Hanoi International SchoolElementary School Curriculum

ICT Curriculum 2014-2015

Inquirers We nurture our curiosity, developing skills for inquiry and research. We know how to learn independently and with others. We learn with enthusiasm and sustain our love of learning throughout life.

Knowledgeable We develop and use conceptual understanding, exploring knowledge across a range of disciplines. We engage with issues and ideas that have local and global significance.

Thinkers We use critical and creative thinking skills to analyse and take responsible action on complex problems. We exercise initiative in making reasoned, ethical decisions.

Communicators We express ourselves confidently and creatively in more than one language and in many ways. We collaborate effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.

Principled We act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights of people everywhere. We take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.

Open-minded We critically appreciate our own cultures and personal histories, as well as the values and traditions of others. We seek and evaluate a range of points of view, and we are willing to grow from the experience.

Caring We show empathy, compassion and respect. We have a commitment to service, and we act to make a positive difference in the lives of others and in the world around us.

Risk-takers We approach uncertainty with forethought and determination; we work independently and cooperatively to explore new ideas and innovative strategies. We are resourceful and resilient in the face of challenges and change.

Balanced We understand the importance of balancing different aspects of our lives—intellectual, physical and emotional—to achieve well-being for ourselves and others. We recognize our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live.

Reflective We thoughtfully consider the world and our own ideas and experience. We work to understand our strengths and weaknesses in order to support our learning and personal development.

The IB Learner Profile

Elementary School Curriculum

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ICT Curriculum Adapted from: IBO PYP Role of ICT in the PYP

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Beliefs and values about ICT in the PYP

The ever-increasing impact of ICT on teaching and learning is an important consideration in education at all levels. Through ICT, there are greater opportunities for interactive communication and exchange of information through global collaboration, authentic learning, expansion of the learning community and empowerment for all learners. ICT in the PYP encompasses the use of a wide range of digital tools, media and learning environments for teaching, learning and assessing. ICT provides opportunities for the transformation of teaching and learning and enables students to investigate, create, communicate, collaborate, organize and be responsible for their own learning and actions. ICT allows students to make connections and reach a deeper understanding of its relevance and applicability to their everyday lives. Through the use of ICT, learners develop and apply strategies for critical and creative thinking, engage in inquiry, make connections, and apply new understandings and skills in different contexts. In this constantly evolving digital age, ICT is progressively becoming a ubiquitous part of a learner’s life at school and beyond: for learning, working, innovating, creating, responding, problem-solving, problem posing, socializing and playing. Students inhabit a world saturated with information, images and sound. Inevitably, students’ immersion in this world continually leads them to explore creative and innovative uses of emerging technologies beyond their basic functional applications, discovering new ways of engaging with content meaningfully, and participating fully in today’s world. The IB learner profile is integral to teaching and learning in the PYP because it represents the qualities of effective learners and internationally minded students. The learner profile, together with the five essential elements of the programme—concepts, knowledge, skills, attitude and action—inform the integration of ICT in planning, teaching and assessing in the PYP.

The role of ICT in a transdisciplinary programmeIn the PYP, it is advocated that purposeful inquiry is the best way to learn. The starting point should always be students’ prior experiences and current understanding. When teachers plan learning experiences that enable students to develop, students are able to make connections, apply their learning, and transfer their conceptual understanding to new situations. This progressive conceptual development, together with an enjoyment of the process, provides the foundation for lifelong learning. In the PYP, there will be opportunities to use ICT in the relevant, authentic context of the units of inquiry, as well as through teaching and learning experiences in other areas of the

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The role of ICT in a transdisciplinary programmeIn the PYP, it is advocated that purposeful inquiry is the best way to learn. The starting point should always be students’ prior experiences and current understanding. When teachers plan learning experiences that enable students to develop, students are able to make connections, apply their learning, and transfer their conceptual understanding to new situations. This progressive conceptual development, together with an enjoyment of the process, provides the foundation for lifelong learning. In the PYP, there will be opportunities to use ICT in the relevant, authentic context of the units of inquiry, as well as through teaching and learning experiences in other areas of the

What do we want students to learn?

InvestigatingInvestigating is to carry out a purposeful inquiry or research, to test existing understanding, discover new information and create new understanding. Through investigation, learners critically evaluate a variety of sources, making connections and synthesizing findings to apply knowledge to real-life contexts.

ICT Learner Outcomes Reception (5 - 6 years)Learners will have an awareness of technology and its uses. They will be able to use a word processing program successfully to communicate information. They will independently be able to select, load and exit from programs. They will learn to independently type words (given to them) and also how to print and display work. They will learn the use of shift, enter and backspace keys while working with Word. Learners will understand that technology can be used to share and gain new information.

KNOW: What will the UNDERSTAND: What will the students SKILLS: What will the students Resources

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What do we want students to learn?

InvestigatingInvestigating is to carry out a purposeful inquiry or research, to test existing understanding, discover new information and create new understanding. Through investigation, learners critically evaluate a variety of sources, making connections and synthesizing findings to apply knowledge to real-life contexts.

students know understand be able to do ATTITUDES: What attitudes will be developed?

Understands the function of an ICT lab

Discussion and brain storming about IT lab rules Assessment: teacher notes, peer assessment.

VOCABULARYKEYBOARD, KEYS, CPU,PRINTER, FILE, FOLDER, FILE SAVE, FILE OPEN, TOOLS, STAMP, SELECT, SHAPE, SPACE BAR, ARROW, NUMBER AND ALPHABET KEYS, CLICK AND DRAG, DRAG AND DROPData projector

Internet connection- online educational game sites like http://www.kaboose.com/, http://www.preksmarties.com/

Game CDs like Bob the builder, Freddy Fish

Headphones

Printer

Understands the different uses of technological equipment

what a monitor, mouse, keyboard, CPU, and printer is.

Assessment: teacher notes, peer assessment.

Explores new technologies

Discussion of machines, slide show and comparison of computer to other machines

Teacher observations

Understands how to change the format of work

Click and drag and drag and drop (mouse functions).

Recognizes the different functions of a keyboard

Play interactive games like dressing up doll, puzzles etc (click, drag and drop) Space bar, arrow, number and alphabet keys.

Assessment: teacher notes, peer assessment.

Understands which is the select tool and how to select pictures using the select tool

Demonstration of the different keys using actual keyboard, coloured posters, projector

Teacher observations

Shows control when using various tools

Make shapes and fill them with different patterns or colors/Recognises and uses the pencil tool and shape tool

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Presents different images Makes a pattern with 3 diff sizes stamp tool

Recognises and uses simple tools

Makes a pattern with 1 shape, 2 shape, 3 shapes

Make lines of different colours/Understands which is the Brush and spray tools- how to make different patterns and pictures using the brush and spray tools

Assessment :teacher marking, presentation, quiz.

Knows some functions of the Internet

Understands how to play games (for language, math, problem solving skills, colouring, painting, memory, shape, space etc) by clicking the right tools, buttons etc.

Demonstrate selecting and listening to music, reading interactive stories, and watching movies by clicking on the right buttons, links etc.

Play online interactive games related to the UOI

Teacher observations

ICT Learner Outcomes Grade 1 (6 - 7 years)Learners will demonstrate greater understanding and recognition of the use of computers in our daily lives. They are familiarised with the basic operations of the computer and concepts of input, output and storage devices. Learners will be able to successfully create and edit a multimedia page-text and graphic and begin to understand the use and effects of multimedia.

KNOW: What will the students know

UNDERSTAND: What will the students understand

SKILLS: What will the students be able to do ATTITUDES: What attitudes will be developed?

Resources

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Understands the different functions of a computer

Class discussion /Brain storming

Students will be able to understand what a computer is, what are its main parts, How does a computer help us, How should we use it safely?

Assessment: teacher assessment. VOCABULARY

SHIFT, ENTER, BACKSPACE, LINK, COLOR BOX, TOOL BOX, SELECT ALL, UNDO REPEAT, TEXT, FILL, ERASE TOOLS

Data Projector

Printer

Typing Software

Game Cds Sesame Street Learn, Play & Grow, Math Blaster: Master the Basics

Internet Connection- sites of educational games like www.funbrain.com, www.gamequarium.com bbc.schools.co.uk, senselang.com

Headphones

Extends understanding of keyboard

General discussion of keys and keyboard Learners will learn to use shift, enter and backspace keys

Assessment: teacher observation and notes.

Understands how to display images in a variety of ways

Resize and crop a picture

Discussion of the importance of touch typing, introduction to home keys.

Assessment: teacher observation and notes.

Edits text to suit for a purpose

Typing games.

Students will learn to copy and paste words,

delete letters, select and delete words.

Assessment: teacher observation and notes.

Use tools to edit Corrects words in a peers draft Assessment: teacher observation.

Uses different functions on Word

Explore different tools on word

Use games to problem solve

Play online interactive games related to the UOI topics10 mins typing practise.

Assessment: teacher and peer assessment.

Begins to use the Internet to find information

Teacher led websites to support unit of inquiry

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ICT Learner Outcomes Grade 2 (7 - 8 years)Learners demonstrate an understanding of basic computer terminology. They will further develop skills in word processing and working with images. Learners will be exposed to graphs and they will be know the meaning of information, spreadsheet, cell, rows and columns and understand the difference between programmes such as Word, Clipart and Excel. Learners will be able to enter simple data and text into spreadsheets. They will have the required skills in collecting, sorting and classifying data into tables. They will have a basic understanding of the internet and some basic internet jargons and understand that the Internet can be used to find information.

KNOW: What will the students know

UNDERSTAND: What will the students understand

SKILLS: What will the students be able to do ATTITUDES: What attitudes will be developed?

Resources

Understands the importance and working of computers in our lives.

Slide show to understand how computers are used in our lives.

Assessment: quiz, testing work, peer assessment.

VOCABULARYFONT, GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, PROGRAM, INTERNET, KEY WORD, BACK AND FORWARD ARROW, HYPERLINK, HOME PAGE, HIGHLIGHT, TURTLE, COMMAND, SEQUENCE, AND CLIPART

Printer

Headphones

Data projector

Uses a range of tools to work with text

On a given piece of text- Spell check and highlight certain words/Highlights text

Changes fonts and uses a variety of fonts/sizes, orientation (right, left, centre)

Works with two or more applications at the same time

Copies and pastes from one document to another.

Teacher observations

Begins to uses technical equipment

Takes digital photographs and places them into documents

Views pictures using different software

Begins to organize data Creates a folder and names it Put Docs or pictures into folders

Displays work using art programmes

Open a word file, insert clip art on UOI topic

Clipart and file into a document

Assessment: teacher notes.

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Internet connection

worksheets

Typing software

Understands how information can be presented differently to different audiences

View spreadsheet page on a projector, understand main parts of the spreadsheet

Views a spreadsheet, cell, rows, columns

Begins to enter simple data and text into spreadsheets

For eg. everyone in the class write their names on the board, then in another column- write their favourite period, depict the info in spread sheet.

Collects, sort and classify data into tables

Understands the concepts of movement

Slide show explaining forward, backward, left and right turn. Turning forward, backward, left and right turns with the screen turtle by giving a set of commands (link to maths)

Assessment: teacher notes.

Searches on the internet using a given search engine

Related to UOI (www.yahooligans.com) Shows how to find specific details on a given topic

Understands key vocabulary used with the internet

Visit websites and work on forward, backward, and other links.

Demonstrate how to save files from internet. Uses key word, back and forward arrow, hyperlink and home page

Assessment: teacher, peer assessment.

ICT Learner Outcomes Grade 3 (8 - 9 years) (Email accounts open with protected wall)Learners will demonstrate confidence and skills using multimedia. Learners will have practised working with graphs, they will understand the different kinds of graphs that can be presented on Excel. They will understand the concept of the Internet and will be able to key in simple information into search engines. Learners will start with email, and will have an understanding of what an email is, email address, offline, online, connection, inbox, outbox, access email, new email, send and receive emails.

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KNOW: What will the students know

UNDERSTAND: What will the students understand

SKILLS: What will the students be able to do ATTITUDES: What attitudes will be developed?

Resources

Learners will work with images

Save an image from the internet to a specific location-name the path taken.

Skills: cooperation, curiosity, Assessment: teacher, peer assessment.

VOCABULARY IMAGES, MULTIMEDIA, INSERT, SLIDE, SLIDE SHOW, GRAPHS-PIE AND BAR, FORMULA AND SUM FUNCTION, DATA, CONTROL, PEN UP, PEN DOWN COMMANDS, CLEAR SCREEN, HIDE, SEARCH ENGINE AND WEB ADDRESS. EMAIL, OFFLINE, ONLINE, CONNECTION, INBOX, OUTBOX

Data projector

Headphones

Speakers

Works with presentation tools

Write a page about the UOI topic and copy and paste an image from the internet

Copies and Inserts images for a purpose

Assessment: test,-quiz,-peer assessment

Finished slide show

Make a slide show of 3 slides and make presentation to class

Students will be familiar with the icons and tools on Microsoft Office programmes

Collaborative team work – can you find out what the icons mean?

Able to format of borders/shading etc

Begins to work with different kinds of graphs

Excel-spreadsheets, different kind of graphs Can show data on programmes created

Creates an appropriate graph with data using Excel

Collect data-related to UOI and put it graphically

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Worksheets

Internet connection

Further develops understanding of Internet searches.

Expose students to a variety of search engines

Demo on how to use search engines.

Slide show on menu, search engine, web address

Students will understand the concept of menu, search engine and web address.

Develop a set of strategies to choose appropriate websites

Can explain how to choose a useful website.

Students use a variety of search engines and are able to find appropriate information

Understands different forms of communication on the Internet

Students will access email, check new email, send and receive emails.

what an email is, email address, offline, online, connection, inbox, outbox

Open email accounts via the school email address

Write an email and send it, check mail box for new email and then reply to it

Student use their school account by communicating with classmates under teacher supervison

Wiki/Email/Hotmail/Gmail/Skype/chat live

ICT Learner Outcomes Grade 4 (9 - 10 years)Learners will learn how to use technology for different purposes. They will have further practise working with graphs and will be able to copy formula to another location, mark titles, labels, change data and check for valid results. They will be able to select appropriate key words, select and reject unnecessary information while searching in the internet. They will learn to load access, create new folder and new table, edit and save table structure. They will have knowledge of field, field names, field contents, records, rows, different data types and the ability to know which data type goes into which field. Learners will have further practise with email.

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KNOW: What will the students know

UNDERSTAND: What will the students understand

SKILLS: What will the students be able to do ATTITUDES: What attitudes will be developed?

Resources

Learners will collaborate on how to use different tools to modify settings

Write a piece on UOI and insert picture from file. Change the page set up from landscape to portrait.

Inserts images into a document, change page settings from landscape to portrait, add table and modify table settings (Working with text)

Skills: cooperation, curiosity, Assessment: teacher, peer assessment.

Printer

Data projector

Speaker

Headphones

Typing tutor program

Internet connection

Microsoft office

Laptops

Learners will open, create and save images to a location

Demonstrate how to use a scanner, scan self picture and save it to a file.

Teacher observations

Learners will know how to produce 3D graphics on programmes

Use Google Sketch up for 3D sketches of buildings

Finished product of a 3 dimensional building

Learners will have further practise working with graphs

Insert table – on UOI topic, modify settings.

Write down steps to insert and modify tables.

Students will be able to copy formula to another location, create graph, mark titles and labels.

Assessment: test,-quiz,-peer assessment.

Learners will be able to select and reject unnecessary information

Use a variety of appropriate search engines to compare information about a similar subject

Teacher observations

Uses the Internet present work Make a web page

Print a web page with appropriate settings

Creates and saves a web page

Assessment: self assessment

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Uses a variety of presentation tools

Use power point to show evidence of learning.

Begins to use prez.com to create presentation about new information.

Final presentation

Learners will begin to use email as a tool for learning

Using email to check, edit own and each others’ work.

Teacher marked

ICT Learner Outcomes Grade 5 (10 - 11 years)Learners will have the knowledge of using peripheral devices such as printers, scanners and digital cameras and understand how we can use technology to enhance learning. Learners will have practise working with text, they will understand what it means to format and evaluate ones work in terms of format and suitability for a specific audience. They will be able to choose and use an appropriate programme to show their learning. Learners will be confident when choosing appropriate information available on the Internet and begin to critically analyse and compare information they have found. Learners will collaborate and create work using Google Docs.

KNOW: What will the students know

UNDERSTAND: What will the students understand

SKILLS: What will the students be able to do ATTITUDES: What attitudes will be developed?

Resources

Organizing

Learners make connections, transfer existing knowledge and independently explore new technologies.

Organizing is the ability to structure or arrange connected items. Learners understand that ICT systems can be used to inform, adapt, manage and problem-solve during their creative, communicative, collaborative and investigative processes.

Creates newsletters/brochures work to support UOI using photographsCreates google doc for collaboration and organisation

Assessment: teacher notes

Students are able to save to file or online storage

Digital camera

Data projector

Speaker

Headphones

Internet connection

Excel

www.prezi.com

Picassa

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Gmail accounts

ICT folder

Investigating

Investigating is to carry out a purposeful inquiry or research, to test existing understanding, discover new information and create new understanding.

Through investigation, learners critically evaluate a variety of sources, making connections and synthesizing findings to apply knowledge to real-life contexts.

Learners will understand what it means to edit and format

Learners will understand and use different formatting options

Assessment: teacher notes

Produce a brochure using Publisher

Create a title page

Students will be able to change different font styles, size and colour. They will be able to evaluate their work in terms of format and suitability for a specific audience

Communicating

Communicating is the exchange of information with various audiences using a range of media and formats.

Effective communicators contribute to cross-cultural understanding, make informed choices when deciding on tools to articulate meaning, and provide relevant, significant feedback to others.

Learners will understand the different use of tools on email

Students will be able to attach a file to an email, navigating it without help.

Students will be able to add new addresses to the address book

Learners understand how social networking works

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Creating

Creating is a process through which learners are provided with an opportunity to innovate and test boundaries.

Learners construct meaning, apply critical thinking and original ideas to real-world situations, and share knowledge through self-expression, problem-posing and problem-solving, and reflection.

Students will make a web page with the appropriate software (front page) and give links.

Students will learn how to bookmark a site to view it later. Students will understand copyright issues

Becoming responsible digital citizens

Becoming a responsible digital citizen involves using ICT to make informed and ethical choices while acting with integrity and honesty

Students will understand that in a globally connected digital world, learners are empowered to be responsible for their actions, to value others’ rights and to practise safe and legal behaviours.

Students will use ICT to collaborate on using digital media to create and share our responsibilities with our environment

Knows how to work with Internet searches safely

Uses the Internet present work Make a web page/Print a web page with appropriate settings/Creates and saves a web page

Learners will use a range of multimedia to show their learning

Choosing a type of media to show learning

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