Name: mBlock
Author: Makeblock

Use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output.

Practicing to notice causal connections

Learning to build information on top of previously learned

Learning to combine information to find new innovations

Encouraging to build new information and visions

Practicing to recognize and express feelings

Analysing problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems

Connecting subjects learned at school to skills needed at working life

Developing problem solving skills

Creating requirements for creative thinking

Practicing to improvise

Practicing to use imagination and to be innovative

Practicing persistent working

Learning to find the joy of learning and new challenges

Understanding technological system operations through making

Practicing logical reasoning, algorithms and programming through making

Using technology as a part of explorative and creative process

Understanding and practicing safe and responsible uses of technology

Building common knowledge of technological solutions and their meaning in everyday life

Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts.

Use logical reasoning to predict the behaviour of simple programs.

Understand what algorithms are, how they are implemented as programs on digital devices, and that programs execute by following precise and unambiguous instructions.

Create and debug simple programs.

Practicing to be responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology

Using information technology to create programs, systems and a range of content

Understanding and applying the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation

Design and iteratively develop programs that combine control structures, including nested loops and compound conditionals.

Describe choices made during program development using code comments, presentations, and demonstrations.

Test and debug (identify and fix errors) a program or algorithm to ensure it runs as intended.

Decompose (break down) problems into smaller, manageable subproblems to facilitate the program development process.

Create programs that use variables to store and modify data.

Create programs that include sequences, events, loops, and conditionals.

Decompose (break down) the steps needed to solve a problem into a precise sequence of instructions.

Develop programs with sequences and simple loops, to express ideas or address a problem.

Debug (identify and fix) errors in an algorithm or program that includes sequences and simple loops.

Develop plans that describe a program’s sequence of events, goals, and expected outcomes.

Develop their capability, creativity and knowledge in computer science, digital media and information technology.

Develop and apply their analytic, problem-solving, design, and computational thinking skills.

Use two or more programming languages, at least one of which is textual, to solve a variety of computational problems.

Undertake creative projects that involve selecting, using, and combining multiple applications, preferably across a range of devices.

Understand simple Boolean logic and some of its uses in circuits and programming.

Understand several key algorithms that reflect computational thinking.

Understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation.

Design, use and evaluate computational abstractions that model the state and behaviour of real-world problems and physical systems.

Design and develop modular programs that use procedures or functions.

Create, re-use, revise and re-purpose digital artefacts for a given audience, with attention to trustworthiness, design and usability.

Be responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology.

Make appropriate use of data structures.

Learn to analyse problems in computational terms

Use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs.

Recognise common uses of information technology beyond school.

Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content.

Understand what algorithms are; how they are implemented as programs on digital devices; and that programs execute by following precise and unambiguous instructions.

Learning to plan and organize work processes

Realizing the connection between subjects learned in free time
and their impact to skills needed at worklife

Practicing to look things from different perspectives

Practicing  to use imagination and to be innovative

Encouraging students to be innovative and express new ideas

Practicing to evaluate one's own learning

Practicing logical reasoning to understand and interpret information in different forms

Practising to understand visual concepts and shapes and observe their qualities

Learning to acquire, modify and produce information in different forms

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Practicing creative thinking

Practicing strategic thinking

Practicing to plan and execute studies, make observations and measurements

Practicing to create questions and make justifiable arguments based on observations

Experiencing and exploring sounds and music from different sources

Using technological resources for finding and applying information

Using technology resources for problem solving

Practicing to notice links between subjects learned

Practicing versatile ways of working

Practicing decision making

Encouraging positive attitude towards working life

Practicing time management

Enabling the growth of positive self-image

Practicing to give, get and reflect feedback

Learning decision-making, influencing and accountability

Learning to listen other people’s opinions

Practicing to work with others

Collect data using computational tools and transform the data to make it more useful and reliable.

Model how computer hardware and software work together as a system to accomplish tasks.

Design projects that combine hardware and software components to collect and exchange data.

Understand several key algorithms that reflect computational thinking [for example, ones for sorting and searching]; use logical reasoning to compare the utility of alternative algorithms for the same problem.

Create, reuse, revise and repurpose digital artefacts for a given audience, with attention to trustworthiness, design and usability.

Evaluating and applying information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems

Select, use and combine a variety of software on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information.

Practicing to use arts as a way to express

Systematically test and refine programs using a range of test cases.

Seek and incorporate feedback from team members and users to refine a solution that meets user needs.

Document programs in order to make them easier to follow, test, and debug.

Distribute tasks and maintain a project timeline when collaboratively developing computational artifacts.

Decompose problems and subproblems into parts to facilitate the design, implementation, and review of programs.

Create clearly named variables that represent different data types and perform operations on their values.

Use an iterative process to plan the development of a program by including others' perspectives and considering user preferences.

Take on varying roles, with teacher guidance, when collaborating with peers during the design, implementation, and review stages of program development.

Modify, remix, or incorporate portions of an existing program into one's own work, to develop something new or add more advanced features.

Compare and refine multiple algorithms for the same task and determine which is the most appropriate.

Give attribution when using the ideas and creations of others while developing programs.

Syvennetään oppilaiden käsityksiä eri laitteiden, ohjelmistojen ja palvelujen käyttö- ja toimintalogiikasta.

Ohjelmointia harjoitellaan osana eri oppiaineiden opintoja.

Harjoitellaan  systematisoimaan, organisoimaan ja jakamaan tiedostoja sekä valmistamaan erilaisia digitaalisia tuotoksia itsenäisesti ja yhdessä.

Tutkitaan tieto- ja viestintäteknologian vaikutusta arkeen ja otetaan selvää sen kestävistä käyttötavoista.

Oppilaita kannustetaan toteuttamaan tvt:n avulla ideoitaan yksin ja yhdessä toisten kanssa.

Oppilaat oppivat käyttämään erilaisia laitteita, ohjelmistoja ja palveluita sekä ymmärtämään niiden käyttö- ja toimintalogiikkaa.

Ohjelmointia kokeillessaan oppilaat saavat kokemuksia siitä, miten teknologian toiminta riippuu ihmisen tekemistä ratkaisuista.

Harjoitellaan sujuvan tekstin tuottamista ja käsittelyä eri välineillä ja oppitaan myös kuvan, äänen, videon ja animaation tekemistä.

Tutustutaan, mihin tarkoituksiin tieto- ja viestintäteknologiaa käytetään lähiympäristössä ja mikä sen merkitys on arjessa.

Opetellaan tieto- ja viestintäteknologian keskeistä käsitteistöä.

Harjoitellaan laitteiden, ohjelmistojen ja palveluiden käyttöä ja opetellaan niiden keskeisiä käyttö- ja toimintaperiaatteita.

Tieto- ja viestintäteknologian perustaitoja harjoitellaan ja opitaan käyttämään niitä opiskelun välineinä.

Harjoitellaan näppäintaitoja sekä muita tekstin tuottamisen ja käsittelyn perustaitoja.

 Keskustellaan ja luodaan yhdessä tvt:n turvallisia käyttötapoja ja hyviä käytöstapoja.

Oppilaita opetetaan ymmärtämään teknologian toimintaperiaatteita ja kustannusten muodostumista sekä harjoittelemaan sen vastuullista käyttöä ja teknologisten ideoiden kehittämistä ja mallintamista.

Oppilaat oppivat ymmärtämään teknologian kehitystä, monimuotoisuutta ja merkitystä omassa elämässä, kouluyhteisössä ja yhteiskunnassa.

Tarkastellaan teknologian monimuotoisuutta ja merkitystä.

Opastetaan oppilaita teknologian vastuulliseen ja turvalliseen käyttöön ja tarkastellaan siihen liittyviä eettisiä kysymyksiä.

Hankitaan tietoa teknologian kehityksestä ja vaikutuksista eri elämänalueilla ja monenlaisissa ympäristöissä.

Tiedon rakentumisen erilaisia tapoja tutkitaan yhdessä ja oppilaita rohkaistaan tuomaan esille omaa kokemustietoaan ja pohtimaan sen merkitystä ajattelulleen.

Tehdään havaintoja ja harjaannutetaan havaintoherkkyyttä, haetaan monipuolisesti tietoa sekä tarkastellaan käsillä olevaa asiaa kriittisesti eri näkökulmista.

Oppilaita kannustetaan ottamaan vastuuta opiskeluun liittyvien tavoitteiden asettamisesta, työn suunnittelusta ja oman työskentelyprosessin ja etenemisen arvioinnista.

Harjoitellaan keinoja tarkkaavaisuutensa ja keskittyneisyytensä ylläpitämiseen sekä ohjausta teknologian ja muiden apuvälineiden hyödyntämiseen opiskelussaan.

Ajattelun taitoja kehitetään luomalla monimuotoisia tilaisuuksia itsenäiseen ja yhteiseen ongelmanratkaisuun, argumentointiin, päättelyyn ja johtopäätösten tekemiseen sekä asioiden välisten vuorovaikutussuhteiden ja keskinäisten yhteyksien huomaamiseen ja siten systeemiseen ajatteluun.

Vahvistetaan taitoa asettaa kysymyksiä ja hakea niihin vastauksia itsenäisesti ja yhdessä toisten kanssa havaintoja tehden sekä erilaisia tietolähteitä ja apuvälineitä hyödyntäen. Samalla kehittyvät oppilaiden edellytykset tunnistaa pohdittavaan asiaan liittyviä erilaisia näkökulmia ja löytää uusia oivalluksia sekä harjaantua vähitellen asioiden kriittiseen tarkasteluun.

Code School Finland provides training and teaching materials for programming and robotics in primary education. Code School Finland's material library consists of learning modules and hands-on implementation projects for primary education grades. The library fulfills the objectives set for programming in the Finnish and UK national core curriculums as well as the US CSTA K-12 standards. Projects are integrated with subject studies, such as chemistry, arts and music and can be used for phenomenon-based learning. Programming is done with Scratch. Code School Finland also provides good teacher materials for teachers to learn the required skills themselves.

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Learning to notice causal connections

Practicing categorization and classification

Using technology for interaction and collaboration

Familiarizing with the influences of media and understanding its affordances

Learning to view and consider media and advertising critically

Practicing to find, evaluate and share information

Practicing to use information independently and interactively

Understanding and interpreting of matrices and diagrams

Learning to understand and interpret diverse types of texts, from vernacular to academic

Learning consumer knowledge and smart economics

Understand the term search engine optimisation (SEO) , on-page optimization and off-page optimization.

Set prices for products and provide periodical discounts or promotional offers.

Understand what referral marketing is, how this works as well as the benefits and pitfalls of this marketing method.

Understand what a retargeting campaign is and how this works.

Understand contextual advertising. Create a keywords-based ads campaign and make adjustments

Understand the term keyword. Create a list of keywords which can be used when optimizing content for a website, for advertising and on social media platforms.

Distinguish types of content used to drive traffic and enhance engagement like: graphic representations, info graphics, meme, videos, guides, product reviews, testimonials, lists, articles or whitepapers.

Recognize various methods for promoting a website like: online advertising, inbound and referral links, e-mail marketing, social media, submitting your website to a directory/search engine.

Understand the main parts of a website like: home page, company identity, contact information, news or articles, services/product description, landing page, search, e-commerce facility, web forms, video section, links and meta-description.

Understand common online advertising terms like: pay per click (PPC), cost per acquisition (CPA) and cost per conversion (CPC), return on advertising spend (ROAS).

Understand common e-mail terms like: open rate, click rate, bounce rate, unsubscribe, total subscribers.

Understand the term web traffic and the importance of attracting quality web traffic

Understand the term A/B testing. Recognize its importance in measuring and the improvement of campaigns like: e-mail marketing, online advertising, website and content creation.

Understand the term analytics. Recognize the importance of measuring the performance of a digital marketing campaign over time.

Understand the main elements of a digital marketing strategy like: alignment to business goals and marketing objectives, identification of target audience, analysis of competitors, selection of appropriate platforms and mediums, planning and creation of content, allocation of budgets, reporting

Recognize the need for a consistent online presence synchronized with corporate identity and design.

Recognize the main legal and regulatory obligations when carrying out digital marketing in a country.

Understand some of the limitations of digital marketing: lack of face-to- face interaction, can be obtrusive, time commitment to manage it professionally, may not be suitable for every product or service.

Understand some of the advantages of digital marketing: cost effectiveness, ability to track and measure progress, targeted demographic reach, higher engagement compared to traditional marketing, catering to mobile customers.

Identify typical goals when using digital marketing like: increased brand awareness, lead generation, sales generation, informing customers, improved customer service, direct customer engagement, generating traffic

Define different elements of digital marketing like: content marketing, social media marketing, e-mail marketing, mobile marketing, affiliate marketing, search engine marketing (SEM), search engine optimization (SEO), display advertising, analytics.

Understand the term Digital Marketing

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Using Scratch, Arduino C++ and Python that are all integrated in mBlock, students can create programs to control the on-screen sprites or MakeBlock robots. mBlock supports both Microsoft Cognitive Services and deep learning features, meaning that children can learn and understand the fundamentals of AI through making games and applications. In addition to this, the specially designed cloud service allows students to access to multiple IoT applications, giving them the chance to experience IoT in daily life.

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