Journal Post #4

Hiya!

For the Florida Computer Science Standards, I selected grades 9-12 and Body of Knowledge: Computer Science - Personal, Community, Global, and Ethical Impact, Standard 3: Evaluation of digital information resources. At this point in my education, I do feel that I'm prepared to implement this in a classroom setting. I think I'm ready to do this because it's getting easier and easier in this day and age to recognize scholarly and relevant articles, books, or websites than ones that are 'fake news', for lack of better term. I think that recognizing valid sources online is getting easier because now there are websites like Google Scholar, or online libraries, that are open to the public. We're past the point of relying on Wikipedia or other multi-source websites for our information.

In regards to CPALMS, I chose 9th-12th grade social studies, standard 22.912.A.1.6 (use case studies to explore social, political, legal, and economic relationships in history). Then I looked at the lesson plans for "Restriction of Rights: Does Government have the Power?". I think this would be especially beneficial for me because the government and its power can be a pretty heavy topic, and can be a lot for some students to wrap their heads around. The guiding questions provided will be helpful because it gives the students something to think about, aside from anything a textbook could provide. The "optional" part of the lesson plan gives ideas about projects that are really interesting! I think the 'gallery walk' idea is really cool! Students would have their own individual projects, and then have a sort of museum walkthrough to view each others ideas!

It's important to be good at picking through Internet searches because it helps find information quicker. This is an especially important skill as a teacher because educators have a lot to learn, too! Sometimes students will ask questions that we might not know the answers to, but Google will! There's no harm in saying "I don't know, let's find out together". I think I'll use the Google advance search the most often, now that I have a working link to find it. I've used all of the Internet search methods from this week before, so nothing new. :) 

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