The following information comes from the CPalms course description:

Florida Course Link:  http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewCourse/Preview/3354

General Notes:

The content should include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Demonstrating entry-level skills in digital communication and packaging them across the platforms/mediums of print, multimedia, online, and broadcast;
• Demonstrating fundamental skills in social media platforms and their uses; Expressing social connections with maturity and complexity appropriate to writer, audience, purpose, and context;
• Using fundamental research skills and networking formats;
• collaborating amongst peers; and
• Using effective listening, speaking, and viewing strategies with emphasis on the use of evidence to support or refute a claim in multimedia presentations, class discussions, and extended text discussions

Instructional Practices: Teaching from well-written, grade-level instructional materials enhances students' content area knowledge and also strengthens their ability to comprehend longer, complex reading passages on any topic for any purpose. Using the following instructional practices also helps student learning.

1. Reading assignments from longer text passages, as well as shorter ones when text is extremely complex.
2. Making close reading and rereading of texts central to lessons.
3. Asking high-level, text-specific questions and requiring high-level, complex tasks and assignments.
4. Requiring students to support answers with evidence from the text.
5. Providing extensive text-based research and writing opportunities (claims and evidence).