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The Importance of Media and
Technology in the Common Core State
Standards (CCSS)
Compiled by Dr. Carla Piper
Includes slides from California Department of
Education and Tulsa, Oklahoma Public Schools

2. Media and Technology
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Students need to be ready for college, workforce, and life in a
technological society. They need the ability to:
 Gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report on
information and ideas.
 Conduct original research in order to answer questions or
solve problems.
 Analyze and create a high volume and extensive range of print
and nonprint texts in media forms old and new.
Just as media and technology are integrated in school and life in the
twenty-first century, skills related to media use (both critical analysis
and production of media) are integrated throughout the standards.

3. Research to Build and Present Knowledge
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Gather relevant information from multiple
authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced
searches effectively.
Assess the strengths and limitations of each source in
terms of the task, purpose, and audience.
Integrate information into the text selectively to
maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and
overreliance on any one source and following a
standard format for citation including footnotes and
endnotes.
CCSS CDE Overview

4. Increased Use of Multimedia and Technology
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 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively
(e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or
interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the
information contributes to an understanding of the text in which
it appears.
 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and
update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage
of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to
display information flexibly and dynamically. (9-10.WHST.6)
 Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical,
audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to
enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and
to add interest.
CCSS CDE Overview

5. Reading Standards: History/Social Studies, Science,
and Technical Subjects
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 Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and
media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
 Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to
express information and enhance understanding of
presentations.
 Multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music, sound)
and visual displays are used to clarify information in
presentations.
 Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in
words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and
translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g.,
in an equation) into words.
CCSS CDE Overview

6. Example 1: Language Arts
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Applegate: Tulsa Public Schools

7. Example 2: Language Arts
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Applegate: Tulsa Public Schools

8. Example 3: Math
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Applegate: Tulsa Public Schools