buyer beware

Q1 Compare Products: Introduction

19. Buyer Beware

Introduction 

In this Quest, you’ll become a tech detective—comparing cool gadgets, checking out awesome features, and deciding which device would be the smartest (and most budget-friendly) pick for your classroom!

learning objectives

I can:

  • Be a responsible online consumer.
  • Compare the pros and cons of various online products.

Before moving on to the vocabulary page, consider how you rank these features from most to least important in your ideal mobile device: battery life, camera quality, speed, size, cost, storage, and brand name. Turn and talk to a partner about your ranking and discuss why. 

tablets and other tech devices that teens may want to buy.

MITECS  Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and

ISTE Standards for Students

2. Digital Citizen
a. Cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation and are aware of the permanence of their actions in the digital world
b. Engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology

3. Knowledge Constructor
c. Curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts or solving authentic problems

5. Computational Thinker
b. Collect data or identify relevant data sets