Integrating Technology Concepts into the K8 Curriculum

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Integrating Technology Conceptsinto the K-8
Curriculum

• Bob Claymier
• District Technology Center
• Delaware, Ohio

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Purpose of Standards

• Provide a set of clear and rigorous expectations.
• Provide clarity to Ohio teachers of what content
  and skills should be taught at each grade-level.
• However, how the material will be taught is a
  local school district decision.

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View of the Standards

• A minimum level e.g., least amount necessary to
  survive.
• vs
• What students deserve e.g., needed for full,
  successful daily and work life and options open.

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Ohio Senate Bill 1
Mandates that the State Board of Education adopt
content standards that specify the academic
content and skills that students are expected to
know and be able to do at each grade level.

• link to Senate Bill 1 and Bill Analysis
• http//www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID12
  4_SB_1
• Sec. 3301.079
• June 12, 2001

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Process for Developing Academic Content Standards

• Assemble an Advisory Committee
• Identify Writing Team
• Compile Resources to Draft Standards, Benchmarks
  and Indicators
• Convene Writing Team

• Seek Focused Input
• Engage the Public
• Revise Draft Standards Benchmarks
• Adoption of Academic Content Standards by the
  State Board of Education

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No Child Left Behind

• ESEA/NCLB
• All students will become technology literate by
  the end of 8th grade.
• Ohio
• Basic skills, introductory and foundation level
  courses taught by the end of 8th grade.
• No Statewide Tech Achievement Test

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Technology ACSCross-Standard Connections
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Technology ACSCross-Standard Connections
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Standards Framework
Standard Benchmark Grade-Level Indicators
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Ohio K-12 Technology Standards

• Nature of Technology
• Technology and Society Interaction
• Technology for Productivity Applications
• Technology and Communication Applications
• Technology and Information Literacy
• Design
• Designed World

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1 Nature of Technology

• Technology extends human potential by allowing
  people to do things more efficiently than they
  would otherwise be able to do.
• Characteristics
• Systems
• Processes
• Devices
• Connections to other fields

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2 Technology Society

• Interactions among technology, society, and the
  environment to form foundation for responsible
  and ethical use.
• Citizenship
• Environment
• History
• Intellectual Property
• Acceptable Use

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3 Technology Productivity

• Use appropriate tools and technology resources to
  complete tasks and solve problems.
• Basic Concepts Operations
• Problem-solving Tools
• Productivity Tools
• Selecting the Appropriate Tool for the Need
• Curricular Connections

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4 Technology Communication

• Communicate with multiple audiences, acquire and
  disseminate information
• Media Formats
• Design Elements
• Multimedia Applications
• Publication
• Evaluation of Media
• Electronic Communications

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5 Technology Info Literacy

• Information literacy, Internet use, and
  technology tools to answer questions and expand
  knowledge.
• Understanding Information
• Primary/Secondary Sources
• Internet Concepts
• Searching
• Web Site Evaluation
• Research Model

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6 Design

• Nature of engineered design, role of engineering
  and design assessment.
• Technical Problem-solving
• Technical Communication
• Innovation and Invention
• Design Process
• Research and Development
• Testing the Solution
• Technology Transfer

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7 Designed World

• Physical, informational and bio-related
  technological systems
• Energy and Power
• Transportation
• Manufacturing
• Construction
• Information and Communication
• Medical
• Agriculture and Related Biotechnologies

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Ohios Technology Academic Content Standards
online

• http//www.ode.state.oh.us/
• Pull out the left side bar
• - Standards and Instruction
• - Academic Content Standards
• - Technology

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Benefits of Technology

• 1. Improves Decision Making
• 2. Increases Citizen Participation
• 3. Supports a Modern Workforce
• 4. Enhancing Social Well-Being
• 5. Closes the Digital Divide

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The value of technology education in the
elementary schools

• Fosters investigating, creating, planning,
  making, testing, improving, evaluating
• Encourages group interaction and cooperation,
  perseverance, resourcefulness, divergence,
  self esteem
• Involves reflective thinking and purposeful
  doing

- Children Designing Engineering
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The value of technology education in the
elementary schools

• Builds upon the prior knowledge and experience
  of all students
• Exercises a students right/need to fail and
  learn from failures
• Learning within meaningful activities is more
  productive, especially for girls
• Students gain more abstract knowledge

- Children Designing Engineering
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The value of technology education in the
elementary schools

• Develops cross-curricular learning in primary
  school
• Students and teachers can learn project
  management skills
• Teachers can reconstruct their knowledge of
  science and math

- Children Designing Engineering
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The value of technology education in the
elementary schools

• Opportunities are present for higher order
  thinking and problem solving skills
• Improvement in students technical vocabulary
• Has obvious links with math

• Valerie Wilson and Marlene Harris
• Journal of Technology Education Vol.
  15 No. 2, Spring 2004

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A technologically literate student

• Can use, manage, and understand technology
• Uses a systems-oriented approach to solving
  technological problems
• Will make successful contributions to a
  changing workplace
• Will make wise choices as consumers
• Will become informed citizens in our democracy

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A technologically literate student

• Employs problem solving skills using the design
  loop model
• Becomes an efficient technical reader, writer,
  communicator
• Is capable of designing and producing products
  and systems

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A technologically literate student

• Uses, manages, and assesses the impacts and
• consequences of technology
• Understands the nature and history of technology
• Makes connections between technology and other
  fields

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Strategies for Teachers

• Integrate technology skills, processes, and
  knowledge into the regular curriculum.
• Use the design loop model to teach problem
  solving
• Create lessons based on real-world problems
• Obtain insight into future employees needs from
  local businesses and industry
• Increase student awareness of the impact/history
  of technology

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Implementing the Technology Standards Into
Grades K 8
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Implementing the Technology Standards Into
Grades K 8
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Implementing the Technology Standards Into
Grades K 8
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Technological Literacy Resources

• Ohio Academic Standards for Technology
  www.ode.state.oh.us
• 2. International Technology Education Association
  
• www.iteaconnect.org
• 3. National Academy of Engineering Technically
  Speaking
• www.nae.edu/nae/techlithome.nsf

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Bob Claymier 248 N. Franklin St Delaware, Ohio
43015 Ph 740-363-3586 technologyiselementary_at_yah
oo.com