Curriculum & Instruction

2021-present

Goal

Over the course of the 21/22 academic year, our MTAC/SIP A2.04 Committee will start to unpack the North Carolina Digital Learning Standards for students, organize lessons, resources, and curriculum connections for the standards, and share these resources in a way that is accessible for colleagues.

NC Digital Learning Standards for Students

www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-students

In 2021, in collaboration with our school's Digital Learning Coordinators, Mary Clay Vick and Laura Barnes, MTAC members were introduced to the North Carolina Digital Learning Standards for Students (NCDLS) and began to unpack each standard- Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator.

Using a jigsaw protocol, MTAC members each chose a standard to investigate. We illustrated our findings using sketch note techniques and attached our visual depictions to a Google Drawing.

Committee members then engaged in a virtual gallery walk to explore each other's sketchnote work and learn more about the NC Digital Learning Standards. Now that we are familiar with the standards, we are currently in the process of prioritizing them and creating a school wide digital learning plan.

NCDLS for Students

The above spreadsheet organizes each standard, the 4 parts to each standard, and sample grade band indicator standards for Kindergarten through 5th grade. MTAC members chose to start unpacking the standards by focusing solely on Digital Citizenship and Creative Communicator for the 2021/22 school year. In Fall of 2021 members collaborated with their grade level colleagues to brainstorm "I can..." statements for each indicator of the Digital Citizenship standard. Members also attached Common Sense Media lessons where appropriate. In Spring 2022 members brainstormed "I can..." statements for Creative Communicator.

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