9th Grade Interactive Media Quarter 4



Unit 6: Virtual Reality

Standards: ISTE 1, 5, 6

5

Computational Thinker

Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.


Essential Questions:

-How can virtual reality be helpful? Harmful?

-How can we utilize it in our lives?

-Coding and creating

Content (Major Concepts, Figures, and Events)[U13]

Suggested Activities

Resources

Assessment Strategies

Physical impact VR has on our bodies


Pros/Cons of VR

Visit National SIMs Center

Coding activities

Create a virtual fieldtrip or game

National SIM Center

Project or report rubric, reflection

Creating VR products







Unit 7: Final Project

Standards: ISTE: 3, 5,  7

7

Global Collaborator

Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.

5

Computational Thinker

Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.



3

Knowledge Constructor

Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.



Essential Questions:


-How do current trends impact us locally? Globally?

-How can technology help us on a large scale? Small scale?

-How to communicate with others effectively.

Content (Major Concepts, Figures, and Events)

Suggested Activities

Resources

Assessment Strategies

Local and global impact project that will be a video exchange between our classes and a Norwegian class.

Plan their project and data collection for it, making a real-life application

Video exchange with school in Norway.

Interview local experts


iMovie, garageband


Rubric, reflection

*This project will be a semester evaluation assessment.







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