Programming, Games, Apps, and Society-Scope and Sequence-1-13

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Course Title and Number:

Programming, Gaming, Apps, and Society

11.47200

Teacher: Week(s): 36

Unit/Lesson Title Duration _(Weeks) Direct Explanation GPS Standard(s) CCGPS Standard(s) Unit:

1

Lesson Title/Focus: Employability Skills

1  Students will use communication skills to acquire a job and use on the job.

 The teacher will provide

explanation and demonstration of these skills and transfer them to the students.

 Students will practice good customer service skills

IT-PGAS-1 Demonstrate

employability skills required by business and industry

Writing: L11-12WHST4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Literacy: L11-12RST7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. CCGPS Standards Text Complexity:

Text Type: article, novel, blog, textbook, other

Lexile Range: 925L–1185L

EOPA Standards: http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/

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Learning Targets:

Students should be able to: write and speak grammatically correct in order to create and format

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Unit/Lesson Title Duration

(Weeks) Direct Explanation GPS Standard(s) CCGPS Standard(s)

Unit: 2

Lesson Title/Focus: Soft Skills

1

 Teacher will discuss the importance of soft skills in the professional environment. Teacher will conduct mock interview which will require students to properly communicate and use the soft skills acquired through the lesson.

 Students will identify soft skills; communicate effectively for business and personal use; examine work readiness qualities.

employability skills required by business and industry

Writing: L11-12WHST4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Literacy: L11-12RST7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. CCGPS Standards

Text Complexity:

Lexile Range: 925L–1185L EOPA Standards:

http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/

Learning Targets:

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Unit/Lesson Title Duration

Unit: 3

Lesson Title/Focus: Careers

1

 Teacher will discuss the various career paths in the field of Computer Science.

 Students will research a career in the pathway using the internet, library or job shadowing to find information on the career.

 Students will explore a career in Computer Science and then develop a presentation will demonstrate the career they have chosen.

employability skills required by business and industry.

Writing: L11-12WHST6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update

individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.

Learning

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Unit/Lesson Title Duration _(Weeks) Direct Explanation GPS Standard(s) CCGPS Standard(s)

Unit: 4

Lesson Title/Focus: Student Organizations (FBLA)

1

Teacher will discuss the impact and opportunities a student organization (FBLA) can develop to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through

innovative leadership and career development programs.

Students will explore the goals, mission and objectives of Future Business Leaders of America.

IT-PGA-9

Explore how related student organizations are integral parts of career and technology education courses through leadership development, school and community service projects,

entrepreneurship development, and competitive events.

Writing: L11-12WHST8: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the specific task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.

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Targets: Unit/Lesson Title Duration

Unit: 5

Lesson Title/Focus: Legal & Ethics

1

Teacher will discuss the legal environment in developing application software.

Students will research and construct a written document on privacy and security issues in developing application software. Students will discuss how society, users, and manufactures are affected.

IT-PGA-6

Evaluate an application design in terms of meeting privacy needs, legal and intellectual property requirements, and security

considerations.

Writing: L11-12WHST6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update

individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.

Literacy: L11-12RST3: Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks; analyze the specific results based on explanations in the text.

CCGPS Standards

Text Complexity:

Learning

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Unit/Lesson Title Duration

Unit: 6

Lesson Title/Focus: Evolution of electronics, gaming and platforms

1

Teacher will analyze and critique how society has viewed games/animation in the past and present.

Students will investigate notable milestones in the development of electronic games, including platforms, hardware and software changes, and advancements. Students will create a timeline project to illustrate the evolution of electronic games, platforms, hardware, and software changes.

Writing: L11-12WHST9: Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Text Complexity:

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Unit/Lesson Title Duration _(Weeks) Direct Explanation GPS Standard(s) CCGPS Standard(s) Unit:

7

Lesson Title/Focus: Software Design

3

Teacher provide explanation and demonstrate skills needed for students to design user-friendly software.

Students will conduct usability tests that help identify the needs of users.

Students will develop criteria and requirements for the development of applications.

IT-PGA-8

Describe the unique needs for information and communication technologies for diverse audiences.

Text Complexity:

Lexile Range: 1050L–1335L

EOPA Standards: http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/

Learning

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Unit: 8

Lesson Title/Focus: Software Development

4

Teacher will discuss the software development cycle and illustrate the steps to designing a good software product.

Students will write easy to read programs for a cellphone application or a video game.

IT-PGAS-2

Describe the software application life cycle and use a prototype development model to develop

applications.

Text Complexity:

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Unit: 9

Lesson Title/Focus: Using Objects

3

Teacher will explain the purpose of a method and using objects. Teacher will also define key vocabulary so that students are able to relate to the chapter content.

Students will create program statements using methods with no arguments.

IT-PGAS-3

Design and develop applications using objects.

Text Complexity:

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(Weeks)

Unit: 10

Lesson Title/Focus: Designing Interfaces

4

Teacher will provide explanation and demonstration on how to design and produce a user interface.

Students will design and produce a user interface.

Students will write a program that involves the design and

development of multiple programs utilizing the software development practices.

Students will test the program they create for usability.

T-PGA-4

Design, develop, and implement accessible and usable interfaces, and analyze

applications for engaging the user.

Text Complexity:

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Unit: 11

Lesson Title/Focus: Digital Media

4

Teacher will explain the relative strengths and weaknesses of different representations of music and sound. Teacher will also demonstrate how to modify an image and sound for use in an application or game.

Students will research and create tools to manipulate media at different levels of abstraction.

Students will use tools and techniques to abstract both images and sounds for their programs.

IT-PGA-5

Use and implement different digital representations of media.

Text Complexity:

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(Weeks)

Unit: 12

Lesson Title/Focus: Security

3

Teacher will explain how security plays a part in software development. Teacher will demonstrate how security and privacy leaks in applications have affected users and society.

Students will research examples of how security and privacy leaks have affected society and users.

Students will construct a written document detailing how security considerations and intellectual property play a part in software development.

IT-PGA-6

Evaluate an application design in terms of meeting privacy needs, legal and intellectual property requirements, and security

considerations.

Text Complexity:

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Unit: 13

Lesson Title/Focus: Data

3

Teacher will introduce students to the eight primitive data types in the Java language.

Students will write arithmetic statements.

Students will create a Java application that performs two arithmetic and two comparison operations on the same set of variables.

IT-PGA-7

Develop applications that read real-world data from sensors, interpret the data, and respond to the real-world stimuli.

Text Complexity:

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