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Foundations of Technology (FoT) will prepare students to become
technologically literate. Enrolled students in (FoT) will use a
“systems” approach to solve technology problems and investigate some of
the basic building blocks (core technologies) of modern technology
systems. Students will be inventive and apply their ingenuity to use
hardware, software, and basic core subject concepts. Instruction and
activities will deal with (1) the basics of how several modern
technology systems work (2) applications of technology systems and (3)
technology issues, impacts, significance and careers. This course
includes using the engineering design process, mathematics, science,
language arts, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and the
Internet to solve problems and make informed decisions.
Unit Title: Introduction to Scratch
This
unit is designed to teach students a programming language developed by
the MIT Media Lab to teach programming to students and other first-time
programmers. Scratch 2.0 allows new programmers to create programs
by snapping together code blocks. Scratch 2.0 consists of a
programming language made up of different code blocks and an
easy-to-learn graphical development environment that includes a paint
application for creating graphics and built-in sound-editing
capabilities. Scratch 2.0 also comes with a huge collection of
graphics and sound files, all of which can be used to create Scratch 2.0
projects.
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