Technology program at Del Mar Pines.

1. TECHNOLOGY
Creation and Innovation at DMP

3. Hello, I’m Ms. Scott!
● First computer at age 3
● First program written at age 8
● Attended Technology-based HS
● Accepted to CISCO Networking
Internship during HS
● BA International Business,
University of San Diego
● Google Apps for Education Certified
● 5th Year Teaching at DMP

4. I BELIEVE TECHNOLOGY IS EMPOWERING.
I've worked to bring technology education to:
● MOLDOVA: Grace House (foster home for teenage girls)
Donated laptops, taught translating tools, word processing, Internet research, and
helped three girls secured long-term jobs with computers.
● HONDURAS: Casa Rio Orphanage
Donated laptops, taught photography, basic keyboarding and translator tools, and kids
still use Skype to communicate with us.

5. Lilia was able to use
her technology
skills to create a
resume and land a
job as a Moldovan
translator just
weeks after our
program!
The Power of Technology

6. TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM:
My Vision for the Technology Program
ISTE & COMMON CORE

7. ISTE: International Society for Technology in Education
Standards:
● Creativity & Innovation
● Communication & Collaboration
● Research & Information Fluency
● Critical Thinking, Problem Solving,
and Decision Making
● Digital Citizenship
● Technology Operations & Concepts
Common Core has technology integrated! Teachers and I work
together to make sure those standards are met from a technology
perspective.

8. PROJECT EXAMPLES
Standard: Creativity & Innovation

9. PROJECT EXAMPLE:
Talking Presidents
(Kindergarten)
ISTE Standard:
Creativity & Innovation
Apply existing knowledge
to generate new ideas

10. PROJECT EXAMPLE
Standard: Creativity & Innovation
About Me Book (First Grade)
First graders Produce and Publish their
own eBooks! We are building a digital
class library.

11. PROJECT EXAMPLE : Creativity & Innovation
Producers & Consumers (Second Grade)
STEP 1: STORYBOARD STEP 2: RECORD 3. ANIMATE FILM

12. PROJECT EXAMPLE : Creativity & Innovation
Human Body Vidoes (Fifth Grade)

13. PROJECT EXAMPLE
Standard: Creativity & Innovation
Mission Statement Project (Sixth Grade)

18. PROJECT EXAMPLES
Standard: Communication & Collaboration

19. PROJECT EXAMPLE:
Digital Book Review Library
ISTE Standard: Communication &
Collaboration
a. Interact, collaborate, and publish
with peers, experts, or others
employing a variety of digital
environments and media
a. Communicate information and ideas
effectively to multiple audiences.

20. PROJECT EXAMPLE: California Regions Websites (Fourth Grade)
ISTE Standard:
Communication & Collaboration
Google Sites = Web Design + Collaboration

21. Giving students an Authentic Audience
PROJECT EXAMPLE:
Film Festival & Bloggers Collaboration
(2nd & 3rd)
ISTE Standard: Communication & Collaboration

22. PROJECT EXAMPLE:
Film Festival & Bloggers Collaboration
ISTE Standard: Communication & Collaboration
Meet the Press!
Students own the learning.

23. PROJECT EXAMPLES
Standard: Technology Operations & Concepts

24. PROJECT EXAMPLE:
Keyboarding & DMP Typing Challenge
ISTE Standard: Technology Operations &
Concepts
TypingWeb.com
Typing Practice Sites:
BBC Dance Mat Typing
Typing begins in third grade.

25. PROJECT
EXAMPLE:
Troubleshooting
Flowcharts (Sixth
Grade)
ISTE Standard:
Technology
Operations &
Concepts
Troubleshooting Flowcharts
We used LucidChart.com to mindmap and
problem solve.

26. HOUR OF CODE
Third-Sixth grade are all signed up to participate in Hour of Code this
December! Upper graders may also choose to practice coding on
Code.org when they are done early with our their technology projects.
Students use Code.org to play games and learn to computer
programming!

27. PROJECT EXAMPLES
Standard: Research & Information Fluency

28. PROJECT EXAMPLE: Safe & Strategic Searching
Standard: Research & Information Fluency
● Safe Searching begins in
Kindergarten by learning about
the Internet and websites.
● We learn about search engines,
keywords, and reference sites.
● We use KidRex.org to search
(NOT Google)
● Students have several safe
search engines and image-
search resources from which to
choose

29. PROJECT EXAMPLE: Safe & Strategic Searching
Standard: Research & Information Fluency
Upper graders learn:
● Intermediate research and
citation skills
● How to use University
databases, Google Scholar,
how to find primary sources
● How to sift through
information on the Internet
and evaluate sources.

30. Digital Citizenship
● Taught through Common Sense
Media
● Digital Passport (game for upper
graders)
○ covers cyberbullying,
Internet safety, staying safe
and responsible
● Digital Citizenship Week is
coming up!
October 19-25th every grade will
begin a unit on Digital
Citizenship.

31. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, & Decision Making

32. PROJECT EXAMPLE: Coffee Shop Math Excel Project
Standard: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, & Decision Making
Tony Wagner lists Initiative and
Entrepreneurship as one of the
essential Seven Survival Skills for 21st
century students.
1. Open a virtual “Coffee
Shop” on
CoolMathGames
website
1. “Purchase” ingredients
and open for business
1. Create an Excel
spreadsheet to
correlate with
ingredients used in
their coffee shop
1. Graph changes as you
adjust your coffee
recipe. Use your graph
to make your business
profitable!

33. Resources
Please visit my blog for student project showcases,
resources on safe searching, keyboarding practice, and
technology websites and apps for students!
DMPtech.edublogs.org
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