Students explore social networks, their digital identity in one, navigate them, and look at responsibilities of a Digital Citizen
Students will work in a team to identify a problem, come up with ideas to solve it, make a prototype of your best idea, test it out and ultimately share it. (Design Thinking Process)
Students Identify and solve a problen using the basics of TinkerCAD to create an invention.
Students learn about a model for Design Thinking that they will implement through the Quests. They work with a Design Thinking Workbook and a team.
Students work together to interview others about problems, and to discover potential ideas for their Making a Difference project.
Students generate Big Ideas through brainstorming and consideration of the potential impact.
Students research ideas online, create a rough draft design, and list materials for their prototype.
Students design and build a model, first iteration, get feedback and Beta Test, make improvements again for a second iteration.
Students reflect, recording their progress and processes, and create a presentation Pitch to sell their idea to others.
Exploring your personality, skills, and interests, then explore careers that fit your profile, create employability documents, create an online portfolio, and create a video resume to spotlight you
Virtual games on the Northwestern Mutual "The Mint" site about earning, saving, spending, investing, safeguarding, and giving. Create savings and budget goals.
Students learn about their interests, skills, and talents.
Students learn and research about 16 National Career Clusters and create a digital artifact about their career choices.
Students will explore the differences and qualities of a resume, create one and complete an application for employment.
Students will create a web page as a digital portfolio, put their resume and application on it.
Students will create a video resume after viewing samples, and provided video creation resources and tutorials.
Students will learn about different software applications for creating digital objects or artifacts to communicate their ideas in new and creative ways.
Communicating with technology can be very powerful. A resource that can give you, your friends,your teacher a voice in the classroom is Flipgrid.
Students in two groups compare the message from a video or from the print format to determine advantages and disadvantages of the medium for communicating the message.
Students will explore and see examples of different media types rating how well they communicate an idea, and then identify types of school assignments the different media would be useful for.