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DLCS18.1.2

Order events into a logical sequence or algorithm.

COS Examples

Examples: Unplugged coding activities, sequence of instruction.

DLCS18.1.3

Construct elements of a simple computer program in collaboration with others.

COS Examples

Examples: Block programming, basic robotics, unplugged programming.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • blocks of programs associate with an action.
  • blocks of programs can be combined to create a set of actions or a task.
  • robotic devices can respond to blocks of programs.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • determine the order of paper/pencil pieces for a tasks.
  • understand that blocks of code represent an action.
  • drag and drop blocks of programming in online activities to complete tasks.
  • use blocks of programming to control robotic/digital devices.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • pieces of a task can be represented in parts by words or pictures.
  • code can be put together into blocks that can be manipulated.
  • blocks of code together create a task.
  • blocks of code can be used to operate robotic/digital devices.

Aligned Learning Resources

PBS KIDS Scratch Jr.: Story Cubes

DLCS18.1.4

Demonstrate age-appropriate methods for keeping personal information private.

COS Examples

Example: Keep passwords confidential, use anonymous profile picture or avatar, develop user names that are non-identifying or do not include actual name.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that passwords protect their private information.
  • passwords should be kept private.
  • photographs and usernames can be used as identifying information.
  • photogrpahs and usernames shared online should not identify them.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • keep their passwords private.
  • choose icons and avatars instead of a photograph of them.
  • create usernames that don't identify them to the public.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they have personal information that identifies them and it should not be shared.
  • safety rules are important to follow when using a computer.

Vocabulary

  • password
  • public
  • private
  • username
  • icon
  • avatar

DLCS18.1.5

Differentiate between prior knowledge and ideas or thoughts gained from others.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • ideas and information that I read about or gain from others are not mine.
  • ideas and information that I gain from someone or somewhere else must be cited or given credit.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • tell and/or cite where they got an idea or information from.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • saying other people's ideas or information is mine is stealing.
  • it is important to give credit if you use other people's ideas or information.

Vocabulary

  • cite
  • credit

DLCS18.1.6

Identify appropriate and inappropriate behaviors for communicating in a digital environment.

COS Examples

Examples: Cyberbullying, online etiquette.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that speaking, writing, or behaving unkindly in a digital environment is bullying.
  • taking turns is polite.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • take turns.
  • speak, write, and behave respectfully toward others and their work in a digital environment.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • kind and respectful behavior in a digital environment is very much like that out of the digital environment.

Vocabulary

  • cyberbullying

DLCS18.1.7

Recognize that a person has a digital identity.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • what they say and do on the internet or a collaborative digital environment is permanent.
  • what they say and do on the internet or a collaborative digital environment is part of their identity.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • tell that the way in which they behave, work, and play in a collaborative environment such as an online game and/or learning environment is a part of their identity.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • their behavior, words, and actions in an online collaborative environment is a part of their identity.

Vocabulary

  • identity
  • digital
  • permanent

DLCS18.1.8

Identify ways in which computing devices have impacted people’s lives.

COS Examples

Example: Location services, instantaneous access to information.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • ways in which computing devices have made many tasks easier.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • discuss ways in which computing devices have made many tasks easier.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Computing devices have made many tasks easier.

Vocabulary

  • devices
  • tasks

DLCS18.1.9

Use a variety of digital tools collaboratively to connect with other learners.

COS Examples

Examples: Video calling, blogs, collaborative documents.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to connect with others through image, video, text, and audio digital creation tools.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • contribute to an online video and/or audio discussion with other students in a protected platform.
  • contribute to an online text discussion with other students in a protected platform.
  • contribute to collaborative documents with other students in a protected platform.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they can communicate and connect with other learners through video, audio, images, and text in a protected learning environment.

Vocabulary

  • video
  • audio
  • text
  • image

DLCS18.1.10

Identify an appropriate tool to complete a task when given guidance and support.

COS Examples

Examples: Choosing a word processing tool to write a story, choosing a spreadsheet for a budget.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to determine which tools and applications would be best to complete certain tasks such as word processing, video, audio, presentation, drawing, and/or calculating.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • choose an appropriate digital tool to complete a given task.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • certain digital tools lend themselves to communicate certain ideas better.
  • the way in which they like to communicate ideas and information may be different than another person.

Vocabulary

  • video
  • audio
  • word processing

DLCS18.1.11

Type five words per minute minimum with 95% accuracy using appropriate keyboarding techniques.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to type 5 words per minute with 95% accuracy.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • place their fingers on the correct keys begin typing.
  • use correct keyboarding posture and technique while typing up to five words in one minute with 95 % accuracy.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • correct posture and finger placement will make them faster.
  • being able to convey your ideas and information quickly and correctly will depend upon how fast you type.

DLCS18.1.12

Identify keywords in a search and discuss how they may be used to gather information.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • key words direct the search engine to the topic you want to search.
  • key words and a + sign tell a search engine to look for both words in one place.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify the key words needed in a search to produce the information they are seeking.
  • use the + symbol between words to tell the search engine that they want both words to be in the search results.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • a search engine searches only for the words which you typed.
  • a search engine may only produce information for one of your words unless you put a + sign between them.

Vocabulary

  • keywords
  • search engine
  • +

DLCS18.1.13

Create a research-based product collaboratively using online digital tools.

COS Examples

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

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to display information they learned about a topic using a digital tool.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • work with others to display information learned about a topic on a digital platform such as a slide, a blog entry, or a video.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they can learn about a topic from more than one resource, for example a trade book, podcast, website, and/or video.
  • they can show what they learned through many different digital platforms such as video, audio, and/or text.

Vocabulary

  • display

DLCS18.1.14

Discuss the purpose of collecting and organizing data.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • data can be collected to give information.
  • data can be organized in various ways.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • determine appropriate situations to collect data.
  • determine a way to organize data they collect.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • data collection gives information.
  • the method chosen for organizing data is important.

Vocabulary

  • data
  • collection
  • information
  • graph

DLCS18.1.15

Interpret data displayed in a chart.

COS Examples

Example: Using charts which depict data students interpret the data either verbally or in written form (which has more, less, are equal).

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to look at simple graphs and interpret them collaboratively and indepently.
  • information can be depicted in various ways such as numbers, pictures, blocks.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • answer questions based on information shown in a graph or chart.
  • determine certain results based on information in a graph or chart.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • we gain information by collecting data and depicting that data in a chart or graph.
  • we can look at charts and graphs and discover information.

DLCS18.1.16

Demonstrate how digital devices can save information as data that can be stored, searched, retrieved, and deleted.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • digital devices can save information in various forms.
  • digital devices can save information for later use.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • save various types of documents in specified locations.
  • open various types of documents from specified locations.
  • collaboratively complete a basic search for a document.
  • delete documents they no longer need.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • work can be saved in various places
  • we can search for documents with specific information.
  • documents that are deleted may or may not be retrieved.

Vocabulary

  • save
  • search
  • store
  • delete
  • open
  • close

DLCS18.1.17

Use digital devices with a variety of operating systems.

COS Examples

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

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • different devices have different capabilities and functions.
  • basic features and how to use them on tablet/touchscreen devices.
  • basic features and how to use them on desktop and laptops.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • determine basic reasons to select which device is best to use based on what they want to do.
  • use the basic features of touchscreen devices to access and interact with programs.
  • use the basic features of desktop and laptops to interact with programs.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • different digital devices have different capabilities.
  • devices must be selected for use based on what they want to do.
  • tablets, laptops, and desktops have various features and are useful in a variety of ways.

Vocabulary

  • devices
  • tablets
  • desktop
  • laptop

DLCS18.1.18

Label visible components of digital devices.

COS Examples

Examples: Visible input and output components such as USB, touch screen, keyboard, audio and video connectors, speakers.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • various observable parts of digital devices by name.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify observable parts of digtial devices orally or by labeling.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • various parts of digital devices have a specific name.

Vocabulary

  • screen
  • keyboard
  • mouse
  • port
  • speakers

DLCS18.1.19

Identify and revise problem-solving strategies to solve a simple problem.

COS Examples

Examples: Scientific method, visual images or mind pictures, look for patterns, systematic list.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to recognize a problem in their environment or in a story.
  • problems can be found anywhere.
  • they can use many strategies to find solutions, such as visualizing, changing perspective, finding patterns, and analyzing cause and effect.
  • there can be multiple solutions to one problem.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • find and define problems in a given context or scenerio such as story, video, in the classroom or school.
  • use multiple strategies to find solutions to a problem, for example: 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

  • problem
  • strategy
  • solution
  • visualize
  • perspective
  • patterns
  • cause and effect
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