YEAR 4

Digital Learning Lessons

TERM 1

Lesson 1

Focus

Internet Safety: Keep personal information private.

Passwords: Practice logging onto laptops, accessing Google Education and Essential Assessment for Homework Mathematics tasks.

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

I can explain what information to keep private and why.

I can correctly type passwords to access different systems using a computer.

Mini Lesson

Discuss the meaning of the word private.
Discuss what should be kept private in the real world and why.

Discuss what should be kept private on the online world and why.

Independent Learning

Provide students with passwords and get them to practice logging into all systems correctly. Check before moving onto the next system.

Provide students time to log onto each system as listed below.

Laptops
Google Education
Essential Assessment

Early Finishers can complete Touch Typing Practice. Use DLS for links to practice websites.

Reflection

Review school Internet Usage Policy with the class. Discuss each section.

Lesson 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

Focus

Google Education Suite

Google Docs
Google Sites

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

We are learning to use Sites to create a Digital Portfolio of learning.

Correctly log in to Google Education
Locate, name and identify apps and their purpose.
Learn basic features to create a Site using a template. Create content for the first page.

Mini Lesson

Model how to access, log into and navigate through Google Education. Discuss the purpose of each of the main apps used throughout the year.
Create and show how to name a new Site as their own website of digital work completed online. Explain how Sites work using the school’s DLS and support students to create the front page and links to sections for English, Maths, Inquiry and Digital Learning.
Model how to access previously created work and link it to the website using hyperlinks. Refer back to the Google Drive and Google Classroom work.

Independent Learning

Students watch as teacher models each step with the class and support students as needed.

Reflection

Discuss the importance of keeping passwords private, and the process to create a strong password. Model and example to the class and the criteria. Link to Complex Seven Passwords.

Lesson 7 and 8

Focus
To learn how to record voice and video using a laptop.

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

Access and use voice recorder.
Access and use a video recorder.
Correctly name and save files to a set location and access.
Upload files to Google Drive to add to their websites.

Mini Lesson

Who loves to watch videos? Why? What are the types they like to watch?

Discuss and explain Li and Sc.

Discuss purposes for each such as podcasting, help or how to videos, YouTube, record of family events, etc.

Model how to record voice and video. Give students time to record some trial voice and video.

Explain how to correctly name and save files by location and upload to their Google Drive.

Discuss with students creating sub folders in their Google Drive to help with the organisation of their online space.

Independent Learning

Provide students with step by step guidance to complete recording and saving audio and video.

Reflection

Ask students, What would you like to record in the future if you could? Family holiday recount video?

TERM 2

Lesson 1

Focus

To learn how to use Google Sheets to create a table and graph basic data.

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

Access Google Sheets
Create a table
Insert data
Create a graph

Mini Lesson

Students watch the Google Sheets introduction video and basics of Google sheets video.

Introduce each formula and provide students with time to complete each formula using their own laptop. Use simple formulas such as sum, average, count, today and sort.

Independent Learning

Students practice accessing the Google Sheets application and practice inserting class data to create data charts. Students make multiple data charts representing the same data. Students may choose to collect their own data for their charts or use the example data.

Explain to students that they will add to their work to their website at the end of each term to create a digital portfolio of work completed throughout the year.

Early finishers

Students practice touch typing skills on the DLS.

Reflection

Students share their varieties of data charts with 3 peers.

Lesson 2, 3 and 4

Focus

Google Education Suite

Slides

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

We are learning how to use the Google Education Suite and learn to use Slides.

Be able to:

Correctly log in to Google Education.
Locate, name and identify apps and their purpose.
Navigate how to use Google Slides.
Learn how to create a Slides Presentation.
Record video and upload it into Slides all about themselves.

Mini Lesson

Create and show how to name a new Slides and create a short presentation about themselves using different features to animate and present their Slide. Model how to create and upload a video to add to their Slides presentation.

Explain to students that they will add to their work to their website at the end of each term to create a digital portfolio of work completed throughout the year.

Independent Learning

Model each step with the class and support students as needed to work through each step to model the most common features for each app. Model recording video and uploading it into Slides or Sites.

Reflection

Ask some students to share their slides and video to the class.

Lesson 5, 6 and 7

Focus

Cyber Safety

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

To develop cyber safety skills and strategies to protect myself when working online.

I can learn how to:

Protect my personal information
Keep my information private online
Identify Cyber Bullying and elements of Respectful Relationships online
Stay safe on games and Apps

Hook

Students practice touch typing.

Mini Lesson

Discuss the following questions.
1. What websites, online accounts, and apps do you regularly log in to?
2. What private information do these websites and apps know about you? (e.g. Your full name, your address, your birthday, your school name)
3. Would you want a stranger to know this information about you? Why or why not?

4. Why might a stranger want access to this information?

Next, explain to students that they will log in to Online Workshop 1, “Keeping My Information Private Online”, on their devices (e.g. school laptops or iPads, or personal devices if accessing from home). Show the link from the Digital Learning website page for students to access the link. https://digitalthumbprintprimary.keclassroom.com/student/login

Independent Learning

Students commence the presession quiz. Your students’ responses to this quiz will help you understand how much they already know about the topic. Discuss the pre-session quiz with your class.

Students then start working through the rest of the online workshop. Badges Students can earn digital badges by successfully performing tasks within the workshop. There are workshop specific and general badges that can be earned.

Reflection

Discuss and question the class on elements from the workshop for review and important reminders for students to consider next time they are online.

Lesson 8 and 9

Focus

Google Education Suite

Google Forms

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

To be able to create a Google Form.

I can:

Explain the purpose of the application.
Create a basic survey on a topic.
Ask classmates to complete my survey.
Learn how to review survey data.

Mini Lesson

Watch this tutorial of Google Forms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyq4N0GC2bU

Show students how to access Google Forms and show an example of a survey.

Explain to the grade that they will create their own survey to create a survey for and classmates will complete the survey to then be able to learn how to review the data.

Independent Learning

Model each step to create a Google Form with the class.

Ask students to go around the class and complete 3 surveys of their peers.

Explain to students that they will add to their work to their website at the end of each term to create a digital portfolio of work completed throughout the year.

Early finishers continue working on Google Slides presentation and Site.

Reflection

Model and explain how to access and review the data/results. Discuss why this is important and how it could be used in the real world and to help with our own learning.

Ask students what other types of survey questions would they like to ask and why? This could include current affair type topics such as should homework be banned?

TERM 3

Lesson 1, 2 and 3

Focus

Coding

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

We are learning to write a code to complete a task using Code.org.

I can:

Carefully read and follow a set of instructions to create a code to complete a set challenge from Code.org

Mini Lesson

Watch Welcome to Code.org introduction video:

https://youtu.be/ybBUd9-0ZJQ

Independent Learning

Students may choose to complete either:

Stars Wars Coding

https://studio.code.org/s/starwarsblocks/lessons/1/levels/1

Make Your Own Game

https://code.org/athletes

Reflection

Ask students to record their progress stage for future reference. Ask students if they have any questions related to their coding work? Are they enjoying the unit? Why/Why not?

Lesson 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8

Focus

Robot Coding

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

We are learning to build a robot, learn how to write code to control it and create code to complete a set task.

I can:

Follow instructions to code Lego Spike Essential/Sphero/mBot and add ons Mindstorms.
Learn to code the robot.
Carefully read and follow a set of instructions to create a code to complete a set challenge.

Mini Lesson

Introduce the Lego Mindstorm/sphero/mBots add ons robots to build extensions to these using to function and operate.

Explain that they will spend the next few lessons building these extensions and program them to complete a basic task or challenge.

Independent Learning

Students will be able to build and code different robots each week to solve basic challenges.

Reflection

Ask students if they are enjoying coding the robots? Why/Why not?

What part did they find challenging and why? How did they overcome the issue? What stage are they up to in preparation for the next session?

Resources

Digital Learning DLS page for software access.
iPads
Laptops
mBots
Lego Sprite Essential Kits
Lego Mindstorm Robots

Reflection

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