Goudy Technology Academy's technology curriculum instills a wide range of skills as valued by the National Educational Technology Standards integrated with the Common Core, the Computer Science Technology Association Standards, and International Society for Technology in Education Standards. Each grade level has a unique theme for the year which reinforces classroom content with technology skills.
Starting in Kindergarten, students are exposed to integrative technologies, developing their hand-eye coordination and general computer knowledge. By eighth grade, students are avid technology users who understand internet safety, ethics, and responsible use.
In my classes, I focus a lot on digital literacy. Why teach digital literacy?
Kids are growing up with smart phones in their hands, developing their own apps, programming robots and creating online personas. Indeed, technology is prevalent in nearly every facet of children’s lives, including at school where they’re often using technology tools to enhance their learning.
But just because a child knows what buttons to push or has access to a world of knowledge at their fingertips doesn’t mean he or she knows what to do with that power, and power it surely is.
I try to focus my teaching by following Alice Chen's 9 C's of Digital Literacy.
Starting in Kindergarten, students are exposed to integrative technologies, developing their hand-eye coordination and general computer knowledge. By eighth grade, students are avid technology users who understand internet safety, ethics, and responsible use.
In my classes, I focus a lot on digital literacy. Why teach digital literacy?
Kids are growing up with smart phones in their hands, developing their own apps, programming robots and creating online personas. Indeed, technology is prevalent in nearly every facet of children’s lives, including at school where they’re often using technology tools to enhance their learning.
But just because a child knows what buttons to push or has access to a world of knowledge at their fingertips doesn’t mean he or she knows what to do with that power, and power it surely is.
I try to focus my teaching by following Alice Chen's 9 C's of Digital Literacy.
