/9/21 News Literacy 17: Bias Types and Forms Level 2
11/10/21 News Literacy 18: Conspiratorial Thinking
A grace period of one day is offered for each.
The above assignment is on hold due to technical difficulties.
Digital Citizenship
10/5/21 Digital Citizenship 1
10/7/21 Digital Citizenship 2
Genius Hour due dates - seventh and eighth grade
Genius Hour: Project Guidelines and Resources (September 10, 2021)
Genius Hour: Week 1 Brainstorming and Setup (Start 9/13/21 - due September 14, 2021)
Genius Hour: Week 2 Project Planning (Due September 17, 2021)
Start Learning Journey: 9/18/21 - complete first learning journey 9/23/21 for wk 3 Blog
Genius Hour: Week 3 Blogging (Due September 24, 2021)
Genius Hour: Week 4 Noodletools and Adding Sources (Due October 1, 2021)
Genius Hour: Week 5 Mid-Quarter Check Point (Due October 8, 2021)
Genius Hour: Week 6 Source Update and Blog (Due October 15, 2021)
Genius Hour: Week 7 Expanding Thinking and Annotating Sources (Due October 22, 2021)
Research (Noodletools - Works Cited) Due October 28, 2021
Genius Hour: Week 8 Blog and Finishing Touches on Learning (Due October 29, 2021)
No Learning Journey: Pull together and Put Finishing Touches on your Project 10/30/21 - 11/4/21) and Begin Self-Reflection
Final Genius Hour Project Due November 4, 2021
Genius Hour: Week 9 Self-Reflection (Due November 5, 2021)
Genius Hour: Week 10 On-Demand Writing Task (Due November 12, 2021)