OVERVIEW

Activity Overview:

Students will begin the year of computer science by talking about how the people in their lives use different types of technology.

Meta description

• Subject Area: Computer Science, Reading/Language Arts
• Grade Level : K-2
• Computer Science Domains:
  • Impacts of Computing
• Computer Science Principles:
  • Recognizing and Defining Computational Problems, Communicating About Computing
• Materials:
  • Website, commonsense.org
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Lesson Plan

Overview

Students will begin the year of computer science by talking about how the people in their lives use different types of technology.

ASSESSMENT PRE/POST-TEST

How do the people around you use technology?

OBJECTIVES

identify how they use technology each day identify how an adult of their choosing uses technology each day create a slide show that illustrates each of the above in both words and pictures

CATCH/HOOK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZfOVg07sys videos about how technology is used from the perspective of kids.

ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS

Students will watch the video, then have a discussion about how they use technology in their daily lives. Using google slides students will make a slide showing the ways that they use technology each day. Then we will discuss adults in our lives and the different ways that they use technology. Students will create another slide illustrating how an adult in their life uses technology. Students will also discuss the pros and cons of technology and list 2 on each side of slide 3.

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REVIEW

Send me an email telling me one way you use technology in a day.

STANDARDS