Research & Writing

To provide students with the step by step procedure used to write a simple research report. To provide students with the insights necessary to use information found on the internet and a basic understanding of wordprocessing to create a research report.

Each student will be able to:

1. Given a list of 60 inventions, select two inventions to research.
2. Using an Internet search engine, find information pertaining to each invention
3. Having found information about an invention, evaluate the information to determine if it will be appropriate for the report
4. Print pertinent information from the Internet pertaining to the invention researched.
5. Using the the who, what, where, why sheet, fill out pertinent information on the sheet.
6. Using the information printed out and a pencil/pen and paper, write a rough draft of the report on each invention
7. After the rough draft has been approved, type the rough draft using a word-processing program.
8. As the student is is typing their rough draft, they will create a document with the standard school heading for writing
9. Use the word-processing program to justify text, indent, add text attributes, fonts and different text sizes in the creation of their report.
10. Perform the following word-processing functions:
    • Start a word processing software
    • Create a new word processing document.
    • Edit a word processed document
    • Print a word processed document
    • Save a word processed document to disk
    • Retrieve a word processed document from disk
    • Add justification attributes to a word processed document
    • Change the text attributes ,size, font and style, within a word processed document

NT.K-12.3

Technology Productivity Tools

Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity. Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.

NT.K-12.4

Technology Communication Tools

Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences. Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.

NT.K-12.5

Technology Research Tools

Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources. Students use technology tools to process data and report results. Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks.

Learning Standards addressed in this unit:

English Language Arts Learning Standards

• Standard 1: Language for Information and Understanding
  • Listening and Reading
    • Key Idea 1
      
  • Speaking and Writing
    
    • Key Idea 2
      
    • Key Idea 2 - Alternate -
• Standard 3: Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation
  
  • Listening and Reading
    
    • Key Idea 1
      
  • Speaking and Writing
    
    • Key Idea 2 -
      
    • Key Idea 2 - Alternate

Mathematics, Science, and Technology Learning Standards

• Standard 2: Information Systems
  
  • Information Systems
    
    • Key Idea 1
      
      • Key Idea 3
• Standard 5: Technology
  
  • Tools, Resources, and Technological Processes
    
    • Key Idea 1 - Alternate
    • Key Idea 2
  • Computer Technology
    
    • Key Idea 1 - Alternate
    • Key Idea 3
      
  • Technological Systems
    
    • Key Idea 1 - Alternate
    • Key Idea 4
      
  • History and Evolution of Technology
    
  • Key Idea 5
  • Impacts of Technology
    
    • Key Idea 1 - Alternate
    • Key Idea 6

Career Development and Occupational Studies Learning Standards

• Standard 3a: Universal Foundation Skills
  
  • Basic Skills
    
    • Key Idea 1
      
    • Key Idea 1 - Alternate
      
  • Technology
    
    • Key Idea 5
      
    • Key Idea 6
      
    • Key Idea 6 - Alternate
  • Managing Resources
    • Key Idea 7
    • Key Idea 7 - Alternate

The following instructional strategies will be used to deliver specific curricular topics.

1.Lecture and Presentation

2.Overhead Projector with transparencies

3.Movies and DVD's

4. Computer software to that retrieves, stores,organizes, processes, edits  and presents information: examples of software used Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Internet Explorer, SuperPaint, Abrecta House Design, Sim Town, Tom        Snider's Time Liner, AppleWorks Data Base Software

5. Use of the World Wide Web to provide resources for the identification and collection of instructional resources.

6.Dittos and Worksheets

7.Teacher created websites and webpages

8.Hands-On, Project based instructional activities.

Techniques used to evaluate student progress: Homework, Oral Questioning, Classwork (written), Worksheets, Quiz's, Test, Project based instructional activities