A CLOSER LOOK AT

PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS

NETS-S FOR STUDENTS

GRADE LEVEL 6-8
ISTE | NETS FOR STUDENTS 2
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Enhancing Education by Rachel Osborne
Integrate a Variety of File Types to Create and Illustrate a Document or Presentation. (1,6)

 A class newsletter is a great way to encourage students to present

FILE TYPES
what was done in class to their parents and inform them of
Microsoft upcoming events or assignments.
Office  Students will be placed in groups to created a newsletter on
Microsoft Word and incorporate a variety of different files types.
Clip Art
 Each newsletter will have four articles:
Scanner  Explain/Discuss what is currently being covered in class. This can
include a scanned image of a student’s assignment or pictures of
Internet students working in class
Jpeg.
 Share what tools and resources available to the students at school, in the
community or through the internet that relate to the current topic
Pdf.  How the students can apply what they are learning in the future and
outside of school.
Doc.  Fun class/school announcements and preview what will be covered next
in class
 Create original animations or videos
documenting school, community, or local events.
(1,2,6)
Smile, you’re on SchoolTube!
•Students will take on the role of newscaster and
create a 5-10 minute news production
•Headlines will be ideas that relate to the current topic
being covered in class. Information can be gathered
through newspaper, magazines, or on-line
•Students may also pick one topic of their choosing. It
can be on student/classroom achievements, school
sports, upcoming events at the school or in the
community, weather or anything else they feel is
important to share
•The news show will be uploaded onto SchoolTube
for teachers to show in classrooms and students to
show their parents or friends at home.

Students will get a chance to work with

video cameras, iMovie, and other programs
that are required to make, edit, and show a
movie.
Gather data, examine patterns, and apply information for decision
making using digital tools and resources. (1,4)
Using on-line survey tools or Microsoft
Excell students can use information
gathered to review, analyze and come up
with statistical data.
Throughout the year there will be different
types of surveys conducted. Examples
include:
-Correlation Projects: Is there a correlation
between students who walk to school and
the distance they live from the school.
-Research: What is the most popular sport
to play verses watch. Survey 10 girls and
boys in each grade. (6-8th )
-Patterns: Create four new class that should
be offered at the school and research which
classes students would most likely sign up
for. Look for any patterns that may be
associated with the class: gender, age, family
background, hobbies, favorite subjects, tools
needed for the class
Participate in a cooperative learning
project in an online learning community.
(2)
 Students will create Individual Blogs through
B Blogger.com where they will write weekly entries on
L books they are reading outside of class. Each entry
O will include:
 Summery of what they read that week
G
 New vocabulary words they came across
G  Figurative language
E  Once a book is completed they will pick an audience
R that would enjoy the book and explain why that
particular audience should read it
 Each week the students will be required to comments
on three of their classmates blogs