Standard 1:  Creativity and Innovation – Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

Grades:  K–2

            Benchmarks: 

1.      Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products or processes.

·         Grades K-2:  Use teacher created or directed technology to create, illustrate and represent ideas, stories or processes in a curriculum area.

2.      Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

·         Grades K-2:  Use teacher provided or directed technology, and work independently or cooperatively in a group, to create original projects that express a thought, idea or story.

3.      Use models or simulations to explore complex systems or issues.

·         Grades K-2:  Use teacher provided technology to explore, describe and illustrate content related concepts, systems or issues.

4.      Identify trends and forecast possibilities.

·         Grades K-2:  Use teacher provided technology to research, collect data, identify trends, make predictions and draw conclusions. (ie: life cycles of plants, life cycles of animals etc.)

Standard 1:  Creativity and Innovation – Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

Grades:  3-6

            Benchmarks: 

1.      Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products or processes.

·         Grades 3-6:  Use technology, with teacher guidance, to research, create and illustrate a project for a specific area of the curriculum being studied in the classroom.

2.      Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

·         Grades 3-6:  Use technology, with teacher guidance, to create an original project, slideshow, or video as an individual or as a collaborative process in a group.

3.      Use models or simulations to explore complex systems or issues.

·         Grades 3-6:  Describe and illustrate a content related concept or process using a model, simulation or concept mapping software, with teacher guidance.

4.      Identify trends and forecast possibilities.

·         Grades 3-6:  Gather data, examine patterns, and process information using technology and resources, with guidance from the teacher.

Standard 1:  Creativity and Innovation – Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

Grades:  7-8

            Benchmarks: 

1.      Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products or processes.

·         Grades 7-8:  Use a technology tool to research, create and illustrate a project for a specific area of the curriculum being studied in the classroom.

2.      Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

·         Grades 7-8:  Use a technology tool to create an original project, slideshow, or video as an individual or as a collaborative process in a group.

3.      Use models or simulations to explore complex systems or issues.

·         Grades 7-8:  Describe and illustrate a content related concept or process using a model, simulation or concept mapping software.

4.      Identify trends and forecast possibilities.

·         Grades 7-8:  Gather data, examine patterns, and process information using available technology and resources.

Standard 1:  Creativity and Innovation – Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

Grades:  9-12

            Benchmarks: 

1.      Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products or processes.

·         Grades 9-12:  Use a variety of technology to research, create, and illustrate projects for specific areas of the curriculum.

2.      Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

·         Grades 9-12:  Use a variety technology to create original projects, slideshows, or videos as an individual or as a collaborative process in a group.

3.      Use models or simulations to explore complex systems or issues.

·         Grades 9-12:  Describe and illustrate content related concepts or processes using models, simulations or concept mapping software.

4.      Identify trends and forecast possibilities.

·         Grades 9-12:  Gather data, examine patterns, then process and apply information for decision making using available technology and resources.