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MYPCourseOutlineForTechnologyMYPYear2

FoundationsofTechnology1

FoundationsofTechnology1isdesignedtogivestudentsabasicunderstandingoftechnology,theDesignCycle,andsystems.TheMYPconceptsofcommunications,holisticlearning,andinterculturalawarenesswillbeincorporatedasstudentslearnhowtechnologyhasimpactedtheworld.

TheIBLearnerProfilewillbeimplementeddaily.Eachdayalearnerprofilequalitywillbeselectedthataddressesthefocusofthelessonfor

thatspecificday.TheAreasofInteraction(AOI)willbeakeycomponentofeachofourclassunits.TheunitsandtheircorrespondingAOIcanbe

foundinthetablebelow.ApproachestoLearningwillbeanAOIthatwillbeaddressedineveryunit.Studentswilldiscoverdifferenttypesof

technologyandskillsthathe/shewillbeabletouseinfuturecareers.Wewillusevariousresourcesandequipmenttoaccomplishthis.For

example,GarageBand,ComicLife,iMovie,circuits,PowerGame,creatinganeggdropandbridges.Withineachoftheseunitsthefollowing

methodologieswillbeused;directinstruction,demonstrations,cooperativegroupwork,independentlearning,andstudentreflection.Both

formativeandsummativeassessmentwillbeusedthroughoutthiscourse.GradingpolicyforacademicandIBgradeswillfollowourschool

assessmentpolicy.StudentswillhavetheopportunitytoearnanIBgradeforeachtechnologycriterionmultipletimesthroughoutthecourse.

Essential

State

Standards

UnitTitle

Significant

Concept

Areaof

Interaction

UnitQuestion Culminating

Assessment

Task

MYP

Assessment

Criteria

TimeFrame

Standard1 Cycles Everyoneand

everythingisin

acycle.

Healthand

Social

Education

WhereamI? Studentswill

understand

cyclesand

reflectabout

theirowncycle

inwrittenform

andontheir

newlycreated

wikispace.

CriterionF Sevendays

Standard1

Standard2

Standard3

EggDrop Studentswill

applythe

DesignCycleby

creatinganegg

drop.

Human

Ingenuity

Howisthe

DesignCycle

importantto

thesuccessful

outcomeofa

Createandegg

podthatwill

survivea15ft.

drop.

CriterionAF:

Investigate,

Design,Plan,

Create,

Evaluate,and

1stand3rd

quarters

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project?

Attitude

Standard1

Standard2Standard3

Standard4

ComicLife Technology can

help mediscover mystrengths.

Health and

Social Education

How can I be a

superhero?

Studentswill

createacomicabout

themselvesasa

superhero.

CriterionAF:

Investigate,Design,Plan,

Create,

Evaluate,and

Attitude

1stand3

rd

quarters

Standard1

Standard2

Standard3

Standard4

iMovie -Icanimpact

mycommunity.

-Studentscan

useiMoviefor

projectsat

homeandschool

Communityand

Service

HowcanIbea

superheroin

my

community?

Createamovie

about

themselvesas

heroesinthe

community.

CriterionAF:

Investigate,

Design,Plan,

Create,

Evaluate,and

Attitude

2ndand4th

quarters

Standard2

Standard3

Standard4

PowerGame -Video

Programming

-Appealof

virtual

environments

Environments

Whatisthe

appealofa

virtual

environment?

Createtheir

ownvideo

game.

CriterionAF:

Investigate,

Design,Plan,

Create,

Evaluate,and

Attitude

2ndand4th

quarters

UtahStateCoreCurriculumEssentialStandardsStandard Description

Standard1

Studentswillunderstandtheimportanceoftechnologyandhowitimpactsourlives.

Standard2

Studentswillunderstandandapplydesignprinciplesindevelopingaprocess,productorsystem.

Standard3

Studentswilluseresources,tools,materials,andprocessessafelyandefficiently.

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Standard4

Studentswilldocumentthedesignprocessinaportfolio.