computer technology standards

Computer Technology: Standards-based Curriculum

The computer technology curriculum is designed to satisfy several national and California state academic content standards.  Collected here are summaries of the standards germane to computer technology, correlation matrices showing what standards are satisfied by each lesson, and lesson plans for each of the six weeks curriculum.

Descriptive summaries of the content standards significantly referenced in the computer technology module. 

• National SCANS [Dept. of Labor] Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills

• California Engineering Technology Standards

• California Drafting Technology Standards

• California Algebra 1 Standards

• California Algebra 2 Standards

• California Physics Standards

Correlation matrices showing how each computer technology lesson satisfies content standards. 

• Algebra 1 correlation matrix

• Algebra 2 correlation matrix

• Chemistry correlation matrix

• Drafting correlation matrix

• Engineering Technology correlation matrix

• Geometry correlation matrix

• Language Arts correlation matrix

• Physics correlation matrix

• SCANS correlation matrix

Lesson plans for each computer technology week showing strategies for conveying and assessing the standards.

• Week 1 Lesson Plan

• Week 2 Lesson Plan

• Week 3 Lesson Plan

• Week 4 Lesson Plan

• Week 5 Lesson Plan

• Week 6 Lesson Plan