Creator: Grow with Google | visit site
Grade Range: 6 - 11
The Free Technology Curriculum from Google provides a series of units for middle school and up for practical problem solving with digital tools. Select options from the site for learners, instructors, or to the entire curriculum. Select options within the curriculum by grade level. Each option provides a series of lessons teaching skills like collaboration and problem-solving along with rubrics for assessment of projects.
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to include with other resources in your technology curriculum. Share with teachers of other subjects as a way to integrate content across topic areas. Use these units with gifted students as part of independent projects. Include finished projects in an online portfolio tool like about.me, <a href="/single.cfm?id=13739">reviewed here</a>, to include with college applications. Take advantage of the videos included in the learner’s portion of the site to share with students to reinforce concepts like collaboration, organization, and research techniques.
At Home
Share this curriculum with your school’s administrators and technology instructors to include with current lessons. Have your student review content shared on the videos for learners as important lessons in ways to collaborate, organize materials, and visualize among other skills.
Tags
careers, communication, spreadsheets, data, visual thinking, collaboration, organizational skills, OER,
Subjects
Careers & Guidance, Computer Literacy, Current Events, Economics, Information Literacy/Research,