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What does the strand say? Through technology integration, students apply critical thinking skills to solve problems, guide research, and evaluate projects using digital tools and resources.
What does this mean for students? This strand looks at how students should try to understand a problem they have and use technology tools to solve it. Eventually, they should be able to explain the steps to solve their problem and choose a technology tool that would be the most appropriate for their task. When presented with a problem, students should eventually decide from a variety of different technology applications, determining on their own which one would best fit the task.
This strand focuses on student choice and providing an in-class opportunity to explore many different technology tools that represent different means of collecting, analyzing, and representing student learning, all from within the content area.
This strand focuses on student choice and providing an in-class opportunity to explore many different technology tools that represent different means of collecting, analyzing, and representing student learning, all from within the content area.
What does this look like in the classroom?
Digital Choice Boards
Digital Choice Boards
Digital choice boards are a strategy that allows students to choose from a collection of different technology tools as they solve their problem. The student should have experience using each of the tools, and be familiar enough with what they do to evaluate them for solving problems. Teachers may introduce tools gradually during the school year, allowing students to become proficient in their individual use. Once students are confident in using multiple tools, the teacher may create a choice board in Seesaw, Canvas, or a classroom station, allowing the student to choose the one that works best for their problem.
Collecting, Analyzing, and Representing Data
Collecting, Analyzing, and Representing Data
Students should be able to collect, analyze, and represent their data in solving problems using classroom technology tools. Use of whiteboard applications such as Seesaw or Google Drawing allows for students to create visuals that show their answer to a problem. For example, a Kindergarten student has a Seesaw activity where she must gather and organize stickers of living and non-living things to the appropriate column of a T-chart. This activity provides an opportunity for the student to think about the problem, recognize a solution, and decide the next steps for solving. Another example would be allowing a 4th grade student to use Google Sheets to create a pie chart that organizes the data they've collected during a classroom science experiment into an understandable format.
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