Technology - 1
OVERVIEW
The Computer Science Grade 1 course will enable students to develop basic skills in computer science through engaging and age-appropriate content. The course will expose students to problem-solving, algorithms, and basic computer skills. In addition, students will learn about being good digital citizens, recognizing cyberbullying, and communicating effectively and safely with technology.
MAJOR TOPICS AND CONCEPTS
- Use the problem-solving steps to solve problems with and without technology
- Make healthy choices about food, body, health, safety, and technology
- Identify the digital citizen rules
- Recognize when bullying or cyberbullying is happening and what to do about it
- Create a digital artifact using different types of multimedia
- Determine how to communicate effectively and safely with and without technology
- Understand how rules and laws, online and offline, keep us safe in the community, school, environment, and at home
- Recognize the consequences for following and for not following rules and laws
- Identify and perform simple tasks and understand the importance of steps
- Understand that computers only follow a program’s set of instructions
- Define and create an algorithm without technology
- Understand how a computer follows instructions
- Recognize and define what a command is in a computer program
- Learn how to create specific directions for a computer to complete a task
- Determine how to create a simple computer program
- Understand how to follow steps and complete a simple task
- Recognize iteration and how it relates to loops
- Determine what a bug is and how to fix it
- Collect, organize, and sort data to develop a solution to a problem
- Create a presentation by using multimedia
Fee Details
Grade Level
Grade 1
Duration
10 months
Requirements
Students will need the following materials: printer, cell phone or scanner, pencils, scissors, notebook, erasers, crayons, glue, tape, handwriting paper, printer paper, colored paper, and other household items.