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8th grade Idaho Student Information
Technology Standards
Sample Student Project
Technical Writing- Solving a Technology Problem
Instruction:
 | Steps involved in technical writing: writing directions |
| Students create a rubric for other's technical writing |
| Reading how-to manuals and websites, grade them with the rubric and
discuss |
Focus Areas:
| Language Arts - Technical Writing |
| Technology - Gather & Publish information, Solve Technology Problems |
Project:
| As a class, we will brainstorm a list of things that regularly go wrong
when using technology in the classroom. |
| You will work in groups of 2 to pick an issue and write a set of
directions on how to fix or troubleshoot the problem you pick. |
| When your draft is done, trade with another group. Have that group
try out the directions and offer feedback. |
| As part of your draft, pick at least 3 terms that a reader may not know.
Give definitions. Add graphics if they belong. |
| When your final draft is approved by the teacher, use software to design a
brochure to help others solve their problems. |
| On one page of the brochure, include your vocabulary list. |
Tech standards demonstrated:
| Use developmentally appropriate and accurate technology terminology
(1.a.1) |
| Apply strategies for identifying and solving routine software and hardware
problems that occur in everyday use. (1.b.2) |
Other standards demonstrated:
| 744.02.A Language Arts. Use correct grammar, spelling, and
sentence structure |
| 744.07.A Language Arts. Write technical information - locate
resources |
| 744.06.B Language Arts. Write technical information - produce
technical documents |
Proficiency Rubric
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