8 essential curriculum are following:
1.Aligns with standards Aligns with standards at the national, state, and local standards and grade levels. Most states and districts base their digital literacy standards on the International Society for Technology Educators (ISTE) standards for students and teachers.
2.Provides assessment opportunities Provides assessment opportunities to determine benchmark digital literacy proficiencies, measure student progress, growth and achievement on formative and, finally, summative levels
3.Differentiates, adapts, and personalizes instruction Differentiates, adapts, and personalizes instruction based upon group or individual student needs—including ability to re-sequence content or provide differentiated instruction to students for remediation or acceleration.
4.Integrates with core or enrichment content
5.Engages students with a balance of online and offline activities
6.Promotes important learning in ways other formats can’t including interactive content, audio, video, auto-scored instruction and assessments, online grade books, and reports. Assuming the curriculum will be delivered online, it should be regularly updated based on changing skill needs as well as student and educator feedback.
7.Saves time, especially for busy educators. Student and teacher should be able to access and use the curriculum intuitively or with minimal training. If delivered online, the curriculum contains auto-scored instructional and assessment content, an online dashboard, grade book, and reports for individual students, classes, schools. and district.
8.Provides technical and instructional support for educators that is accessible via interactive chat, phone, and email or similar help so that their questions can be addressed quickly.