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Welcome to techSteps
School districts use techSteps to develop and assess K-8 student technology literacy in an integrated, 21st century context. techSteps includes:
A K-8 Technology Literacy Framework
Built on the National Education Technology Standards for Students (NETS*S) and the work of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, techSteps provides a developmental scope and sequence framework covering:
- Creativity and Innovation
- Communication and Collaboration
- Research and Information Fluency
- Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making
- Digital Citizenship
- Technology Operations and Concepts
A K-8 Technology Literacy Curriculum
The techSteps curriculum includes a set of six electronic activity books for each grade level. Each book presents a meaningful Math, Science, Language Arts, or Social Studies challenge, and then shows students how to use digital tools to explore and complete the task at hand. This enables students to develop technology literacy in a way that is both integrated and systematic.
Assessment and Reporting
Assessment and reporting options are available to meet teacher and district needs. For example, each learning activity includes a classroom assessment rubric tied to the technology literacy standards. Optionally, districts may implement our assessment benchmarks at Grade 5 and Grade 8. Data gathered through authentic assessment is turned into detailed reports that can be used to meet NCLB requirements.
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