Grade 9 Broad-Based Technology
Leo Hayes High School Grade 9 Broad-Based Technology (BBT)
Broad-Based Technology is an approach to Technology Education, which serves to reinforce and broaden student understanding of general technological knowledge, skills and attitudes. The purpose of Broad-Based Technology is for students to explore a range of technological operations and concepts, such as principles of good design, as well as developing an awareness and ability to apply these concepts in various technological applications. The learning opportunities of the BBT program allows students to practice many essential skills including communication, collaboration, cooperation, creative and innovative problem solving, logical thinking, and self motivated independent learning.
The outcomes of BBT are met through modular study, project-based learning, and problem solving exploration. The BBT program includes allowances for individual learning differences with a variety of instructional and assessment strategies. Formative assessment is used to provide the scaffold for students to self-assess and apply the learned concepts and skills and better prepare them for their summative assessments. The inclusion of this dimension emphasizes more responsibility for the learning by the learner.
On the following pages are the modules of study currently used in grade 9 BBT. We typically begin with Microsoft Word as an introduction to the Office suite of applications. Further investigation allows students access to other learning modules to explore tools available and investigate potential uses of the applications. Students are provided access to learning modules which facilitate practice in creating documents, drawings, presentations, spreadsheets, programming, and learning how to code a website using HTML5.
Broad-Based Technology is an approach to Technology Education, which serves to reinforce and broaden student understanding of general technological knowledge, skills and attitudes. The purpose of Broad-Based Technology is for students to explore a range of technological operations and concepts, such as principles of good design, as well as developing an awareness and ability to apply these concepts in various technological applications. The learning opportunities of the BBT program allows students to practice many essential skills including communication, collaboration, cooperation, creative and innovative problem solving, logical thinking, and self motivated independent learning.
The outcomes of BBT are met through modular study, project-based learning, and problem solving exploration. The BBT program includes allowances for individual learning differences with a variety of instructional and assessment strategies. Formative assessment is used to provide the scaffold for students to self-assess and apply the learned concepts and skills and better prepare them for their summative assessments. The inclusion of this dimension emphasizes more responsibility for the learning by the learner.
On the following pages are the modules of study currently used in grade 9 BBT. We typically begin with Microsoft Word as an introduction to the Office suite of applications. Further investigation allows students access to other learning modules to explore tools available and investigate potential uses of the applications. Students are provided access to learning modules which facilitate practice in creating documents, drawings, presentations, spreadsheets, programming, and learning how to code a website using HTML5.