Explain with Technology
The second level of Technology Literacy includes two projects that empower students in the middle grades, ages 11 through 14, to understand and explain complex topics in any subject area. In these projects, your child researches a complex topic, writes an expository essay on the topic, and explains the topic to a live audience. When you participate, Explain with Technology can help your family use technology more efficiently, effectively, responsibly, and safely.
In Explain with Technology projects, you can:
- Promote creativity and innovation
- Foster critical thinking and decision making
- Help your child build research skills and information fluency
- Encourage collaboration and communication
- Cultivate technology literacy and responsible digital citizenship
Research, Write, Present >
How can you help your child develop rigorous research skills while encouraging objectivity? You can participate in the Research, Write, Present project to support your child’s research into a complex topic and encourage expository writing about real events. In this project, your child becomes a more effective communicator by designing and delivering a multimedia presentation to a live audience.
Make Decisions with Data >
How can you provide opportunities for your child to learn, practice, and apply rigorous decision making skills? You can participate in the Make Decisions with Data project to help your child define an important decision and collect and analyze opinion data to inform the decision. In this project, your child becomes a more effective communicator by presenting the decision to a live audience.