for each, and designating specific states
for farming genetically modified products, which would lessen the chances of
cross-contamination.
Standard 5: Digital Citizenship
Standard 5 requires students to understand the ethical and societal issues
surrounding digital technology and to
practice responsible behavior. Students
enrolled in the Project Lead the Way
engineering course at Niles North High
School in suburban Chicago partnered
with PCTel to explore various issues
related to laptop usage by designing an
inventory and tracking system for the
school’s Netbooks to ensure that
students used the Netbooks appropriately and returned them to the lab.
Students in rural New Athens
explored the lack of connectivity in small
communities. They began their hands-on
learning about connectivity by developing a way to connect the school’s gym
to the school’s intranet. They then looked
at security and acceptable use issues and
created a plan for the city council to
provide wireless access to the community.
Standard 6: Technology
Operations and Concepts
Problems related to Standard 6 required
students to manage complicated systems.
The Nestlé Distribution Center in DeKalb
is a complex operation that needs to track
the thousands of pallets that enter the
warehouse each day. Industrial technology students in rural Rochelle visited
the Nestlé warehouse to better understand the problem and researched various
tools available to inventory the pallets.
One team developed a plan using
radio frequency identification tags;
another team’s plan required strategically
placed video cameras. Students
researched how much it would cost to
build the equipment, and the teacher
Read about how other schools have incorporated projects in their curriculums in the online-only EL article “Managing Messy Learning” by Suzie
Boss at ww.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/sept09/vol67
/num01/ Managing_Messy_Learning.aspx
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