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Elementary Elementary Technology Grade 4

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Suggested Prerequisites

N/A

Description

Students will develop basic skills in computer science through engaging and age-appropriate content. The course will expose students to concepts such as problem-solving, algorithms, security/privacy/copyright, computer programming basics, and keyboarding skills. Students will learn skills in online coding environments. In addition, students will learn about using technology responsibly, being good digital citizens, recognizing cyberbullying, and communicating effectively and safely with technology.

Module One: Digital Footprints

-Adaptive technologies

-The impact technology has on people’s lives

-Digital footprints

-Using technology to communicate

-Proper netiquette

-Internet safety

-Cyberbullying

-Digital citizenship


Module Two: Cyber Safety

-Correct hand and finger placement for typing

-Creating code in Scratch

-Understanding coding concepts such as functions, events, and parallelism

-Identifying a bug in the code and debugging the code

-Computer organization and personalization

-Operating systems

-Artificial intelligence

-Cyber safety

-Boolean logic

-Website reliability

-Keyboarding accuracy

-Conducting research

Module Three: Citation Nation

-Plagiarism, copyright, and copyright infringement

-Free resources, public domain, and Creative Commons

-Academic Integrity

-Fair use and free use

-Works-cited page and using citations

-Microsoft Word Online

-Formatting and proofing tools


Module Four: Media Mix Up

-Functions, events, and initial conditions in code

-Debugging code

-Media and multimedia

-Pride and ownership in work

-Publishing and collaboration, feedback, constructive criticism, and peer conferencing

-Coding in Scratch

-Loops and parallelism in code

-Keyboarding