1. Students will understand that the study of technology involves an organized set of concepts, processes, and systems that are specific to the study of technology.
1.1. I can select and use appropriate measuring tools to accurately gather, manipulate, and communicate information.
Distinguished 4
The student will: Be able to choose the proper measuring tool for a given task and make measurements to 4 decimal places or 1/32nd of an inch, use the proper unit of measure, and apply the proper mathematical function for a given task every time. |
Proficient 3
The student will: Be able to choose the proper measuring tool for a given task and make measurements to 3 decimal places or 1/16th of an inch, use the proper unit of measure, and apply the proper mathematical function for a given task every time. |
1.3. I can demonstrate those technical skills needed to find, use and communicate information effectively in a technological world.
Distinguished 4
The student will: Be able to demonstrate that technological innovation often results when ideas, knowledge, or skills are shared within a technology, among technologies, or across other fields with no additional supports. |
Proficient 3
The student will: Be able to demonstrate that technological innovation often results when ideas, knowledge, or skills are shared within a technology, among technologies, or across other fields with minor supports. |
2. Students will understand that technological systems require input, processes, output, and feedback
2.1. I can select and use appropriate measuring tools to accurately gather, manipulate, and communicate information.
Distinguished 4
The student will: Be able to choose the proper measuring tool for a given task and make measurements to 4 decimal places or 1/32nd of an inch, use the proper unit of measure, and apply the proper mathematical function for a given task every time. |
Proficient 3
The student will: Be able to choose the proper measuring tool for a given task and make measurements to 3 decimal places or 1/16th of an inch, use the proper unit of measure, and apply the proper mathematical function for a given task every time. |
2.2. I can design, schedule, manage, and assess technical processes and systems.
Distinguished 4
Given a task the student will: Be able to define a problem, brainstorm, research and generate ideas, identify criteria and specifying constraints, explore possibilities, select an approach, develop a design proposal, make a model or prototype, test and evaluate the design using specifications, refining the design, create or make it, and communicate processes and results with no additional supports. |
Proficient 3
Given a task the student will: Be able to define a problem, brainstorm, research and generate ideas, identify criteria and specifying constraints, explore possibilities, select an approach, develop a design proposal, make a model or prototype, test and evaluate the design using specifications, refining the design, create or make it, and communicate processes and results with minor supports. |
2.3. I can design, develop, manage, and evaluate activities using identified problem-solving techniques.
Distinguished 4
The student will: Be able to Operate systems so that they function in the way they were designed. Be able to troubleshoot, analyze, and maintain systems to ensure safe and proper function and precision with no additional supports. |
Proficient 3
The student will: Be able to Operate systems so that they function in the way they were designed. Be able to troubleshoot, analyze, and maintain systems to ensure safe and proper function and precision with minor supports. |
3. Students will understand that relationships exist among technologies and between technology and other fields of study, such as math and/or science.
3.3. I can exhibit an understanding of the relationship between academic concepts and practices to their applications in a technological setting.
Distinguished 4
The student will: Be able to show that technological progress promotes the advancement of science and mathematics with no additional supports. |
Proficient 3
The student will: Be able to show that technological progress promotes the advancement of science and mathematics with minor supports. |
3.4. I can evaluate the effects of technology’s development on society through time.
Distinguished 4
The student will: Be able to show that most technological development has been evolutionary, the result of a series of refinements to a basic invention. That the evolution of civilization has been directly affected by, and has in turn affected the development and use of tools and materials with no additional supports. |
Proficient 3
The student will: Be able to show that most technological development has been evolutionary, the result of a series of refinements to a basic invention. That the evolution of civilization has been directly affected by, and has in turn affected the development and use of tools and materials with minor supports. |
4. Students will understand that technological problem solving requires the application of the design process.
4.2. I can exhibit an understanding of the relationship between academic concepts and practices to their applications in a technological setting.
Distinguished 4
The student will: Be able to show that technological progress promotes the advancement of science and mathematics with no additional supports. |
Proficient 3
The student will: Be able to show that technological progress promotes the advancement of science and mathematics with minor supports. |