How to teach digital technologies in the Primary years
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This presentation by Joanne Villis outlines the integration of ICT in education, specifically focusing on the Australian Curriculum's Digital Technologies scope for students from reception to Year 6. It breaks down key concepts like data, digital systems, algorithms, information systems, and safety/ethics, providing suggested activities and year-level allocations for teaching these topics. The presentation includes various resources and learning strategies aimed at enhancing students' understanding of digital technologies and their applications.
How to teach digital technologies in the Primary years
- 1. Integration of ICT in Education
- 2. Hello!I am Joanne Villis. This presentation was created for Wing K.Au,Ph.D, Senior Lecturer, University of South Australia. I presented this PowerPoint to first year University students in April, 2017. The presentation is based on a document I created which covers the Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies Scope and Sequence For Reception to Year 6. The document can be downloaded from: Inter-Tech Education. My Contact Details: jvillis@sac.sa.edu.au https://intertecheducation.edublogs.org/ https://au.pinterest.com/joannevillis/
- 3. How I teach… Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4fCJCbI1wE
- 4. 1. Data (representing, managing, analysing) 2. Digital systems (understanding, using) 3. Algorithms 4. Information systems (how and why people use them) 5. Safety and ethical use online I’ve broken the Australian Digital Technologies curriculum into 5 main concepts/topics: Digital Technologies
- 5. The following slides are suggestions for learning activities to teach data, digital systems, algorithms, information systems and safety/ethics. Each learning idea has been allocated a recommended year level. Teaching Ideas
- 6. Data (R-Y2) - Begin by collecting, sorting and representing data - Microsoft Word, creating a list of items, inserting a table - Graphic software (ie TuxPaint, KidPix) or Apps to create picture graphs - Explore symbols that represent data. For example, an email address has a name followed by an @ symbol followed by type of name.
- 7. Data (Y3-Y4) - Syncing devices with OneDrive and folder set up (don’t use USB) - Backing up data (ie MineCraft - %appdata%) - Customising icons, start menu, desk top - Installing own programs (application catalogue)
- 8. Data (Y3-Y4) Explore cells, columns, rows (Pixel art) Data into spreadsheet and generate graph Headings, labels, auto sum
- 9. Image Data (Y3-Y4) - File extensions .jpg and .png - Royalty free image websites (ie pixabay.com, pics4learning.com) and download size - Zooming in on images
- 10. Image Data (Y3-Y4) Compare computer game images
- 11. Data (Y5-Y6)
- 12. Data (Y5-Y6)
- 13. Data (Y5-Y6) - Recognise the difference between numerical, text and date formats in spreadsheets - Use functions to make arithmetic calculations using multiple cells and summing cell ranges - Integrate this with Financial Maths
- 14. Sound Data (Y5-Y6) - Integrate with Media Arts Listen: Student work sample:
- 15. QR Data (Y5-Y6) QR codes or quick response codes stemed mainly from the desire to incorporate more data into barcodes. Regular barcodes can only contain data in one direction- horizontally. QR codes contain information both horizontally and vertically. This leads to them sometimes being called ‘matrix codes,” or “2D codes.” Compared to the 20 digits of information a barcode can store, a QR code can store up to 7,089 digits.
- 16. QR Data (Y5-Y6) - Students investigate how they work - How to create QR codes - For what purposes might they be useful? - Ask students to create their own codes for a particular purpose - http://www.createqrcodes.org/
- 17. Acquiring Data (Y5-Y6) - Filtering and performing queries using advance searches - Explore different search engines, there is more out there and Google! - Gogogooligans, KidRex, Boolify, Duckduckgo, Instagrok
- 18. Managing Data (Y5-Y6) - Investigate viruses and malware, what are they? - Create an infomercial/jingle about what they learnt (ie Windows Media Player)
- 19. Digital Systems (R-Y2) - Students explore why do we use types of technologies? Students pick a technology and describe what it is used for. - Computer room visits and class set of iPads.
- 20. Digital Systems (R-Y2) What is a mouse? Main problem we see today with Junior Primary classes… http://www.abcya.com/counting_sorting_com paring.htm
- 21. Digital Systems (R-Y2) - Name and explain the function of a mouse, touch pad, touch screen, Interactive TV, keyboard and stylus. - Practice logging on and off personal computer. Use different pathways to access and open selected software (class SharePoint, school newsletter, emails). - Look at other technologies such as robots (linked to coding).
- 22. Digital Systems (Y3-Y4) - Windows Surface Pro 4 - Office 365
- 23. Digital Systems (Y5-Y6) Students explore the inside parts and functions of a computer (PSU, CPU, GPU, RAM, motherboard, hard drive, expansion slots, expansion cards). Students can re- create the parts of a computer and label the parts using drawing software, hard materials (boxes, crafts), or by drawing.
- 25. Digital Systems (Y5-Y6) - Explore how the Internet works and search engines - Domain suffixes (ie .com, .edu, .org, .gov) - Click view is a good resource for teaching this
- 26. Algorithms (R-Y2) Too many resources to go through all of them. My favourites:
- 27. Algorithms (Y3-Y4) Too many resources to go through all of them. My favourites:
- 28. Algorithms/Gaming (Y5-Y6) Too many resources to go through all of them. My favourites:
- 30. Information Systems(R-Y2) What is communication? How do you communicate? How do your parents or older siblings communicate? How do teachers communicate through the school? Ask students how and why do we share Information? Who do we share information with? When would we need to share information? Note: The following video is not used during class ;)
- 31. Information Systems(R-Y2) How have information systems changed overtime? Students might interview family members about how they communicated when younger or visit the museum and investigate? How did Indigenous Australians traditionally communicate?
- 32. Information Systems(Y3-Y4) - Visit your local museum and or library and record different types of technology being used. - What is the function of the technology? - How does the technology assist the users?
- 33. Information Systems(Y3-Y4) Students use Microsoft Forms to survey classes about their use of their school library e-books, online reservations and or self borrowing systems.
- 34. Information Systems(Y5-Y6) Students investigate and use sustainable solutions (SharePoint and OneDrive).
- 36. Information Systems(Y5-Y6) Touch Screens - What are they and how do they work? - How and where are they used in our environment? ie supermarket, train station, shopping centre, airport etc. - How might they help users? - What happens when systems which people rely on break? Next slide
- 37. Information Systems(Y5-Y6) -Investigate GPS (global tracking systems) - Pokemon Go: Students research and explore how Pokémon Go works. Why has it been such a big success?
- 38. Safety/ethics (R-Y2) - ABCYA.com Cyber Five - How to close a pop up video. - Log in, passwords - Hectors World
- 39. Safety/ethics (Y3-Y4) - My Online Neighbourhood LINK - Kim and Lee LINK - Cyber Pigs LINK - Digital Citizenship - Online Referencing Generator
- 40. Safety/ethics (Y5-Y6) - Copyright, creative commons and licencing - Social media surveys, rules and regulations - Digital footprint, creating digital content - Netiquette - Plagiarism - Royalty free sites for images and music
- 41. Questions?