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Key Learning Objectives

  • Students will enhance digital citizenship and safe online practices using Posts within Teams.
  • Students will foster online collaboration, communication and digital content creation.

Grade 6 Tech Skills

  • Login to access my cloud accounts from anywhere
  • Use technology responsibly and make safe choices
  • Use speech to text as an alternative to keyboard to express ideas
  • Use the menu/tool bar functions to format, edit and print a document.
  • Share documents to work collaboratively with others (comment function, peer editing)
  • Use digital tools to gather and organize information
  • Use features of a course or learning management system to access and complete assignments
  • Use suitable digital tools to organize, display information

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Steps to Complete

Microsoft Whiteboard Collaboration
(1 to 1 1/2 hours)

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  1.  Introduction to Microsoft Whiteboard.  Show instructional poster on using the tools to add content to the Whiteboard.
  2. Discuss and review classroom norms for online communication / collaboration.  Display poster with list of suggestions.
  3. Use the Whiteboard in the appropriate channel to compile research completed on specific Digital Literacy heading.
  4. Share out and view other Whiteboards.

Resources

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  1. Collaborative Communicator Lesson Plan
  2. Using the Microsoft Whiteboard 
  3. Communicating in Microsoft Teams Classroom Norms
  4. Self Reflection Form