Term 1 (Aug 21 – December 14, 2023)

Main Topic: DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP, MS POWERPOINT and CODING

Week

Theme

Unit Title

Teaching Points / Target Areas

1

5 Senses

Introduction to  Computer room

• Introduce the computer room routines
• Assigned each student a computer station
• Discuss the rules and regulation in the computer room

2

Digital Citizenship: Online Safety

• Recognize the kind of information that is private.

• Understand that they should never give out private information online.

Activity 1: Thumbs up and Thumbs down

Students will do thumbs up if they can share the information online, thumbs down if they  should not.

Activity 2: Answer an activity sheet

Reference: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/thats-private

3

MS PowerPoint Introduction

Internationalism Communication

● Define what is PowerPoint

● Overview of menus and functions

● Formatting slides, colors, fonts, effects, and design  background styles.

● Selecting, Adding, Deleting slides, and previewing  slideshow overview.

● Examples of good and bad slideshows.

Activity: Create a 5-slide presentation about your favorite things.

4

MS PowerPoint

Inserting Images  and Text

Internationalism Communication/ Leadership

● Inserting clipart and images

● Discuss HI: The five senses  

● Resizing and positioning images

● Adding text above/below image

● Creating slideshow about the 5 senses

Activity: Let the students continue their Google slides presentation by adding appropriate images and upload the presentation on firefly.

5

MS PowerPoint

Animations &  Transitions

● Adding transitions to slides

● Adding animations to images and text

● Discuss HI: Creating a slideshow about Butterfly  Life Cycle using the right tools to add animations  and transitions

Activity: Create a presentation about the Life Cycle of a Butterfly applying the appropriate animation and transitions. Project a sample to serve as their guide.

6

“The Right  

Tool for the  

Right Job”

MS PowerPoint  – Inserting  

Hyperlinks to  

other slides and  websites.

Internationalism Communication

• Understand the purpose of hyperlinks
• Connect slides to another slides using hyperlink
• Insert a link to a website and edit the link name

Activity: Apply the discussed skills by adding hyperlinks to the previous presentation or to a new presentation.

7

MS PowerPoint  Inserting Hyperlinks (Continuation)

● Finish adding hyperlinks to the presentation

8

MS PowerPoint Adding video

• Identify the proper way of inserting a video,
• Insert a video into the presentation,
• Adjust the frame of the video accordingly.

Activity: Add a video on the presentation using the pre-saved video in the computer.

9

MID TERM BREAK

10

Celebrations  & Festivals

Coding

Sequencing

Introduction to Online Puzzles

• Break down a long sequence of instructions into the largest repeatable sequence.
• Modify an existing program to solve errors.
• Order movement commands as sequential steps in a program.
• Describe and implement a plan to debug a program.
• Identify a bug and the problems it causes in a program.

Activity: Solve the lesson 3: Intro to Online puzzle, and lesson 5: Debugging with Laurel in https://studio.code.org/s/coursed-2023 

11

Review

• Recall the previous lessons discussed in term 1

Activity: Students will answer a review quiz via Google form. They will be allowed to use the reviewer uploaded in Firefly

12

Formative Assessment

● Assessment 1 (30 Marks) – follow instructions and  answer the given test.

13

Coding

Events

Internationalism Global Issues

• Create an interactive game using sequence and event-handlers.
• Identify actions that correlate to input events.
• Share a creative artifact with other students.

Activity: Solve the puzzle in Lesson 6: Events in Bounce

Reference: https://studio.code.org/s/coursed-2023 

14

Coding

Events (Continuation)

• Create an animated, interactive game using sequence and events.
• Identify actions that correlate to input events.

Activity: Solve the puzzle in Lesson 7: Build a Star War Game

Reference: https://studio.code.org/s/coursed-2023 

15

Coding

Loops

Internationalism Global Issues

• Construct a program using structures that repeat areas of code
• Improve existing code by finding areas of repetition and moving them into looping structures

Activity: Solve the puzzle in Lesson 9: Loops in Ice Age

Reference: https://studio.code.org/s/coursed-2023 

16

Coding

Loops (Continuation)

Internationalism Global Issues

• Differentiate between commands that need to be repeated in loops and commands that should be used on their own.
• Identify the benefits of using a loop structure instead of manual repetition.

Activity: Solve the puzzle in Lesson 10: Drawing Shapes with Loops

Reference: https://studio.code.org/s/coursed-2023 

Term 2 (January 8 – April 9, 2024)

Main Topic: DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP, VIDEO EDITING, and CODING

1

Community

Digital  Citizenship:

Who Is in Your Online Community?

• Compare and contrast how they are connected to different people and places, in person and on the internet

• Demonstrate an understanding of how people can connect on the internet

Activity:

Answer the handout given.

Reference: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/who-is-in-your-online-community

2

Intro to Gmail

• Sign in and sign out on their Gmail accounts,
• Familiarize the Gmail environment,
• Know how to send an email and chat.

Activity:

Students will log in to their email and send a sample email to the teacher. Sign out after the task.

3

Intro to Video editing

(Video Editor app)

• Familiarize a video editing software/application,
• Identify the basic parts of a video editing software,
• Open and explore a video editing software.

Activity:

Labeling of the basic parts of the video editing software

4

Jobs that  

Help the  

Community

Video editing

Inserting Media

• Search images needed for the video output,
• Insert media in the project library,
• Begin editing the media for the video output
• Adding Title card, motion effects, and sound effects

Activity: Make a video about a certain topic like animals, places, etc. Search for at least 10 images and add it in the project library. Start editing the video by adding a title card, motion effects, and sound effects.

5

PROJECT ASSESSMENT

Video editing

Adding Effects

• Add appropriate text, motion effects and background music  to the video,
• Finish and export the video

6

Video editing

Exporting Video

• Finalize the video
• Export the video to appropriate file type

7

Let’s go somewhere  new!

Firefly Review

• Login to Firefly
• Review the environment and the basic buttons and features
• Upload the video in Firefly

8

Coding

Introduction to  Kodu

Internationalism Leadership

• Open Kodu and familiarize the environment/interface,
• Navigate around the application,

Activity:

• Create and design a simple “world” in Kodu.
• Save the “World” accordingly

9

Kodu Programming

(Collecting Game)

• Demonstrate how to open their previously made world in Kodu.
• Demonstrate on how to add/remove objects.
• Make the Kodu move around by adding appropriate  program

Activity:

• Continue the previous Kudo program and add apples to collect
• Program the Kudo to move around the landscape

10

Kodu Programming (continuation)

(collect apples)

• Continue adding objects
• Finish adding program that makes the Kodu move around
• Add program that will collect apples

11

Kodu Programming (continuation)

(Add Scoring System)

• Add program that will add score every time the Kodu eats the apple
• Add another Kodu that will compete in collecting the apples. The highest number of collected apples will win

12

Kodu Programming

Add Scoring System

(Continuation)

• Complete the scoring program of the game

13

Completion of Task

• Make sure that the game is working according to the criteria
• Submit the task

Term 3 (April 18 – June 24, 2024)

Main Topic: DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP, CODING AND GOOGLE DOCS

1

Digital Citizenship: The power of Words

• Understand that it's important to think about the words we use,
• Identify ways to respond to mean words online, using S-T-O-P.
• Decide what kinds of statements are OK to say online and which are not.

Activity:

Distribute the activity handout and read the directions aloud. Allow the students to work in pairs or individually and give them five minutes to complete the activity.

2

Intro to Google Apps: Google Drive

• Understand the use and importance of Google drive,
• Login to Google drive using school email address,
• Explore its environment by creating and sharing a folder, uploading a file to the folder.

Activity:

Students will login to Google Drive and explore its environment. They will do the following:

Add a folder and name it as “Computing”

Upload a file from the computer to the folder in Google Drive

Share the folder to the teacher.

3

Introduction to Google Docs: Text Formatting

• Identify and apply the basic formatting tools in Google Docs, such as changing the font size, style, color, applying bold, italic, underline, ang alignment
• Save a document in the designated folder,
• Explain the importance of Google Docs.

Activity:

An activity sheet will be given. Students need to copy the text format on the activity sheet.  

4

Water,  

Water  

Everywhere

…

Introduction to  Google Docs (Continuation)

• Identify and apply the basic formatting tools in Google Docs, such as changing the font size, style, color, applying bold, italic, underline, ang alignment
• Save a document in the designated folder,
• Explain the importance of Google Docs.

Activity:

An activity sheet will be given. Students need to copy the text format on the activity sheet.  

5

Google Docs: Inserting a Table  & Image

• Inserting a table
• Formatting and entering data in the table
• Inserting an image – resizing and positioning

Activity:

Create a table about your favorites

6

Google Docs: Sharing & Collaborating

• Learn to share documents for collaboration
• Create a collaborative Google document
• Appreciate the importance of collaboration

Activity: Students will create a simple slambook to which they will ask at least three classmates to answer it through sharing the file.

7

Review

8

Formative Assessment

● Assessment 2 (30 Marks) – follow instructions and  answer the given test.

9

Completion of Requirements

10

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 2 (School Assessment Week)