Students will use the Common Sense Digital Citizenship Curriculum to learn more about becoming responsible and respectful digital citizens. Throughout this unit we will cover the following topics: digital footprint and reputation, self-image and identity, relationships and communication, cyberbulling, information literacy, internet safety, privacy and security, and copyright. The Common Sense website has a plethora of resources to help parents in guiding their children to make responsible choices using digital media.

Please see their website here for additional information.

We will use the Code.org site as a platform for learning basic coding skills during technology class. Coding is important because it is a way to teach children to think logically and sequentially and develop problem-solving skills. Through coding, children learn to quickly fix and try again when something does not work. Coding also equips kids with the ability to stick with a problem and find a logical solution. This problem-solving technique is transferable to fields and jobs preparing them for the future.

Please use the following sites for extra coding enrichment.

Code Academy

Blockly Games

Botlogic

Scratch

Code Combat

Code Monkey Jr.

Code Monkey