Welcome to Computer Class Mr. Johnson

Unified Arts Schedule 8th Grade – 7:00 pm – 7:15 pm

About Me Extra Information Teaching Experience: Education B.S. in Computer Information Science, Minor in Psychology Gwynedd-Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, PA December 2002                                                                     Post Baccalaureate Certification: Elementary Education  K – 6 West Chester University, West Chester, PA May 2007 M.Ed  Applied Studies in Teaching and Learning West Chester University, West Chester, Pa May 2011 Ed.D in Instructional Technology Widener University, Chester, PA Anticipated Graduation 2017 Additional Certifications: Bus-Info-Comp K-12 certification, Middle School Math (7-9), & Middle School Citizenship Ed. (7-9) Extra Information My wife is a 6th grade Language Arts teacher at the Upper Merion Area Middle School. I have a 4 year old daughter, Claire. Member of Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA )(National) and CSTA Philly (Local Chapter) Teaching Experience: Saint Gabriel’s Hall: 2004 – 2007 Substitute Teacher Conshohocken Catholic : 2007-2008 Computer Teacher Great Valley MS : 2008-2009 Computer Teacher Upper Merion MS: 2009- to present Computer Teacher

Curriculum Topics by Grade 5th Grade 8th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade

Curriculum Topics Covered Grade 5 Meet for 30 class days Meet 2 or 3 times a week. Depends on the “day” Meet 2x on the day we have class, A.M. and P.M. Curriculum follows that CSTA standards (linked with STEM, Common Core and State Standards) Curriculum Topics Covered Touch typing: keyboarding instruction software, games, and activities Productivity software Introduction: Schoology, Apple and Google products Internet safety: web quests , group work, and presentations Computational thinking and programming: Scratch, Pyonkee, and Code.org How to use the iPad properly

Curriculum Topics Covered Grade 6 Meet for 30 class days Meet 2 or 3 times a week. Depends on the “day” Code.org: Course 2 – Plugged and Unplugged Activities ISTE Standards, CSTA Computer Science Standards, NGSS Science and Engineering Practices, Common Core Math , Common Core Language Arts Standards Curriculum Topics Covered Code.Org (Course 3) Computational Thinking Programming Functions Conditionals Nested Loops Debugging The Internet and Crowdsourcing Digital Citizenship https://code.org/curriculum/course3

Curriculum Topics Covered Grade 7 Meet for 30 class days Meet 2 or 3 times a week. Depends on the “day” Code.org: Course 3 – Plugged and Unplugged Activities ISTE Standards, CSTA Computer Science Standards, NGSS Science and Engineering Practices, Common Core Math , Common Core Language Arts Standards Curriculum Topics Covered Code.Org (Course 4) Algorithms Abstraction Functions Conditionals Nested Loops/Do Loops Debugging Binary Variables https://code.org/curriculum/course4

Curriculum Topics Covered Code.Org (Computer Science for Algebra) Grade 8 Meet for 30 class days Meet 2 or 3 times a week. Depends on the “day” Code.org: Computer Science for Algebra ISTE Standards, CSTA Computer Science Standards, NGSS Science and Engineering Practices, Common Core Math , Common Core Language Arts Standards Curriculum Topics Covered Code.Org (Computer Science for Algebra) Coordinate Planes Arithmetic Expressions Strings and Images Contracts, Domains and Range Variables and Substitution Functions Boolean Logic Conditionals Collision Detection Pythagorean Theorem https://code.org/curriculum/algebra

Classroom Management Contract

Website/Wiki-Space Webpage Schoology

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