Teaching 2nd Grade Computer Science Password Basics
When you start teaching the basics of internet safety to a room full of seven-year-olds, the concept of a password often feels too abstract for them to grasp. I have found that Keeping Your Digital World Safe is a straightforward way to handle this topic in a 2nd... read more
Teaching Patterns in Data for 2nd Grade Computer Science
When a student stares at a bar graph, they often get stuck on the individual bars rather than the story the bars tell together. They might see a bar that is higher than the rest and shout out the tallest one, ignoring the trend altogether. It is a common moment in 2nd... read more
A second grade digital citizenship lesson on kind messages
Someone in an online game asks for your password. That is the scenario second graders face in the guided practice of Being a Kind Digital Citizen. I like that the lesson picks it, because a seven-year-old’s first instinct is usually to be helpful. Online,... read more