JHS1 Computing · Term 1 Week 6: Technology in the Community

Lesson notes

Indicator: B7.1.2.1.3 - Discuss the benefits of using technology tools in learning.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

State at least four benefits of using technology tools in learning.
Explain how a specific technology tool (e.g. spreadsheet, presentation software, Scratch) makes a learning task easier or better.
Describe the benefit of using a spreadsheet to draw graphs, using a simple example.
Work in pairs to discuss and present one benefit of technology in learning to the rest of the class.
Compare learning with technology tools to learning without them, giving at least one advantage and one possible limitation.

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Strand: Introduction to Computing (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Technology in the Community (1.2)
Content standard: B7.1.2.1 - Demonstrate the use of Technology in the community.
Indicator: B7.1.2.1.3 - Discuss the benefits of using technology tools in learning.
Suggested placement: Term 1, Week 6 (Week 6 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

sub strand name - printed 'INTHE' with no space. The JHS document never prints the spaced form, but NaCCA's own primary Computing curriculum names the same sub-strand 'TECHNOLOGY IN THE COMMUNITY' (b4/b5/b6-computing.csv). sub_strand_name becomes the lesson topic a teacher sees, so the missing space is closed.
Curriculum reference: Computing, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 5
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

1. Discuss in pairs the benefits of using technology tools in learning (e.g. using spreadsheet to draw graphs)