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1st Grade Digital Literacy & AI

This course contains standards-aligned digital literacy and AI lessons for 1st grade students.

1st Grade Digital Literacy & AI

Overview & Highlights

Level
Elementary School
Number of Lessons
17
Grade
1st

Overview of Lessons

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Getting Started

Welcome to CodeHop!

Students will learn how to log in and use the CodeHop Playground. This short introductory lesson can be used on its own or right before a full lesson.

Introduction to ScratchJr

Students will be able to navigate the ScratchJr interface to create a scene with characters.

Mouse Practice: Level Up!

This library of mouse activities should be completed after the lesson, Mouse Practice.
Computing & Society

Impacts of Computing: Our Community

Students will be able to identify examples of computing devices in their daily lives and explain how technology has changed the way people live, work, and play.

Positive Online Behavior

Students will be able to identify appropriate and inappropriate online behavior in a CodeHopJr program.

Careers in CS: Litter Free Communities

Students will be able to explain how computer science can help solve community problems and create a program to collect and sort litter.
Research & Attribution

Guided Research

Students will be able to find information using research sources and create a program to communicate their research visually.
Systems & Security

Exploring Responsible Technology Use

Students will be able to explain ways to use technology safely and responsibly.

Computer Basics: Exploration

Students will be able to learn what a computer is, how we use it, and what to do when it doesn’t work. They will be able to identify input, output, hardware, and software.

Networks and the Internet

Students will be able to explain what a network is and how people communicate over networks and the Internet. They will model how messages are communicated using the Internet.
Productivity Tools

Introduction to Word Processing

Students will be able to use word processing tools to create a document about their favorite season of the year.

Introduction to Presentations

Students will be able to use presentation software to create a presentation on their favorite things. The Guided Practice section guides students using Google Slides™. If your school uses a different presentation software, model the editing tools prior to or after the Guided Practice section videos, and instruct students how to open a blank document.

Introduction to Spreadsheets

Students will use spreadsheet software to review and present data on class pets and favorite seasons.
Data & Analysis

Basic Data and Programming

Students will be able to collect data and create a program to present their data visually.

Data Storage and Files Practice

Students will be able to recognize that computers store data as files and model how data is collected and stored.
Artificial Intelligence

How AI Helps Us

Students will be able to explain how AI assistants answer questions by observing a demonstration and describe how AI helps people by solving problems and changing jobs.

Machine Learning: What is a Blorg?

Students will be able to explain how AI can learn information by being trained to identify an alien.
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Exercises
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Offline Handouts

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