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2nd Grade Digital Literacy & AI

This course contains standards-aligned digital literacy and AI lessons for 2nd grade students.

2nd Grade Digital Literacy & AI

Overview & Highlights

Level
Elementary School
Number of Lessons
17
Grade
2nd

Overview of Lessons

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Getting Started

Welcome to CodeHop!

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

Introduction to Programming

Students will be able to navigate the programming interface to create a scene with characters.
Computing Systems

Computer Basics: Connections

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 also be able to identify input, output, hardware, and software, and explain how they work together.

Exploring Word Processing

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

Exploring Spreadsheets

Students will use spreadsheet software to review and present data on class pets and favorite colors.

Exploring Presentations

Students will be able to use presentation software to create a presentation on their favorite things.

Exploring Computer Networks

Students will be able to describe how networks connect devices to share information and model the sending and receiving of information using message blocks.
Safety & Responsibility

Responsible Digital Citizens

Students will be able to explain what it means to be a responsible digital citizen, including understanding digital footprints, discussing cyberbullying, and knowing how to report concerns.

Practicing Responsible Technology Use

Students will be able to demonstrate ways to use technology safely and responsibly.
Impacts of Computing

Impacts of Computing: Changing World

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

Careers in CS: Fashion-Retail

Students will be able to explain how coding helps create and improve fashion designs and will create a program to design and animate a fashion character.

Collaborating Digitally

Students will be able to collaborate with others digitally to create a program telling about their classrooms.
Data & Analysis

Choice Research

In this lesson, students will collect and assess sources to answer a research question. Students will create a presentation to communicate research findings visually.

Data Explorers

Students will develop an investigative question and collect data using a survey. Then, students will create a program to present their collected data visually.

Managing Data Storage and Files

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

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: AutoDraw

Students will be able to explain how AutoDraw uses AI to recognize patterns in drawings and practice sorting, organizing, and classifying objects by creating tables and designing simple algorithms.
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Exercises
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