Target Areas: 6th Grade Reading/Language Arts and Technology
Target Standards (West Virginia Content Standards and Objectives):
RLA.O.6.1.10 - Evaluate connections among facts, ideas, events, and concepts of literary and informational texts to self, to other texts, and to the world.
RLA.O.6.1.15 - increase the amount of independent reading to comprehend, analyze, and evaluate literary text and informational text.
RLA.O.6.2.10 - select and use a variety of resource materials to plan, develop, and deliver a research project using computer-generated graphic aids.
21C.O.5-8.1.TT1 - Student connects peripheral devices (e.g., scanners, digital cameras, video projectors, USB drives, printers, media storage devices) to computers and uses them efficiently and effectively. Student accesses server and/or network resources (e.g., file folders/software programs, bookmarked sites).
21C.O.5-8.1.LS2 - Student interprets abstract visuals and creates products (e.g., digital storytelling) that reflect a growing understanding a visual language and require the effective use of tools (e.g., cropped photos, original charts and graphs, well-chosen images from databases, video clips).
21C.O.5-8.1.TT4 - Student uses audio, video, pictures, clip art, moviemaker programs, webpage design software, electronic documents, and other files to create and publish electronic products to communicate with various audiences inside and outside the classroom.
21C.O.5-8.1.TT7 - Student uses advanced features and utilities of presentation software (e.g., design templates, design layouts (fonts/colors/backgrounds), animation and graphics, inserting pictures, objects, movies, sound, charts, hyperlinks, and graphs) to create an original product.
