B6 Computing · Term 1, Week 11

Technology in the Community

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B6.1.4.1.3 - Demonstrate communication with others.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

  1. Explain, in their own words, how communication happens through television, radio, phone calls, and satellite technology.
  2. Demonstrate a phone call conversation using appropriate greetings, clear speaking, and active listening.
  3. Role-play a radio or television broadcast, showing how messages are sent to many people at once.
  4. Compare face-to-face communication with technology-based communication, stating at least two differences.
  5. Identify the steps in the communication process (sender, message, medium, receiver) when using a technological tool.

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Curriculum details

Strand
Introduction to Computing (Strand 1)
Sub-strand
Technology in the Community (1.4)
Content standard
B6.1.4.1 - Demonstrate the use of Technology in the community.
Indicator
B6.1.4.1.3 - Demonstrate communication with others.
Suggested placement
Term 1, Week 11 (Week 11 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.

Curriculum reference
Computing Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 36

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Guide learners to demonstrate communication (explain how communication is done via TV, radio, phone call, satellite etc.).