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DLCS18.K.6

Recognize ways in which computing devices make certain tasks easier.

COS Examples

Examples: Communication, doctor’s visits/medical records, maps and directions.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • computing devices can be used to simplify many tasks in life.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify how computing devices can make tasks such as communicating, directions, and research easier.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • computing devices can make tasks easier.

Vocabulary

  • communicate
  • map
  • directions
  • research

DLCS18.K.7

Locate letters and numbers on the keyboard.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • where letters and numbers are located on a keyboard.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • point to letters and numbers on a keyboard when prompted.
  • can type simple words using a keyboard.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • the letters and numbers on a keyboard are the same on every standard English keyboard.

Vocabulary

  • keyboard
  • letters
  • numbers

DLCS18.K.8

Present information from a variety of digital resources.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • information can be found in ebooks, websites, videos, audio files, and online articles.
  • how to share information they learned from digital resources.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • talk about a specific topic in which they gathered information from many different resources such as a digital book, website, video, and/or ebook.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • there are many different places to learn about ideas and topics such as the internet, books, videos, etc.

Vocabulary

  • digital
  • ebook
  • website
  • audio
  • onine

DLCS18.K.9

Create a research-based product collaboratively using online digital tools, given specific guidance.

COS Examples

Examples: Find simple facts about a specific topic, create a slide that contains facts located in trade books or other sources as a group or with a partner.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to display information they learned on a digital platform.
  • how to work collaboratively on a digital platform.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • work with their peers to display information learned about a topic using a digital tool such as video or a slideshow when given support and guidance from an adult.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • working with others can make a presentation or project better.
  • working with others is a skill I can work on.
  • digital tools make presenting what I learned easier.

Vocabulary

  • digital
  • collaborative

DLCS18.K.10

Collect data and organize it in a chart or graph collaboratively.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • data can be collected in various ways.
  • results of data can be depicted in various ways.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • collect data using simple methods such as tally sheets, paper squares, voting.
  • as a group build simple graphs on paper.
  • as a group enter simple data into a spreadsheet.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • data can be collected in various ways.
  • results of data can be shared in various ways such as graphs, picture charts.

Vocabulary

  • graph
  • spreadsheet
  • data

DLCS18.K.11

Describe how digital devices save information.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • digital work can be saved.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • open saved work from a location such as desktop folder or online storage.
  • save work to a specified location such as desktop folder or online storage.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • digital work can be saved and retrieved.

Vocabulary

  • save
  • storage

DLCS18.K.12

Use a variety of digital devices, in both independent and collaborative settings.

COS Examples

Examples: Interactive boards, tablets, laptops, other handheld devices.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • basic features of various digital devices.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • use basic features of handheld/mobile devices collaboratively.
  • use basic features of handheld/mobile devices independently.
  • use basic features of desktops and laptops collaboratively.
  • use basic features of desktops and laptops independently.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they can interact with apps on handheld devices via touch.
  • they can access programs and software on computing devices.
  • they can enter information in various ways.

DLCS18.K.13

Use a design process in a guided setting to create an artifact or solve a problem.

COS Examples

Example: Problem - understanding locations on the school campus. Solution - draw paper or digital maps of the school.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • solving a problem starts with finding and understanding the problem.
  • there can be more than one idea for a solution.
  • some ideas may or may not work.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • find and define problems in a given context or scenerio such as story, video, in the classroom or school when given support and guidance from an adult.
  • use multiple strategies to find solutions to a problem when given support and guidance from an adult, such as visualizing, changing perspectives, finding patterns, stating cause and effect.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they can solve problems in their home, classroom, and school.
  • there is more than one way to think through a solution to a problem.

Vocabulary

  • define
  • strategy
  • visualize
  • perspective
  • pattern
  • cause
  • effect

DLCS18.1.R1

Identify, demonstrate, and apply personal safe use of digital devices.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to use devices responsibly.
  • how to use software responsibly.
  • how to explain internet safety rules.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • demonstrate responsible uses of devices such as keeping them clean, correct methods for use guided by an adult.
  • demonstrate responsible uses of software guided by an adult.
  • explain why safety is important when using computing devices and the internet.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they must use and care for equipment carefully.
  • they should use software that an adult has approved.
  • rules are important to follow when using a computer for their safety.
  • Vocabulary

    • personal information

    DLCS18.1.R2

    Recognize and demonstrate age-appropriate responsible use of digital devices and resources as outlined in school/district rules.

    Unpacked Content

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • to respect the work of others.
    • to give credit to others when using their work.
    • to obtain permission when possible to use the work of others.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • understand pieces of work belongs to someone else.
    • understand that it is necessary to give credit to others when using their work.
    • understand they should obtain permission when possible to use the work of others.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
  • work produced by someone belongs to that person.
  • if they want to use someone's work they must give that person credit.
  • sometimes it is necessary to ask permission to use someone's work.
  • Vocabulary

    • credit

    DLCS18.1.R3

    Assess the validity and identify the purpose of digital content.

    Unpacked Content

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • how to identify appropriate factual information

    Skills

    Students are able to:
  • identify appropriate factual information and relevance to a topic.
  • Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • certain pieces of information are important and relative to a topic.
    • information they find may or may not be true.

    DLCS18.1.R4

    Identify and employ appropriate troubleshooting techniques used to solve computing or connectivity issues.

    Unpacked Content

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • how to restart a computer or device.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • restart a computer or device when a computing issue arises.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • often, restarting a device can resolve simple computing or device issues.

    Vocabulary

    • device
    • restart

    DLCS18.1.R5

    Locate and curate information from digital sources to answer research questions.

    Unpacked Content

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • search engines help to locate information.
    • computers give access to many different forms of information.
    • devices can record pictures, drawings, videos, and text.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • choose and type or say key words and phrases into a search engine which results in specific information pertaining to a topic when given support and guidance from an adult.
    • find information about a specific topic or to answer a specific question using a digital resource such as a webpage, ebook, and/or video when given support and guidance from an adult.
    • record their learning into a digital device using video, text, and/or pictures/drawings when given support and guidance from an adult.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • a search engine will find specific resources and information using key words.
    • answers to questions can be found in many different digital resources such as a webpages, ebooks, and/or video.
    • they can show what they have learned using a digital resource such as video, text, and or pictures/drawings.

    Vocabulary

    • video
    • text
    • image
    • webpage
    • ebook

    DLCS18.1.R6

    Produce, review, and revise authentic artifacts that include multimedia using appropriate digital tools.

    Unpacked Content

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • how to type letters, words, and simple sentences.
    • how to delete letters, words, and simple sentences.
    • place the cursor where they need to delete or add.
    • how to draw a simple picture digitally.
    • insert, move, and size an image.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • type, review, and edit typed text.
    • create a simple drawing using digital tools.
    • select, size, and place images.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • an artifact they create using digital text, images, and drawings can be used to convey ideas and information.
    • because the artifacts are digital, they can be edited and revised easily.

    Vocabulary

    • image
    • cursor

    DLCS18.1.1

    Classify and sort information into logical order with and without a computer.

    COS Examples

    Examples: Sort by shape, color, or other attribute; sort A-Z.

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