Design Briefs for the Study of Technology

The goal of these instructional units are to assist teachers at grades K-5 to provide relevent classroom instruction that helps children develop a degree of technological capability.

Technological capability is defined as the ability to use, manage, assess, and understand technology.

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The Use and Study of Technology in the Elementary School

This section of the Web site features the Children's Engineering: A Teacher Resource Guide for Design and Technology in Grades K-5.

Each instructional unit includes a design brief, tips for teachers, a guided portfolio, assessment rubric(s), and a correlation to the Virginia Standards of Learning and Standards for Technological Literacy. The instructional units are provided in a convenient .PDF format.

Kindergarten Design Briefs

1st Grade Design Briefs

2nd Grade Design Briefs

3rd Grade Design Briefs

4th Grade Design Briefs

5th Grade Design Briefs
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