Common tasks include sending a letter by email vs. post, taking a picture with a smart phone vs. camera, buying something with an app vs. with cash at a store.
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Explore the activities around the Day of AI for all sorts of CS ideas
Rules could include when it’s okay to use a device, what programs or apps are okay to use, how to treat the equipment, etc.
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Do a review of the programs they use at school for art vs what they may use at home
Explore online resources to learn about art
K-1.IC.3 Identify computing technologies in the classroom, home, and community.
Rules could include when it’s okay to use a device, what programs or apps are okay to use, how to treat the equipment, etc.
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Explore the games and activities at Tate Kids
Create a community page to share art and different mediums
The focus is on recognizing the difference between a public shared space versus a private space.
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Use the online tools to create art and discuss the impacts this has on accessibility and use. Consider what they should and should not share online
NOTE: There is no IC.5 for this grade band
The focus is on the features of computers and other devices, and the things that make them easier to use (i.e. dropdown menus, buttons, areas to type).
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Explore art tools and discuss how the online tools help create art
Read The Day the Crayons Quit and Be You, then complete this Book Creator Activity
Try these Reading and CS Interdisciplinary lessons
The focus is on identifying jobs that utilize computing technology and how technology impacts a range of industries. Doctors, business owners, police officers, auto repair technicians, farmers, architects, and pilots use computing technology in their jobs.
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The emphasis is on identifying patterns and then making predictions based on the pattern.
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Create nature mandalas to explore patterns
Explore Warhol Pop Art
The emphasis is on understanding what is data and identifying different types of data, while exploring how data can be collected and sorted.
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Use the creative prompts to explore computational thinking
Tate Kids - Try all of the different art activities.
Ways to visualize data include tables, graphs, and charts.
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Use this is sand to explore patterns and visualize data
The focus is on identifying a complex (for the age group) task or problem to break apart into smaller steps. The focus should be on understanding why this process is helpful.
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Instructions to perform a task can be given with more or less detail but still achieve the same result.
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Explore different techniques to create basic shapes
Lego Learn to Code Video and then play Bits and Bricks
The task can be a familiar, daily activity or can be designed by the teacher. Algorithms at this stage may be short, though must contain at least three steps, and should focus on sequencing.
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The focus is on observing that people use certain terms/labels to refer to a concept (E.g., Today’s Date, Today’s Weather, Word of the Week, Today’s Line Leader) whose specific value can change depending on the day or time.
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The focus should be on short tasks where there is repetition and having students identify and describe the repetition.
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Create stamp patterns to discuss repeating patterns and steps
The focus should be on identifying small errors within a simple algorithm and fixing the errors collaboratively.
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Do color by number activities and discuss what happens if mistakes are made
The focus should be on collaboratively identifying a planning process which can be written, drawn, or spoken.
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Create a collaborative mural that each student is assigned different parts
The emphasis is on understanding that humans and computers interact through inputs and outputs and identifying examples in their daily lives.
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Explore augmented reality by coloring and drawing using these printable sheets.
Basic hardware components are the parts that students can see, such as monitor/screen, keyboard, mouse, etc.
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Create robot friends and identify the shapes and computer components
The focus is on identifying the source of a common hardware/software problem (such as low battery, speakers not connected) with teacher guidance.
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Have students create simple mazes and then have students design critters to go through the maze. Add in obsacles (bugs) to have students identify problems
The focus is on how information is conveyed from one individual to another and the rules that allow for communication and data sharing, such as envelopes need addresses/emails need email addresses to reach the right person.
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Create neighborhoods and have students send messages to different people in their community
Create Binary Bracelets
The focus is on recognizing that common computing devices can store information, including computers, tablets, phones, and calculators.
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Create sorting activities
The focus should be on discussing the reasons to keep certain information public (information you share with others) or private (information you keep to yourself or only share with your family).
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Create Superhero Shields that represent information they should keep private
The emphasis is on having a basic understanding of ways keep accounts secure, such as having a passwords/pass codes.
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Create digital footprint collages
The focus is on having students look at a string of symbols and giving them a key to substitute letters for the symbols to spell a word.
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Explore basic ciphers
The emphasis is on recognizing when it is safe and appropriate for students to open links, with teacher guidance.
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Discuss what is ok to click on when using technology in the classroom
The focus is on exploring physical and/or touchscreen keyboards, and for students to be able to identify specific keys such as arrow keys, enter, space bar, backspace.
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Recreate the keyboard by cutting and pasting letters
The focus should be on teaching students that people use digital tools to share ideas and work together. Communication and collaboration should be with teacher guidance.
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Have students work together on a collaborative digital project
The teacher will provide the keyword to help students conduct basic searches using appropriate tools.
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Explore art online using teacher provided search links
The focus is on students using at least one digital tool to create a digital artifact, with teacher guidance.
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Use online programs and apps for students to explore and create digital art
Students are able to identify the basic concept of being a “good digital citizen”, and know what actions are and are not safe, responsible and ethical when using technologies.
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Class discussions on who owns the art we see online
Explore Google's Doodles