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Topic of the Week

Computer Skills
Societal/
Ethical Issues

Information Skills

Reading Strategy

BB's (Nuggets of Best Practice and Brain Research) Adventure
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1. Getting Started with TechKnow Park

1.03, 1.04, 1.15, 2.08, 2.14

1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 2.03, 3.01, 3.05, 4.04, 4.05, 5.01, 5.03

Connect the known to the new. Activate relevant, prior knowledge before, during, and after reading. Connecting a student's existing schema to new schema is a vital linking process that helps to store new information permanently in their long-term memories.

Revisit Powerful Truths About Teaching with "The Pinnacle"

Sense of Wonder Sites (Science and Social Studies Focus)

2. "I Can't" Burial Site, Introduction to N.C. WiseOwl, Brainstorming for Research Topics

2.01, 2.02, 2.14 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.11, 2.03, 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 3.05, 4.05, 4.07, 5.01, 5.03 Do you know the true art of questioning?

3. Turn Small Goals into Big Dreams, Vandalism, Viruses, and Hoaxes

1.02, 1.05, 1.06, 2.14 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10, 1.11, 2.03, 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 3.05, 4.01, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 5.01, 5.03 How well do you give instructions?

4. Explore the World of Technology, Introduction to Computers

1.01, 1.02 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10, 1.11, 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 3.05, 4.01, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 5.01, 5.03 Do these principles describe your classroom?

5. The Internet

1.02 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10, 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 3.05, 4.01, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 5.01, 5.03 Were these best practices evident in the lessons you taught yesterday?

6. Copyright, Occupations and Careers

1.01, 1.03, 1.04, 1.06, 1.071.11, 1.14, 1.15 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09, 1.10, 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 3.05, 4.01, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 5.01, 5.03 Do your lesson plans incorporate these principles?

 

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