Digital Citizen
● Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal and ethical.

Empowered Learner
● Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.

Knowledge Constructor
● Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.

Innovative Designer
● Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.

Computational Thinker
● Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.

Creative Communicator
● Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.

Global Collaborator
● Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.

General Course Information

Grading Scale:
Summative Assessments: Summative assessments reflect the essential and enduring knowledge from the course.
These assessments evaluate learning at the end of a unit.
● Process Grade: 80% of the Total Grade

Formative Assessments: Formative assessments are used to make
instructional decisions and gauge student
learning to allow practice with material BEFORE
the Summative Assessment.
● Daily Assignments
● Daily Check-ins

20% of the Total Grade

Jordan Public Schools Grading Scale:

A 93 – 100%
A- 90 – 92%
B+ 87 – 89%
B 83 – 86%
B- 80 – 82%
C+ 77 – 79%
C 73 – 76%
C- 70 – 72%
D+ 67 – 69%
D 63 – 66%
D- 60 – 62%
F 0 – 59%

Grading Policies:
Process Grade/Summative Assessments

Students will be graded weekly on their “Process” which follows three guidelines

• It is OKAY to fail, but it is NOT okay to NOT try. (Did you attempt to do everything that was asked of you?)
• Did you continue to work on your project even if you felt that it was finished? (Some of the projects we do in this class could take up to a
  whole year to complete.)
•  It is important to listen to the feedback of others. Did you listen to your peers and Mr. Schepers to improve your work?This process grade gives students the opportunity to display mastery over our learning targets, but does not restrict them all to the same end result. Because of this I encourage students to take academic risks in my class to explore new ideas, new forms of expression, and to stretch their minds.
  • As long as students stick to their process they will receive full credit each week.
  • If a student wishes to increase their “Process” grade for a particular week it is up
    to the student to communicate their plan with Mr. Schepers.

Formative Assessments

•  Students formal assessments include daily work and daily check-ins
• Either a student has an assignment on the google classroom that they need to complete OR they have a specific skill they need to practice within a certain timeframe that Mr. Schepers will announce.
• This includes using specific coding blocks, completing google forums, creating a storyboard/sketch, etc.

Late Work Policy
Students that are absent from class are expected to check the google classroom to access the work for that day. All tasks are to be completed by the end of each unit. If you knowingly and/or habitually submit an empty assignment or click “Turn In” on Google Classroom, you will receive a 0 and will forfeit your opportunity to retake/redo the assessment/assignment.

• Formative Assessments:
  • All daily assignments will be due by the end of each unit
  • If they are not submitted by that point they will be marked as “Missing”
  • Students may turn in any daily assignment for full credit within two weeks after
    each unit.
  • It is up to the student to communicate when they have submitted their missing
    work.
• Summative Assessments:
• Any missing points on a student's “Process” grade will be described within Infinite Campus or Google Classroom under the comments for that assignment.
• If a student wishes to receive points back on any “Process” grade they must email/speak to Mr. Schepers directly.
  • Together we will develop a plan to get those points back.

Assessment “Redo” Policy

• Students can earn full credit on any assignment/project when they show mastery
  of the learning targets.
• Students are responsible for communicating with Mr. Schepers when they wish to
  resubmit work.

Additional Course Information:

• Technology Requirements
  • All classroom content will be accessed through google classroom. Students should be checking this everyday. The class will be updated daily with assignments and announcements.
  • Extra Help
    • The best time to receive extra help would be after school. I am available until 3:30. I am also available during 9th hour. These are great times to ask questions and receive extra help on your projects.

Classroom Expectations

Preparedness
● Be on time...take care of personal needs during passing time
● Come to class with all needed materials
● Complete assignments/projects in the scheduled time frame

Respect
● Be considerate towards the teacher & other student’s possessions & right to learn
● Use classroom resources appropriately
● No inappropriate language/gestures/sounds etc.
● No food or beverages allowed in the computer lab (water IS allowed & encouraged!)

Integrity
● Make good decisions – “Choices matter, decisions have consequences!”
● Be truthful about completed work...present work as your own
● Be honest in communication with your parents and other teachers
● Give credit when credit is due

Dependability
● Be responsible for your effort, attitude, work & learning
● Pay attention...Look, Listen & Learn
● Follow directions
● Complete work to the best of your ability
● Be helpful to others in the classroom
● Remain on-task when work is not yet completed

Excellence
● Try your best at all times
● Challenge yourself to exceed expectations
● Monitor individual progress to know how you’re doing by checking your grades online
● Use class time wisely
● Ask questions when you don’t know