Standard+4

How can technology be used to research, analyze, and communicate information? How can technologies be utilized to make informed decisions? Is there more than one way to solve a problem? How does technology influence our learning environments ? || Manage learning and results through a multimedia product with assistance. Share different ways to solve problems. ||
 * **ISTE National Educational** **Technology** **Standards for Students** ||
 * **Standard 4: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making** ||
 * Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. ||
 * **Enduring Understandings** ||
 * **Essential Questions** |||| What makes a question significant?
 * **Knowledge and Skills** ||||  ||
 * || Analyze and evaluate results, discuss and identify the solution(s).
 * **Assessments** |||| ||
 * **Examples:** |||| Use pre-designed templates to explore and depict patterns as a class.

Create surveys, collect data and use a spreadsheet to share results as a class.

Create surveys, collect data and share results using a graphing template.

Share findings and pictures of student projects on a class web page.

Share findings about a specific area of research using presentation software as a class.

Share findings about a specific area of research using presentation software.

Share research about a specific animal using available technology.

Explain solutions in mathematics using a document camera or computer with LCD projector.

Discuss alternative solutions to mathematics problems while sharing work using a document camera or computer with LCD projector.

Compare two different math online programs, select favorite and explain why.

Use a presentation template to share results of specific topic with a partner. ||
 * **Content Area Standards and Benchmarks** |||| ||