Lesson
6:
Introduction
to
Technology
Subject:
English
Year
Level:
4
Lesson
Duration:
1
Hour
General
Information:
This
lesson
will
require
access
to
desktop
computers,
laptops
or
iPads.
Depending
on
the
accessibility
of
technology
within
the
individual
school,
this
lesson
may
need
to
be
held
in
the
school’s
computer
lab.
The
other
half
of
the
lesson
requires
the
students
to
complete
their
drawings
for
their
comic.
This
will
not
require
access
to
technology.
Intended
Learning
Outcomes/Purpose:
• Plan,
draft
and
publish
imaginative,
informative
and
persuasive
texts
containing
key
information
and
supporting
details
for
a
widening
range
of
audiences,
demonstrating
increasing
control
over
text
structures
and
language
features
(ACARA)
• Identify
features
of
online
texts
that
enhance
readability
including
text,
navigation,
links,
graphics
and
layout
(ACARA)
• Use
a
range
of
software
including
word
processing
programs
to
construct,
edit
and
publish
written
text,
and
select,
edit
and
place
visual,
print
and
audio
elements
(ACARA)
• Work
with
others
to
plan
the
creation
and
communication
of
ideas
and
information
safely,
applying
agreed
ethical
and
social
protocols
(ACARA)
• Use
media
technologies
to
create
time
and
space
through
the
manipulation
of
images,
sounds
and
text
to
tell
stories
(ACARA)
• Plan,
create
and
present
media
artworks
for
specific
purposes
with
awareness
of
responsible
media
practice
(ACARA)
• Students
will
learn
how
to
use
a
technology
to
create
a
digital
comic
strip.
• Students
will
complete
images
for
their
digital
comic.
Prior
Learning
and
Experiences:
Prior
to
this
lesson,
students
would
have
created
a
story
board
so
they
are
aware
of
t