The eighth grade technology curriculum prepares students for their future not by teaching widgets and programs— though that happens— but by showing them how to be life-long learners. How do they decide what program works best for what inquiry? How do they acquire the use of tools they have never before seen? How do they self-assess their knowledge, insuring they acquired what they need?
Topics to be covered:
Introduction, Spreadsheets, Digital Tools, Keyboarding, Digital Citizenship, Search/Research, Word Certification, Problem Solving, Engineering and Design, Learn Through Service, Visual Learning, Robotics, Programming, Sketch Up, Web Communication Tools