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DLCS18.2.R1

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

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Knowledge

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

Skills

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

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they have a responsibity to use devices correctly and care for them.
  • they should only use software that an adult has approved.
  • computing devices can be very helpful but it is important to follow safety rules.

DLCS18.2.R2

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

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • to respect the work of others.
  • to use basic citation rules for print or electronic work of others.
  • to obtain permission when necessary to use the work of others.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • understand pieces of work belongs to the creator.
  • understand how to use basic citation rules to give credit for the work of others.
  • understand when work belongs to someone they should request permission to use it when applicable.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • when someone creates content or art it belongs to them.
  • if they want to use someone's work they must give credit and there are correct ways of doing so.
  • if work belongs to someone they must sometimes ask permission to use it.

DLCS18.2.R3

Assess the validity and identify the purpose of digital content.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to classify information as relevant.
  • how to classify information as nonfiction or fiction.
  • how to recognize important facts.
  • information is created for a specific purpose.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify information and determine relevancy.
  • identify non-fiction information to gather facts.
  • identify the difference between important facts and minor details.
  • identify the purpose for a piece of work.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they must determine when content is relative to a project that they are working on.
  • sometimes they may find information that is not true.
  • they must distinguish the important facts in a piece of work.
  • people create content for various purposes such as to inform, persuade, etc.

DLCS18.2.R4

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

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Knowledge

Students know that:
  • software errors can cause computing issues.
  • force-quitting or restarting software can often correct computing issues.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • force quit an application using "ctrl, alt, delete" or "command, option, esc".

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they can force an application to close if they suspect a software issue is causing computing issues.

Vocabulary

  • device
  • application
  • force-quit
  • restart

DLCS18.2.R5

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

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • search engines use key words and phrases to find specific information.
  • devices give access to many different forms of information.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • choose and type key words and phrases into a search engine that results in specific information pertaining to a topic when given support and guidance from an adult.
  • use + symbol which combines to words/phrases and quotation marks which tell the search engine to look for an entire phrase.
  • find information about a specific topic or to answer a specific question using a digital resource such as a webpage, ebook, and/or video.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • a search engine will find specific resources and information for you based on key words.
  • answers to questions can be found in many different digital resources such as a webpages, ebooks, and/or video.
  • one can focus a search by using the + symbol and quotation marks around words or phrases one wishes to search for as a whole.

Vocabulary

  • video
  • text
  • image
  • webpage
  • ebook
  • search engine
  • key words
  • phrases

DLCS18.2.R6

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

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • devices can record pictures, drawings, videos, audio and text.
  • programs and applications can organize and help you edit pictures, drawings, videos, audio, and/or text.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • type, record audio and video, and draw in a digital environment.
  • organize text, audio, video, and or drawings in a digital environment.
  • record their learning into a digital device using video, text, and/or pictures/drawings.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they can show what they have learned using a digital resource such as video, audio, text, and or pictures/drawings.
  • because the work has been done in a digital environment, it can be easier to edit.

Vocabulary

  • video
  • audio
  • record
  • text
  • digital
  • multi-media

DLCS18.2.1

Create and sort information into useful order using digital tools.

COS Examples

Examples: Sort data spreadsheets A-Z, simple filters, and tables.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • spreadsheets can used to collect data.
  • data can be sorted into a useful order with a spreadsheet.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • collect and enter data in a spreadsheet.
  • sort data in a spreadsheet.
  • determine a simple filter to sort data.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • a spreadsheet may be used to collect and organize data.
  • a spreadsheet can be used to sort and arrange date in a particular order.
  • filters may be used in a spreadsheet to organize information.

Vocabulary

  • data
  • filter
  • sort
  • spreadsheet
  • fields
  • column
  • row

DLCS18.2.2

Create an algorithm for other learners to follow.

COS Examples

Examples: Unplugged coding activities, illustrate sequence of a process such as baking a cake.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • the sequence of events for a tasks are important.
  • sequence of events may be read and interpreted by other people or machines.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • develop a sequence of events for a task that others can follow.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • a task can be broken down into a sequence of smaller events or steps.

Vocabulary

  • sequence

DLCS18.2.3

Construct elements of a simple computer program using basic commands.

COS Examples

Examples: Digital block-based programming, basic robotics.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • programming blocks represent a set of codes.
  • block based programs can be used to design a task.
  • block based programs can be interpreted by machines.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • drag and drop blocks of code.
  • drag and drop blocks of code to complete a tasks.
  • run a block based program after sequencing tasks to complete a desired process.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • blocks of code can be moved around and combined into an order that completes a task or process.
  • sets of block coding can be run to perform the task/process.

Vocabulary

  • program
  • code

DLCS18.2.4

Identify bugs in basic programming.

COS Examples

Examples: Problem-solving, trial and error.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • if sequence of code is not correct the task will not complete.
  • incorrect code can be identified and corrected.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • create a small section of code for a task.
  • run the program to ensure the task is completed.
  • identify when there is an error in the code.
  • correct an error in the code through trial and error.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • when sets of block coding are combined to perform a task occassionally an error may occur.
  • when an error in code is identified the code may be rearranged, edited, or removed to correct the error.

Vocabulary

  • debug
  • problem-solve
  • error

DLCS18.2.5

Cite media and/or owners of digital content at an age-appropriate level.

COS Examples

Example: Basic website citation.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to copy and paste a url and/or owner of digital content.
  • that it is plagairism to use someone else's idea without giving them credit.
  • credit for using some or all of someone else's work or idea.
  • must be displayed in the same artifact in which you used it.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • display the source of gathered information within an artifact.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • using someone else's information without giving them credit is stealing or plagiarism.

Vocabulary

  • artifact
  • plagiarism
  • credit
  • cite
  • url

DLCS18.2.6

Demonstrate appropriate behaviors for communicating in a digital environment.

COS Examples

Example: netiquette.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to take turns in a digital environment.
  • that respectful behavior in a digital environment means acting kindly and respectfully and respecting other's work.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • transfer their knowledge of polite behavior to the digital environment.
  • take turns, speak/type respectfully, respect others work.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • being kind and respectful online is just as important as it is offline.
  • their online behavior is recorded.

Vocabulary

  • netiquette
  • respect

DLCS18.2.7

List positive and negative impacts of digital communication.

COS Examples

Example: Anything posted or communicated electronically may be easily reproduced and could remain a positive or negative part of your digital identity/footprint.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • everything they put in a digital environment may always accessible, even if they delete it.
  • behavior and artifacts created in a digital environment can reflect positively or negatively on the student.
  • digital communication helps you communicate and collaborate with people furthur away, faster, and easier.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • list positive impacts of digital communication.
  • list negative impacts of digital communication.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • all things that I do in a digital environment, whether positive and/or negative, can be recorded, reproduced, and may become part of my digital identity forever.

Vocabulary

  • identity
  • positive
  • negative
  • artifact

DLCS18.2.8

Interpret ways in which computing devices have influenced people’s lives.

COS Examples

Example: Discuss tasks completed daily in which some type of device is used to make the tasks easier (calculator, microwave to quickly heat food, mobile phone for instant communication).

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • digital devices have changed they way we live.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • explain how computing devices have changed the way we live.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • computing devices have changed the way we live.

DLCS18.2.9

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

COS Examples

Examples: Online conferences, blogs, collaborative documents.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • they can connect with others using different digital tools.
  • digital tools that connect people can be video, audio, text, or image based.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • connect with others using multiple digital tools such as collaborative documents, protected blogs, and video/audio conferences with other learners.
  • use the most appropriate tool for the task.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • there are many ways to connect with other learners digitally.
  • some ways to connect may work better in certain environments or for certain tasks.

Vocabulary

  • video
  • audio
  • image
  • text

DLCS18.2.10

Identify multiple tools which could be used to complete a task.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • which tools to use to complete a task.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify various appropriate digital tools that could complete a given task.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • certain digital tools lend themselves to communicate certain ideas better.
  • there can be more than one way to communicate an idea or complete a task.
  • the way in which they like to communicate ideas and information may be different than another person.

DLCS18.2.11

Type 10 words per minute with 95% accuracy using appropriate keyboarding techniques.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to type 10 words per minute.
  • how to type accurately 95% of the time.

Skills

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

Understanding

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