Exploring Technology

Unit 4

Information Technology

Pacing

Key Language Usage

● 5Weeks

Narrate Argue Inform Explain

Standards 3: Students will develop an understanding of the cultural, social, economic, and political effects of technology, the effects of technology on the environment, the role of society in the development and use of technology, and the infuence of technology on history. 3.4: To be aware of the history of technology, students learn that: ● Many inventions and innovations have evolved by using slow and methodical processes of tests and refnements. ● The specialization of function has been at the heart of many technological improvements. ● The design and construction of structures for service or convenience have evolved from the development of techniques for measurement, controlling systems, and the understanding of special relationships. ● In the past, an invention or innovation was not usually developed with the knowledge of science.

End of Unit Competency ● I can explain how technology has changed society.

● I can explain the effects of technology on the environment.

● I can identify the different areas of information technology.

● I can explain how to write code to program a basic computer game.

● I can identify and explain the critical components of computer programming. Language Functions & Features:

■ Generalized nouns to introduce a topic and/or entity ■ Opening statements to identify the type of information

■ Verbs to defne career pathways or attributes (eg. have, be, belong to, consist of) ■ Expanded noun groups to defne key concepts, add details, or classify information ■ Reporting devices to acknowledge outside sources and integrate information into the report as in saying verbs and direct quotes