8th Grade Tech Curriculum Print

8th Grade Technology is the ninth in a series designed to teach technology by integrating it into classroom inquiry. The choice of  hundreds of school districts, private schools and homeschoolers around the world, this nine-volume suite is the all-in-one solution to running an effective, efficient, and fun technology program for kindergarten-eighth grade (each grade level textbook sold separately) whether you’re the lab specialist, IT coordinator, or classroom teacher.

The 32-week 8th-grade technology curriculum is designed with the unique needs of middle school technology IT classes in mind. Textbook includes:

229 images

21 assessments

19 articles

Grade 6-8 wide-ranging Scope and Sequence

Grade 6-8 technology curriculum map

32 weeks of lessons, taught using the ‘flipped classroom’ approach

monthly homework (3^rd-8^th only)

posters ready to print and hang on your walls

Details

Each lesson is aligned with both Common Core State Standards and National Educational Technology Standards and includes:

• academic applications for lessons
• additional resources
• assessment strategies
• big idea
• class exit tickets
• class warmups
• Common Core Standards
• domain-specific vocabulary
• emphasis on comprehension/problem-solving/critical thinking/preparing for career and college
• essential question
• examples
• focus on transfer of knowledge and blended learning, collaboration and sharing
• grading rubrics
• homework
• how to extend learning
• ISTE Standards
• materials required
• options for adapting lessons to a class or lab
• options for adapting lessons to PCs, iPads, Chromebooks, or Macs
• problem-solving for lesson
• skills required for lesson and learned during lesson
• steps to accomplish goals
• teacher preparation required
• time required to complete

Learning is organized into units that are easily adapted to the shorter class periods of Middle School. They include:

• Community Outreach
• Digital Citizenship
• Digital Tools Used in the Classroom
• Engineering and Design
• Grading with Spreadsheets
• Keyboarding
• Programming with Alice
• Problem Solving
• Robotics
• Search/Research
• Service Learning and Tech
• Sketch-up
• Visual Learning
• Web Communication Tools
• Word Certification

Additionally, 8th Grade Technology Units are collected under Themes. Teachers can adopt several themes per grading period or break them up throughout the year. Themes include:

• Basics
• Collaborate/Publish/Present
• Digital citizenship
• Logical thinking
• Programming
• Search/research

Teachers can organize classes by the 14 units or more broadly by the 6 themes.

Curious? Here’s a preview

8th grade preview

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