8th Grade
Projects for students in the 8th grade computer class will be designed around three learning objectives: computing and society, digital collaboration and computational thinking. Digital citizenship topics will include online safety and security, digital etiquette and communication, and digital literacy. Students will use Google applications and various Chrome extensions to gather, organize, analyze and create work products. Students will work on coding assignments to develop computational thinking and problem-solving skills.
2. Research Skills - Searching, Evaluating and Citing online resources
Search Strategies, Web Filters and Operators - Google Search Tricks
3. Coding - Commands, Functions, For Loops, Conditional Code, Logical Operators
Swift Playground - Free Apple App for IPad
Code.org