Technology Standards

• Apply strategies for identifying and solving routine hardware and software problems that occur during everyday use.
• Collaborate with peers, experts, and others using telecommunications and collaborative tools to investigate curriculum related problems, issues, and information, and to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.
• Use content-specific tools, software, and simulations (e.g., environmental probes, graphing calculators, exploratory environments, Web tools) to support learning and research.
• Apply productivity/multimedia tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, group collaboration, and learning throughout the curriculum.
• Design, develop, publish, and present products (e.g., Web pages, videotapes) using technology resources that demonstrate and communicate curriculum concepts to audiences inside and outside the classroom.
• Select and use appropriate tools and technology resources to accomplish a variety of tasks and solve problems.
• Demonstrate an understanding of concepts underlying hardware, software, and connectivity and of practical applications to learning and problem solving.

English / Language Arts Standards

• 5.A.2a Formulate questions and construct a basic research plan.
• 5.A.2b Organize and integrate information from a variety of sources (e.g., books, interviews, library reference materials, web sites, CD/ROMs).
• 5.B.2a Determine the accuracy, currency and reliability of materials from various sources.
• 5.B.2b Cite sources used.
• 5.C.2b Create a variety of print and nonprint documents to communicate acquired information for specific audiences and purposes.