Teach | micro:bit Official micro:bit resources designed for Teachers and Educators Whether you are starting your micro:bit journey or an experienced educator there’s something for you here. Test out our curriculum materials using the MakeCode and Python editors, or if you’re just starting out, you can use our Quick Start Guide to get coding in minutes. Impact and research findings curriculum NYC Introduction to Physical Computing blueprint.cs4all.nyc micro:bit for primary schools mb4ps.co.uk LaunchCS www.launchcs.com The IET Lesson Collection Visit curriculum From Getting Started to Games - starting Computer Science with the BBC micro:bit micro:bit Lessons Aligned to Code.org's CS Fundamentals Physical computing course for the micro:bit from Project Lead The Way www.pltw.org Microsoft 14 Week Curriculum makecode.microbit.org Start Coding with the MakeCode Editor Micro:bit and BBC Wolfblood www.bbc.co.uk Cover essential KS3 ICT topics with a bundle of lessons Micro:bit KS3 curriculum links Back to top
Scope & Sequence: Common Sense K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum Get Trained Use our professional development resources to learn best practices for teaching digital citizenship to your students. Onboard Students: Digital Passport Introduce students in grades 3-5 to Digital Passport, our award-winning suite of games that help onboard students to the foundational skills of digital citizenship and Internet safety. Teach Lessons: Unit 1 Teach Lessons: Unit 2 5 - Picture Perfect How can photos be changed on the computer, and how can that affect your feelings about the way you look? Teach Lessons: Unit 3 Extend Learning: Digital Bytes Challenge teens to take a real-world look at digital citizenship through student-directed, media-rich activities in Digital Bytes. Give Assessment Assess your students’ learning of lesson objectives and gauge their understanding and attitudes through interactive unit-level assessments. Engage Families Invite parents into the conversation with our Connecting Families program and resources.
Do Your Students Know How To Search? The Connected Student Series: There is a new digital divide on the horizon. It is not based around who has devices and who does not, but instead the new digital divide will be based around students who know how to effectively find and curate information and those who do not. Helene Blowers has come up with seven ideas about the new digital divide – four of them, the ones I felt related to searching, are listed below. The New Digital Divide: In an age of information abundance learning to effectively search is one of the most important skills most teachers are NOT teaching. Teachers – especially in the elementary grades -need to develop a shared vocabulary around the skill of searching. Here are some of the searching skills and vocabulary we should be teaching students : Quotation Marks: Students should always use quotes to search for an exact word or set of words. Example: “The Great Chicago Fire” Dashes (or minus sign): Example: Great Chicago Fire -soccer Two Periods: Site Search:
Home - FMSLogo Nine Elements Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. 1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society. Technology users need to be aware that not everyone has the same opportunities when it comes to technology. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Respect, Educate and Protect (REPs) These elements have also been organized under the principles of respect, educate and protect. Respect Your Self/Respect Others - Etiquette - Access - Law Educate Your Self/Connect with Others - Literacy - Communication - Commerce Protect Your Self/Protect Others -Rights and Responsibility - Safety (Security) - Health and Welfare If this was to be taught beginning at the kindergarten level it would follow this pattern: Repetition 1 (kindergarten to second grade) Respect Your Self/Respect Others Digital Etiquette Educate Your Self/Connect with OthersDigital Literacy Protect Your Self/Protect Others Digital Rights and Responsibility
Small Basic Curriculum - TechNet Articles - United States (English) - TechNet Wiki Sean, yes. Small Basic is object-oriented and built on BASIC. In some ways, it is similar to Visual Basic. But it is greatly simplified and designed for students and learners to pick up. In fact, it has been made to be SIMPLE in 15 different ways (for example, it is imperative, and there are only 14 keywords). And, there are four key aspects in how it is SOCIAL (including collaborative coding). Three additional concepts show how it is made to be FUN (including Kinect, Turtle Graphics, and Flickr). It is also EXTENDABLE in 8 key directions (including Lego Mindstorms, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Oculus Rift, 3D Graphics, and a Physics Engine). Finally, it is GRADUAL and exists to directly graduate students to professional languages and tools. All that and more is listed in detail here: social.technet.microsoft.com/.../14114.the-unique-features-of-small-basic.aspx
Teaching Students Good Digital Citizenship Teachers have long understood the importance of instilling good citizenship in their students, focusing on social etiquette and how to treat their peers with respect in the course of their daily lives. Today, though, it’s just as important that students understand what kinds of behaviors are acceptable online. Instilling the principles of good digital citizenship can help students become smart, responsible, and respectful members of their online communities. What Is Digital Citizenship? We spend much of our lives today participating in virtual communities — like our social media networks, online forums, and even the comments sections of websites and blogs. Understanding how to practice good digital citizenship will only become more important in the following years, as our lives become further entwined with internet-based communities. If we don’t instill the tenets of good digital citizenship in students early, they run the risk of developing poor — even dangerous — online habits.
FREE Apps For Our Floor Robots | TTS The app enables you to write an algorithm, send it and then Blue-Bot will follow your instructions. Blue-Bot helps you code, debug and simulate algorithms for the new National Curriculum for Computing. There are numerous features, which make writing algorithms both fun and educational. Use explore mode to develop algorithms: Step by step programming Instructions are added to the list and once happy place Blue-Bot back at the start and press go Drag and drop programming. Children can also record themselves saying a command and can assign it to a button on Blue-Bot. The app is available for iPhone®, iPad®, iPod touch® and Andriod devices Shortlisted for BETT Awards 2014 - Free Digital Content / Open Educational Resources - Category, The Bee-Bot App is developed from our well-loved, award-winning Bee-Bot floor robot. The app has been developed with 12 levels encouraging progression. Please note: The Bee-Bot® apps are only for iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch®.
Media Literacy: Five Ways Teachers Are Fighting Fake News | MindShift | KQED News As the national attention to fake news and the debate over what to do about it continue, one place many are looking for solutions is in the classroom. Since a recent Stanford study showed that students at practically all grade levels can’t determine fake news from the real stuff, the push to teach media literacy has gained new momentum. The study showed that while students absorb media constantly, they often lack the critical thinking skills needed to tell fake news from the real stuff. Teachers are taking up the challenge to change that. NPR Ed put out a social media call asking how educators are teaching fake news and media literacy, and we got a lot of responses. Fake news “Simon Says” In Scott Bedley’s version of Simon Says, it’s not those two magic words that keep you in the game, but deciding correctly whether a news story is real or not. To start off the game, Bedley sends his fifth-graders at Plaza Vista School in Irvine, Calif., an article to read on their laptops. 1. Extra layers