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__**Profile of a STREAM Education**__
 * Tech Training is made a priority**
 * Increase in hands – on science**
 * Enhanced curriculum through community connections**
 * Real life application emphasized**
 * Interdisciplinary Unit Planning is evident**
 * Engineering Design Process is introduced and integrated**
 * Professional Development around STREAM**

Pop Up Books - Guided Portfolio

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 * Junior Achievement**

__**Junior Achievement Exit Survey**__
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**Getting to Know You!**
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Digital Footprint
Basic Tech Lessons Digital Literacy Assessment __ @http://publicweb.digitalliteracyassessment.org/assessment/player.php?m=1&l=en __

__ @http://digitalbytes.commonsensemedia.org/ __

1. media reflection 2. media deconstruction 3. media creation Use Today's Meet __ [] __

__**ELA Project - Informative writing**__

Slides:


 * 1) Title
 * 2) Topic
 * 3) Introduction
 * 4) First Paragraph info – What is your main point? Provide supporting evidence
 * 5) Second Paragraph info – What is your main point? Provide supporting evidence
 * 6) Third Paragraph info – What is your main point? Provide supporting evidence
 * 7) Conclusion
 * 8) Career Connection - What is this person's career? Is this still a career? Is it a career that you would be interested in?
 * 9) How did this person change the world?
 * 10) How can you change the world?
 * 11) Scripture
 * 12) Source

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Students answer TED ED Questions onscreen and in a Google Doc. May copy and paste questions

__ @http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-do-hard-drives-work-kanawat-senanan __ @http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-computers-translate-human-language-ioannis-papachimonas @http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-x-rays-see-through-your-skin-ge-wang @http://ed.ted.com/lessons/eye-vs-camera-michael-mauser http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-robots-be-creative-gil-Weinberg @http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-does-your-smartphone-know-your-location-wilton-l-virgo @http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-the-world-wide-web-twila-camp http://ed.ted.com/lessons/beware-online-filter-bubbles-eli-pariser/review_open#question-3 __ @http://ed.ted.com/lessons/4-lessons-from-robots-about-being-human-ken-goldberg __ __ @http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-much-does-a-video-weigh-michael-stevens __ @http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mapping-the-world-with-twitter-jer-thorp @http://ed.ted.com/lessons/make-robots-smarter-ayanna-howard __ @http://ed.ted.com/lessons/rapid-prototyping-google-glass-tom-chi __ @http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-facebook-and-the-flu-have-in-common-marc-samet

Slide show in Drive about your video. Answer questions - Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How

@http://www.google.com/a/southtownslv.org
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 * Coming to America Research Project**

[|**https://drive.google.com/a/southtownslv.org/folderview?id=0B-dguKefroQINE9JaE80Z1FEVWs&usp=sharing**]

Students pair off - count 1-11 - watch video, write paragraph, create presentation in Drive to teach the topic to your classmates Google Docs use heading - partner names Create presentation in Drive Slide 1 Title slide - Video name, speaker, your name Slide 2 Who is the speaker, what is their occupation, how did they come to do this talk? Slide 3 What is the topic of the talk? Slide 4 When did the speaker give this talk? When is the subject of the talk occurring? Slide 5 Where is the issue occurring? Slide 6 Why is it important to the speaker and the community at large? Slide 7 How does the speaker make their case? How do we address their call to action? Slide 8 Sources
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__**ELA**__ [|ELA Interactive]

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__**ELA Testing**__ STAR

__**Math**__
 * Kahn Academy**

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PBS Learning Media Search Real life Math - Search for your career, Watch the video. Click on Support Materials. Follow through the activities. Develop a plan to teach your classmates how Math is used in your career. Use Google Drive - you can write an essay, create a presentation, use a spreadsheet, or any of the tools in Drive to explain how Math is used in your career. Business Card Maker
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 * [[file:digital-citizens/Math in Careers Rubric.xlsx|Download]]

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Copyright and Fair Use for Projects

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