Elementary Technology Grade 5

Couse description

Elementary Technology Grade 5 develops students’ online social skills through engaging and age-appropriate content. Students learn how to honor God in everything they do, steward their belongings by taking care of their technology devices, navigate social media safely, respond biblically to bullying and cyberbullying, benefit from the challenges they face in life as well as explore the process of sanctification and recognize the importance of prayer. Students are introduced to hardware and software; plagiarism; facts and opinions; and problem-solving and online research strategies, including how to use Boolean operators. As students learn to navigate challenges in technology, they also learn to distinguish and navigate between secular and biblical worldviews. They learn about the Holy Trinity and how the Holy Spirit can help them navigate any technical challenges they may have while online. Students learn about resources that can help them understand God’s Word better and work on sharing their own faith in Jesus. Students learn about functions, events, loops, iterations, and conditionals in code. By the end of the course, they are able to create and run their own computer programs using block-based code; create a story in Scratch with a sprite; and use Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web. Throughout the course, students practice their keyboarding skills, focusing on increasing typing accuracy, gross words per minute, and overall technique. There is also a focus on collaboration and communication as integrated language arts and math practice standards are found throughout the course.