1. Technology: Digital Technologies Years 5-6 Trudie Roth: 0061013795
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Technology: Digital Technologies
Years 5-6
Trudie Roth:

2. Teacher Pages
The following pages are information for the teacher specifically
These are then followed by student related pages which contain the teaching sequence activities and resources
Some teacher notes are interspersed within these pages

3. Content Descriptors and Elaborations
Knowledge and Understanding
Examine how whole numbers are used to represent all data in digital systems (ACTDIK015)
Students will understand that computer data is stored and transmitted as a series of zeroes and ones – known as binary numbers (whole)
Processes and Production Skills
Plan, create and communicate ideas and information, including collaboratively online, applying agreed ethical, social and technical protocols (ACTDIP022)
Design, modify and follow simple algorithms involving sequence of steps, branching, and iteration (repetition) (ACTDIP019)
Students will create a binary code to to a partner and vice versa. Students will then decode the message.

4. General Capabilities Literacy
Comprehend, navigate and view, interpret and analyse learning area texts
Compose written, visual and multimodal learning areas texts
Use knowledge of text structures
Understand learning area vocabulary
Understand how visual elements create meaning

5. General Capabilities Numeracy
Recognise and use patterns and relationships
Interpret data displays

6. General Capabilities Communication Technology (ICT)
Generate ideas, plans and processes
Generate solutions to challenges and learning area tasks
Collaborate, share and exchange information
Imagine possibilities and connect ideas
Transfer knowledge into new contexts

7. General Capabilities Critical and Creative Thinking
Identify and clarify, organise and process information and ideas
Apply logic and reasoning
Consider alternatives, seek solutions and put ideas into action
Reflect on processes

8. General Capabilities Personal and Social
Develop self-discipline and set goals
Communicate and work collaboratively and effectively

9. Cross-curriculum Priorities Critical and Creative Thinking
Generate and apply new ideas in specific contexts
Critical thinking
Use information to solve problems
Interpret, analyse and evaluate

10. Key Ideas Systems Thinking
Students will study binary digits as a means to understand the complexity of digital systems

11. Key Ideas Design Thinking
Students will be required to understand that design thinking involves strategies for understanding design needs and opportunities, visualising and generating creative and innovative ideas, planning, and evaluating and analysing.

12. Key Ideas Computational Thinking
Students will be required to take an abstract idea and break it down into defined, simple tasks

13. Differentiation
This resource is made with the intention of using many videos and visuals placed on the classroom walls, to cater for students who like to be able to ‘see’ what they are learning (visual learners)
Students are often required to participate in activities that will have them out of their desk or using manipulatives (kinaesthetic learners)
Mathematical learners
The written aspect of the assessment piece (Task 3) can be recorded verbally for students who find it easier to explain verbally, rather than writing down

14. Teaching Sequence
Introduce students to Morse code to provide knowledge of coding related to letters and sounds
Allow students to use Morse code by creating a code for a partner to decode
Introduce binary code
Relationship to computers (use of numbers)
Whole class practical activities – binary cards (videos)
Practice binary (worksheets)
Whole class practical activities - link to (videos)
Students decode messages (I Do, We Do, You Do)
Independent - students practice creating codes (Teacher to check)
Assessment Task

15. Assessment Task Students create binary code (chosen joke)
Students joke to partner
Students decode partners
Task Sheet
Rubric
Assessment Exemplar

16. Resources (resources are linked throughout or alternatively can be sourced from this page)
Videos/Interactive sites
Worksheets/Resources
Introduction video
Morse Code A to Z
Morse Code Visual and Sound Link
binary cards
morsecode.io
worksheet
Binary Numbers - Math Bites with Danica McKellar
cards 1, 2, 4, 8 & 16
CSUnplugged
Answer Sheet
Inside your computer - Bettina Bair
alphabet to numbers to binary
Binary - Coding & Computing - How it Works - The 2 Minute Lesson s
Task Sheet
ENGLISH Computer Science Unplugged - Part 1 Binary – 2005
Rubric
Unplugged: The show. Part 2: Binary – Counting
Assessment Exemplar
Unplugged: The show. Part 3: Binary numbers –
Unplugged: The show. Part 4: Binary numbers: other representations

17. Student Pages
Teaching Sequence

18. Morse Code Introduction video (video to watch)
Prior knowledge - Whole class discussion (using video and link to real world)
Have you seen Morse code used before?
They mentioned who still uses Morse code in the video – Did you hear who it was?
When do you think Morse code could be useful to know? (sample discussion questions)
Morse Code Visual and Sound Link (video to watch)
Hand out individual student copy of the Morse Code A to Z letters
I Do - Write teacher name on board using Morse code – write and sound it out using ‘dah’ (•) and ‘dash’ (-) (repeat for other words if needed)
We Do – Write a brief message on the board using student input (example – Hello Year ?) – write and sound it out using ‘dah’ (•) and ‘dash’ (-)
You Do – Students write their own name in their Technology book under heading Morse Code
Fast Finishers can attempt the name of their friends, family or class members and swap with another student to decode
Play interactive game – morsecode.io

19. Binary – Teacher Page
Binary Numbers - Math Bites with Danica McKellar
This video is a little bit different but will help explain the binary system and it’s link to computers
This is not for the students to watch but rather an information session for you, the teacher
CSUnplugged – This website is a great resource to use to learn about Binary Numbers – It includes a link to an 11 page lesson ideas and activities resource. There are also many suggested sites to visit that will help both you as a teacher, and students, to learn about binary numbers and their link to systems data

20. Binary
Video 1 - Inside your computer - Bettina Bair (This video will give students an idea about how a computer works. It briefly mentions binary around 4 minutes)
Video 2 - Binary - Coding & Computing - How it Works - The 2 Minute Lesson s (This video gives a brief glimpse into the reason why computers use binary)
Whole class discussion – based around the contents of the videos and what binary is

21. Let’s Do Binary
ENGLISH Computer Science Unplugged - Part 1 Binary – 2005
Discuss patterns and doubling concepts with the students
Print large binary cards for this activity (these will be used multiple times) (laminate for longevity)

22. Let’s Do Binary Unplugged: The show. Part 2: Binary – Counting
Practice – students with large cards (as previously printed) (follow the format of the video for building on knowledge)
Practice – worksheet – provide students with a copy of cards 1, 2, 4, 8 & 16 so they can use at desks – answer questions on worksheet - do some practice examples on the board prior to students independently completing worksheet
Answer Sheet

23. Real World Link Unplugged: The show. Part 3: Binary numbers – Email
Photocopy, laminate and give each student a copy of alphabet to numbers to binary sheet plus print an A3 copy for the wall
I Do, We Do, You Do writing messages using the alphabet to numbers conversions
Students start to write messages in their technology journal (I suggest a simple message is chosen such as ‘Today is ….)
This lesson can involve differentiation with regards to difficulty of message being coded

24. Have a go – Assessment Task
Students are to pick a joke from one of the class/library joke books or search on the internet for a joke if no books available (teacher must check joke before students start coding)
Task Sheet
Rubric
Assessment Exemplar
EXAMPLE OF SHEETS For I DO STAGES? TEACHER USING WHITEBOARD TO MODEL (still considering this)

25. Fast Finishers
Unplugged: The show. Part 4: Binary numbers: other representations
Video part 4 – birthday (Have this video in Year level favourites folder so students can directly link to it. Have them watch the video and then complete next steps)
Have students write their age in binary code
Have students research the birthday of their favourite actor/singer/sports star and write their age in binary code

26. References
CS Unplugged. (2008, January 5). English computer science unplugged – part 1 binary – 2005 [Video file]. Video posted to CS Unplugged. (2008, October 24). Unplugged: the show: part 2: binary – counting [Video file]. Video posted to CS Unplugged. (2008, October 23). Unplugged: the show: part 3: binary numbers – [Video file]. Video posted to CS Unplugged. (2008, October 23). Unplugged: The show. Part 4: Binary numbers: other representations [Video file]. Video posted to CS Unplugged. (2016). Binary numbers. Retrieved May 13, 2016, from Historia – Bel99TV. (2015, October 30). Binary – coding and computing – how it works – the 2 minute lesson – 1990s [Video file]. Video posted to Nerdist. (2014, January 23). Binary numbers – math bites with Danica McKellar [Video file]. Video posted to Offgrid. (2016). Morse code and why you should learn it. Retrieved May 13, 2016, from why-you-should-learn- it/# StopSocialismUSA. (2009, May 9). Morse code song [Video file]. Video posted to TED-ed. (2013, July 1). Inside your computer [Video file]. Video posted to Wow, I Never Knew That. (2015, May 7). Learn the history of morse code [Video file]. Video posted to