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)




last updated 10/7/2021