American School of Marrakesh

Computer 7

Upper School / Grade 7 / Technology / Computer 7 / Week 9 - Week 17

Networks
Achiroae, Dan

ASM Mission
Our mission at ASM is to foster excellence through critical thinking and creativity; build resilience and character; promote responsible, global citizenship; and
encourage lifelong learning.

Stage 1: Desired Results

Goals
ISTE: Educational Technology (2016)
All Grades
1. Empowered Learner
Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences. Students:
d. understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer
their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.
3. Knowledge Constructor

Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves
and others. Students:
a. plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.
Enduring Understandings Essential Questions
Sample Enduring Understandings Sample Essential Questions

Networks include a variety of human and technology components that can be mapped what is a network?
and analyzed to troubleshoot problems and improve the system.
Networks have physical and logical structures that allow information to be routed what are the different types of networks?
between computers. These structures have an impact on the flow (e.g., bandwidth) of What are network peripherals?
information that can affect a user's experience what are the advantages and disadvantages of a network?
what are the different types of network topologiess?
what is a network topology?
What is a bus network?
What are its advantages and disadvantages?
What is a star network?
What are its advantages and disadvantages?
What is a ring network?
What are its advantages and disadvantages?
what is a network adapter?
What is a mac filter?
what is an ethernet cable?
what is a hub?
what is a switch?
What is a router?
what is a modem?
what is a server?
What is a client?
what are the different types of servers?
how is data transmitted? what are the 3 different types?
how does data transfer through the internet?
what is TCP/IP?
what is a DNS server?
what are IPV4 addresses?
What are IPV6 addresses?
what is HTTP?
How does this help in data transfer over the internet?
what is the internet?
what is encryption?
How is data encrypted on the internet?
Why should data be encrypted before it is sent?
what is TSL and SSL?
What are the things you can do to check is a site you are visiting is secure?
what are cookies?
how do websites use cookies?
What is cached data?

what are the different ways people can connect to the internet?

Content Skills
Students will know... Bloom's Wheel

Bloom's Taxonomy

what a computer network is and how they are created Students will be able to ...
how the internet works and how data is sent over the network
The different ways people can connect to the internet understand and define a network
Define what a network is composed of - peripherals
define how networks are created
understand what the internet is and how data is sent over the internet
what security measures are in place to protect data transfer
The different ways you can connect to the internet

Stage 2: Assessment Evidence

Assessments
different ways to connect to the internet
Formative: Written: Informative

Note taking/discussions
Formative: Oral: Discussion

end of unit test

Summative: Written: Informative

Stage 3: Learning Plan

 Learning Activities Resources
Introduce the aims of the unit - see PPT
 
Start the unit by having students research into the different ways you can connect to the
internet and to create a research document
 
ask students to define what a network is - students to take notes from the PPT
 
 Networks.pptx
ask students to define the 2 different types of a network - LAN and WAN. - students to
take notes from the PPT  Networks end of unit test.docx
 
ask students to compose a list of what they think are the advantages and disadvantages  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZghMPWGXexs
of a network - complete the list using the notes in the PPT
 Different ways to connect to the Internet.docx
 
Discuss with students that there are 3 network designs - star, ring and bus - have  Network Rubric.docx
students take notes on these 3 designs and their advantages and disadvantages
 
ask students to compile a list of the peripherals that are used to create a network -
complete the list with the notes from the PPT
 
ask students about the difference between a hub, switch and router - students to take
notes from the PPT
 
ask students if they can describe how the internet works
 
discuss with students what a server is and the 3 different types are with examples -
students take notes from the PPT
 
ask students how data is transferred - in what 3 forms -
students take notes from the PPT
 
Students take notes in detail on how data is transferred over the network that is the
internet
 
discuss with students their understanding of what TCP/IP are and how IP addresses
work
students take notes from the PPT
 
 
Discuss with students what HTTPs are and how websites are loaded -
students take notes from the PPT
 
Discuss with students what their understanding is of encryption and why data should be
encrypted before it is sent over a network -
watch the video and students take notes from the PPT
discuss with students the different ways you can ensure a website is safe when browsing
-
students take notes from the PPT
 
 
Students to take the end of unit test on networks

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