Monday
- Internet Exchange Maps
- After taking notes on the internet and watching this video on how information travels, create a model of how the internet works. Your model:
- can be a comic, animation, or physical model
- should illustrates how data is transferred on the internet beginning with what happens when you want to go to a website.
- should explain things in enough detail that your target audience (your parents) can understand.
- Begin by creating a storyboard of your idea. Storyboards must be drawn on paper and be approved (signed off) by your teacher (me!).
- Make sure you include the following concepts and terms:
- Transmission lines
- Ethernet
- Wifi
- Data
- Web Browser
- Protocols
- Ports
- IP Address
- Router
- Server
- ISP
- IX
Tuesday
- Grade Check
- Work on internet model
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
- Share your models (gallery walk and feedback)
- Evaluate 4 other groups. Fill out the evaluation forms and share those with me.
- Share "Likes" and "Questions" on sticky notes with groups. Sign your sticky notes.
- Refine model based on feedback,
- Prep for usage (photograph)
- Quiz next week
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
- Notes: How does the internet work?
Friday
- Finish notes on the internet.
- servers, dns, fiber optic
- Watch this video on how information travels
- Create a storyboard for a comic or animation that illustrates what happens when you go to a website. Your target audience is your parents.
Monday
- Review these notes: Major parts of a computer (update: now with the correct link)
- Read and take notes on the articles linked here about how computers work.
- Work with 1-2 partners to create something (a slideshow, poster, etc.) that explains how computers work. Students can use one of the following options or create something of their own. Here are some options:
- Create a simile for each part of the computer. Explain how each simile reflects the function of the computer part it represents. Include pictures.
- Animate the way a computer works. Show how information flows through the computer.
- Create a comic that follows a byte of information through a computer.
- The project must include the following and explain what each item does:
- Bits and bytes
- CPU
- Primary Memory/RAM
- Secondary Memory
- Bus,
- Input Device
- Output Device
- System Clock
- Ports
- Be ready to present to the class on Wednesday
Tuesday
- Demonstration: a look inside a computer (small groups)
- Work on yesterday's project
Wednesday
- Finish Project and present
Thursday
- Debrief: How does information move through a computer?
- Notes: What is code?
- Algorithm Activity
Friday
- Algorithm Activity
- Quiz next week
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
- Notes: What is a computer?
- Electricity
- Binary
- Codes and switches
Thursday
- Partner Assignment:
- Watch this video
- With your partner, write two paragraphs in a Google Doc
- Paragraph 1: describe what is actually happening in the video
- Paragraph 2: describe ways in which this might relate to a computer
Friday
Monday
- Finish working on group technology presentation: compare your research and determine which technology has had the greatest impact on our society. Create a presentation that convinces us that your argument is correct.
- Use a basic argument structure: claim based on reasons supported by evidence.
- Upload your slideshow to Google Classroom
- Your presentation will be successful if:
- You make a clear claim about the the most important technology invented.
- You give reasons that are relevant to the claim and show that you understand the significance of your technology
- You provide evidence that your reasons are true (including sources where needed)
- Rubric here
Tuesday
Wednesday
- 2nd hour: student count day
- Finish/redo speeches?
- Quiz on Friday (look at last year)
- Recognize and apply the definition of technology
- identify the the different parts of the definition
- classify examples as technology or not technology
- Recognize and apply the 4 characteristics of technology
- Be able to choose the correct answer to a question based on one of the 4 characteristics
- Presentation skills:
- Personal
- Structural : intro, body, conclusion; claim, reason, evidence, counter argument; transitions.
- Content: facts, connections, why it matters/relevance
Thursday
- New groups!
- Create a document that contains:
- contact info
- roles (facilitator, recorder)
- agreements
- Project Entry doc.
- K/NTKs
- Quiz review
Friday
