YCIS BJ Curriculum Planning Topic

Topic: ICT Subject: Year 6 ICT Weeks: 17

N.C. Ref/s: ICT KS2

1b, 1c, 2a, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 4c

Learning Objectives:

Inquiry Skills: Classifying Creating Models Identifying Variables Interpreting Data Making Decisions Recording Data

Outline of Content:

Teaching Strategies: Demonstration Discussion

Assessment Methods & Success Criteria: I understand the computer lab procedures. I understand the benefits of brainstorming in a group. I can follow some guidelines for brainstorming in a group. I can use ICT to record and present ideas. I understand some of the advantages of using ICT. I understand some benefits of touch typing I am able to type without looking at the keyboard I can access the Teachers Shared Folder. I can open a new Finder

To understand the computer lab procedures To understand the benefits of brainstorming in a group To understand some guidelines for brainstorming in a group To be able to use ICT to record and present ideas To understand some of the advantages of using ICT To understand some benefits of touch typing To be able to touch type

Greet students and introduce self to new students. Introduce changes: ICT lessons will be held in Lab A once every two weeks and will be two periods in length, each student will use both iMacs and Macbooks, OS X Lion is now running on all computers (note scrolling direction and full-screen apps), and a student file server will be coming soon. Ask returning students for as many computer lab procedures as they can remember. Introduce/review the following computer lab procedures: 1. When first entering the lab, sit on the carpet in the order you do in your homeroom, facing the Interactive White Board (IWB). 2. When I clap, you should clap and show me you are listening by looking at me whether you are on the carpet or at your computer. 3. Log on to the Student account using the password ycis (no caps). 4. Help other students who ask for help by showing them what to do, without

Explanation Multimedia Presentation Questioning Scaffolding Groupwork Whole Class

To be able to copy files to another computer on the network To understand some of the advantages of saving files to a server To be able to change a password To be able to copy files to a password-protected folder on the server To be able to create a Venn Diagram to organize and present ideas

touching their computer (by pointing to their screen or by demonstrating on your computer). 5. Save all your files to the IT Class Folder on your computer, and then copy them to your folder on the server. In the file name, include your name, class, and unique words that identify the content of the file. 6. At the end of each lesson, close your documents, Quit all programs, push in your keyboard tray and chair, and line up at the front of the lab. Introduce other procedures to specific students as the need arises during this and subsequent lessons: 1. Enter the lab without food or drinks 2. Sit quietly and listen to the teacher when he or she is talking. 3. Raise your hand if you have a question, or would like to speak. 4. Use the earphones when using a program (or accessing a website) that has sound. 5. Stay focused on using the programs and/or websites assigned for the lesson. 6. Ask for permission to print. Use white backgrounds when possible. 7. Understand that a time out may be given for violating these procedures. Time outs begin when the rest of the class goes to their computers (after the time on the carpet). Introduce the topic of brainstorming. Ask the students to define brainstorming (i.e.,

window. I can copy my files to the Teachers Shared Folder and eject it. I understand some of the advantages of saving files to a server. I can change my password. I can copy files to my folder on the server. I can create a Venn Diagram to organize and present ideas

thinking of ideas alone or with others). Ask them to suggest some possible advantages of brainstorming in a group (i.e., more ideas in less time; can build upon each others ideas (one idea may prompt other ideas); others may have different skills, knowledge and experiences than you have, which enables them to offer ideas you wouldnt have thought of by yourself). Ask the students to suggest some rules to guide group brainstorming sessions. Suggest that one important rule is to record the ideas as they are given (so none are forgotten). Introduce Insiration 9 as a good program for recording ideas during brainstorming sessions. Using the brainstorming rules as an example, demonstrate how to manually add ideas in symbols and connect them to the topic heading with arrows. Ask them to offer additional brainstorming rules and demonstrate how to quickly add them to the Inspiration diagram using the RapidFire tool. Show them a completed Inspiration diagram containing suggested brainstorming rules. Introduce the rules that the students did not think of during their brainstorming (including the following: ensure everyone in the group knows the topic to be brainstormed, stay focused, listen carefully to the others when they give their ideas (so you can build upon their ideas), allow everyone in the group to participate, accept all ideas (unless they are intended only to make the others in the group laugh), record

all ideas as they are given (unless they are repeat ideas), dont cricize others for their ideas (no put downs or other negative responses, verbal or otherwise), be willing to take risks (dont be afraid to give your ideas), leave discussion until later (dont discuss an idea until after the brainstorming session has ended), choose a leader and a recorder (a leader to enforce the rules and a recorder to record the ideas; they can be the same person), and set a tentative time limit (to keep participants focused on the task). Ask the students to break up into groups of from 3 to 5 students each. Ask them to brainstorm computer lab rules, while abiding by the brainstorming rules just discussed. Ask them to chose a person to be both the leader and recorder, and to rotate the leader/recorder after every three ideas. Give them a tentative time limit for the brainstorming session (15-20 minutes). Following the brainstorming session, ask the students what their next step should be. Suggest that they should discuss their ideas in their groups and delete redundant or unhelpful ideas. Review how to properly save their diagram in their IT Class Folder. Review the difference between Save and Save As. Review using Finder. Quickly review the brainstorming rules discussed in the previous lesson. Ask the students to break up into groups of from 3 to 4 students each. Ask them to brainstorm types of diversity, while keeping in mind the brainstorming rules and using Inspiration

9 to record their ideas. Ask them to choose a person to be both the leader and recorder, and to rotate the leader/recorder after every three ideas. Give them a tentative time limit for the brainstorming session (15-20 minutes). Demonstrate how to format their diagram by rearranging the symbols in their diagram and by changing the symbols using other symbols/pictures in the Inspiration 9 Library. Show how to format their title to make it stand out (by enlarging the text and making it bold) and to adjust the connecting arrows so they are spaced better around the titles symbol. Ask the students to format their diagram by changing their symbols so they represent (correspond to) the information associated with them, by formatting their title so it stands out, and by adjusting the connecting arrows. Ask students to evaluate the effectiveness of using Inspiration 9 to record and present information. [At the request of the homeroom teachers, I gave the students time to work on their country presentations (PowerPoint presentations) that they had previously begun during their Topic lessons.] Demonstrate how to use print preview and how to print their diagrams (for inclusion in their Topic books, at the homeroom teachers request). Ask the students to print out their diagrams. Review/introduce touch typing. Discuss with the class some of the benefits of being able

to touch type. Introduce BBC Touch Mat Typing as a good website for learning how to touch type. Demonstrate how to access the website. Introduce/review the home keys and good touch typing technique. Demonstrate how to lock and unlock the keyboard tray. Ask the students to access the BBC Touch Mat Typing website and begin at typing Level 1, Stage 1. Discuss with the students how to turn in their completed assignments. Demonstrate how to access over the network the shared folder on the teachers computer, using the Connect to Server command on the Go menu on the Finder menu bar. Demonstrate how to open a new Finder window (to display the connents of their IT Class Folder) and copy files over the network to the shared folder. Show how to eject (disconnect from) the shared folder. Stress that only ten students can connect to the folder at one time, so they should eject it immediately after they have copied their file to the folder (so others who are waiting can also connect and copy their files to the folder). Ask the the students to copy their files to the shared folder, and to use BBC Touch Mat Typing until everyone has finished copying their files. Discuss some of the advantagles of saving files to a file server (i.e., their saved work can a accessed from any computer in the school, their work will be periodically backed up), in a password-protected folder (no one else can see, change or delete their work).

Discuss the need to keep passwords secure (keep them a secret). Explain that the passwords on the student folders on the server are currently all the same, and will thus need to be changed. Demonstrate how to change their password using the webpage provided by the IT Department. Explain the fields on the webpage (i.e., User Name, Old Password, New Password, Confirm Password and Check Code). Inform students that they can create any password they wish, as long as it is at least six characters long. Ask them to change their passwords and to use BBC Touch Mat Typing until everyone has changed their password. Collect the passwords from the students. Demonstrate how to assess their personal folder on the server using the Connect to Server command on the Go menu on the Finder menu bar. Ask students to open a new Finder window and copy their files over the network to their personal folder.

Key Resources: iMac and Macbook computers, IWB, Inspiration 9, Safari, BBC Dance Mat Typing, IT Department website for changing serverfolder passwords Key Vocabulary: Interactive White Board (IWB), screen, account, earphones/headphones, mouse, trackpad, keyboard, Quit, Save, Save As, program, file, print, computer, touch typing, home keys, keyboard tray, network, shared folder, password, confirm, check code, eject, disconnect, server, Venn Diagram Cross Curricular: Diversity and Different Perspectives Topic unit