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Promoting the NYSED Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards
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Describe This
Kindergarten/First Grade - Students work collaboratively on the same document describing a common object.
NYS Standard: K-1.DL.2 Communicate and work with others using digital tools.
Executive Function:
- Working towards a goal
- Attending to a person or activity
- Holding on to information while considering other information
- Persisting in a task
- Catching and correcting errors
Traveling the Internet
1st grade: Students act as nodes on a network connected by yarn to simulate how networks work.
NYS Standard: K-1.NSD.4 Identify how protocols/rules help people share information over long distances.
Executive Function:
Executive Function:
- Focusing
- Thinking before acting
- Attending to a person or activity
- Thinking about multiple concepts simultaneously
- Catching and correcting errors
- Working towards a goal
- Persisting in a task
Game PlayerGame ServerRouterData PacketDigital Input and Output
Students work to understand that humans and computers interact through inputs and outputs and identify examples in their daily lives.
Be a Technology Detective!
The focus of this activity is on engaging students to recognize familiar computing technologies that we use in our lives.
NYS Standard: K-1.IC.3 Identify computing technologies in the classroom, home and community.
Executive Function:
Executive Function:
Identifying same and different
Holding on to information while considering other information
Shifting focus from one event to another
Following multiple steps
Identifying cause-and-effect relationships
Focusing
Concentrating
Secret Code Breakers
In this activity, students will practice encoding and decoding simple messages using a basic cipher or symbol-based code to understand how information is securely transmitted.
NYS Standard: 2-3.CY.4 Encode and decode a short message or phrase.
Executive Function:
Executive Function:
Catching and correcting errors
Analyzing
Holding on to information while considering other information
Maintaining social appropriateness
Being creative
Be a Technology Time Traveler!
The focus of this activity is to challenge students to compare past and present technologies to understand how computing technology has changed the way people live and work.
NYS Standard: 2-3.IC.1 Identify and analyze how computing technology has changed the way people live and work.
Executive Function:
Executive Function:
Identifying same and different
Categorizing information
Shifting focus from one event to another
Being creative
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