Standards - Digital Literacy & Computer Science

DLCS18.1.9

Use a variety of digital tools collaboratively to connect with other learners.

COS Examples

Examples: Video calling, blogs, collaborative documents.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to connect with others through image, video, text, and audio digital creation tools.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • contribute to an online video and/or audio discussion with other students in a protected platform.
  • contribute to an online text discussion with other students in a protected platform.
  • contribute to collaborative documents with other students in a protected platform.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they can communicate and connect with other learners through video, audio, images, and text in a protected learning environment.

Vocabulary

  • video
  • audio
  • text
  • image

DLCS18.2.9

Use a variety of digital tools to connect with other learners.

COS Examples

Examples: Online conferences, blogs, collaborative documents.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • they can connect with others using different digital tools.
  • digital tools that connect people can be video, audio, text, or image based.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • connect with others using multiple digital tools such as collaborative documents, protected blogs, and video/audio conferences with other learners.
  • use the most appropriate tool for the task.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • there are many ways to connect with other learners digitally.
  • some ways to connect may work better in certain environments or for certain tasks.

Vocabulary

  • video
  • audio
  • image
  • text

DLCS18.4.13

Synthesize complex information from multiple sources in different ways to make it more useful and/or relevant.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • information from multiple sources can be combined or synthesized.
  • there are multiple was to combine information to communicate with others.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • synthesize information from multilple sources in a variety of ways to make it more useful such as a flowchart, timeline, infographic, multimedia etc.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • information is obtained from multiple sources to better make sense of information.
  • information can be presented in different ways to make it more useful.

Vocabulary

  • synthesize
  • relevant
  • timeline
  • flowcart
  • infographic

DLCS18.5.16

Use advanced features of digital tools and media-rich resources to communicate key ideas and details in a way that informs, persuades, and/or entertains.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to use advanced features of digital tools to inform, persuade, and/or entertain.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • design communications using advanced features of various digital tools to informs, persuades, and/or entertains.
  • locate and follow directions or tutorials for working with digital tools.
  • use media-rich features such as audio and/or video.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • many digital tools are available to communicate key ideas and details.
  • directions or tutorials can be located online to assist with creation.
  • there are multiple ways to communicate the same information.

Vocabulary

  • key ideas
  • informs
  • persuades
  • entertains
  • media-rich
  • communicate
  • digital tools
  • collaborate
  • online environment
  • tutorial

DLCS18.5.17

Publish organized information in different ways to make it more useful or relevant.

COS Examples

Examples: Infographic, student created website.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • information can be created and published in different ways to make it more useful, easier to understand, or relevant.
  • multiple ways to create and publish information.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • organize and publish information in different ways such as infographics, student
  • created websites, digital books, audio, video, etc.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • information can be organized and published in different ways using images, text, inforgraphs, websites, digital books, etc.

Vocabulary

  • infographic
  • student created website
  • organized information
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