E. Communication and Collaboration

Digital tools facilitate local and global communication and collaboration in designing products and systems.
Grade 3-4

8.2.4.E.1      Work in collaboration with peers to produce and publish a report that explains how technology is or was successfully or unsuccessfully used to address a local or global problem.

Grade 6-8

8.2.8.E.1     Work in collaboration with peers and experts in the field to develop a productusing the design process, data analysis, and trends, and maintain a digital log with annotated sketches to record the development cycle.

Grade 9-12

8.2.12.E.1     Use the design process to devise a technological productor system that addresses a global issue, and provide documentationthrough drawings, data, and materials, taking the relevant cultural perspectives into account throughout the design and development process.