2nd Grade Digital Literacy & AI
- Level Elementary School
- Number of Lessons 17
- Grade 2nd
This course contains standards-aligned digital literacy and AI lessons for 2nd grade students.
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UNITS - 6 (17 lessons)
Students log in to CodeHop and create a programmed scene with characters.
Students learn how computer parts work together, create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and model how networks send information.
Students learn what it means to be a responsible digital citizen, including digital footprints and how to report cyberbullying.
Students explore how technology has changed the world and code an animated character for a fashion design career.
Students research questions they choose, collect survey data, present it in a program, and learn how files are stored and managed.
Students explore how AI helps people and see machine learning in action with an AI drawing tool.
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2nd grade students learn how computer parts connect and work together and create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. They explore digital citizenship, including digital footprints and reporting cyberbullying, and learn how technology has changed the world while coding a fashion design animation. Students also research their own questions, collect survey data and present it in a program, and explore how AI helps people and how machine learning recognizes drawings.
The word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation lessons let students create real projects, such as a document about their favorite season and a presentation about their favorite things. Students will need access to productivity software, such as Google or Microsoft tools, on a classroom device.
The course includes 17 teacher-led lessons, each about 45 minutes long, organized into six modules, with module quizzes to check understanding. Lessons follow an "I do, we do, you do" format and mix hands-on programming projects with unplugged activities. The course is flexible and can be taught in any order, and because concepts spiral across grade levels, students build on what they learned even if not every lesson is completed in a single year.
No. There are no prerequisites, and the course is designed to support all learners regardless of prior computer science experience. Students who have completed earlier grades of Digital Literacy & AI will revisit familiar topics at a deeper level.
2nd Grade Digital Literacy & AI is aligned to state computer science standards and CSTA standards.
