Technology & Me
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| Grades: | |
| Learning Hours: | 40 hours |
| Domain: | Web development, app development, game development |
| Key Skills: | Digital citizenship, programming, creativity, debugging |
| Assessment: | MCQ assessment and application assessment |
| Hardware/System Requirements: | |
| Progression: | Technology & the Community |
Course Overview
As new explorers of technology, students will make connections to technology by participating in entry-level Guided Projects that allow them to share their own personal experiences and interests. Students will learn introductory skills in HTML and CSS while exploring basic concepts in JavaScript. Students will create their own personal web-page, a blog, make their own quiz game and develop other similar digital artifacts. These projects will teach the basics of web design along with critical digital skills like design thinking, prototyping and digital citizenship.
Explore: Students will be introduced to methods and design protocols that real web-designers use and will explore how to interact and engage safely in online environments through activities that develop digital citizenship blogs.
Learn: Teachers will lead students through 7 Guided Projects that teach the necessary skills in HTML, CSS and JavaScript to design custom web pages that will start to cultivate computational thinking. Students will also learn how to plan out project ideas as a design process.
Create: Students will create 7 unique projects throughout the course. At the end of the course, students will be asked to customise a project of their choice as a capstone to the course. Each of the projects will be customisable and can be shared using a public URL or QR code.
| Project | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
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Recipe Card |
Explore introductory concepts in HTML and CSS to design and build a recipe card from a favourite dish. Along the way learn about planning out web designs and how to prepare all of your digital content for development. |
4 hours |
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Personal Webpage |
Design and build a personal webpage that includes images, links and descriptions of things that describe who you are and what you do. Explore themes in online privacy to make good choices about what to share and what not to share. |
4 hours |
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Digital Citizenship Guide |
Investigate best practices in online safety before making a digital citizenship guide with the do’s and don’ts of online safety. Consider rules to make that keep us safe when interacting online |
6 hours |
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Online Profile |
Design an online presence profile for a fictitious online community that shows your role in the online community. Explore how online communities communicate with respect for privacy. |
6 hours |
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Blog |
Create a multi-post blog on an interesting topic and explore how bloggers share what is important to them. Explore how to use license-free imagery to add unique images to the blog. |
4 hours |
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JavaScript Chatbot |
Explore JavaScript fundamentals to make an interactive digital conversation game that can be customised with new responses. To build up skills in JavaScript, learn how to make alerts, prompts and how logic operators work. |
6 hours |
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Trivia Game |
Expand on JavaScript fundamentals to make an interactive trivia game that can be customized with new questions. To broaden skills in JavaScript, learn how to use variables and math operators. |
4 hours |
| Capstone | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
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Personal Webpage Sandbox |
Elaborate on the Personal Webpage project to include more sections and information to create a full personal web page. Work in Sandbox mode for unlimited creativity. |
6 hours |
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Blog Sandbox |
Elaborate on the Blog project to include more posts and information to create a full personal blog on a topic of your choice. Work in Sandbox mode for unlimited creativity. |
6 hours |