Subject: Information Technology Concept: Identifying Technology
Teacher: Marco Marchant Standards: AUS Curriculum Digital Year Level: 1 Technologies Y F-2 Materials: Computers, KidPix
1. Lesson Objective: perfect being is God himself and he demonstrated
Students will be able to identify that technology is that by sending his perfect son to die for us,. not only computers, iPods and iPads but a whole myriad of things such as cars, washing machines, 5. Biblical Integration: etc. They will also share their experience with For students at this level it is important to use at technology and how it can break down. least two key verses in the Word of God which demonstrates that man is fallible and imperfect. 2. Instructions: Romans 3:23. Explain this verse by saying that Ask students sit on the ground at the front of we are not able to reach God. the class ask them to give examples of Also give them an example of the tower of technology as they believe what it is. Babel and their use of technology to reach God. Ask them why they think that particular object Making bricks by hand is using technology. is called technology. Genesis 11 gives an interesting example that Show them a piece of technology in the people did not use stone. classroom such as the projector and ask them how that can be technology. 6. Biblical Lesson Objective: Prompt them to think of technology as Students identify that technology is anything that something that is created by man for a specific man creates. God is the Creator and everything he purpose. made was good and perfect. Mans disobedience Ask them to give more examples of devices caused this percent creation to become imperfect, they believe to be part of technology. hence everything that man creates has flaws. It is Ask them to think about some of the examples impossible for man to reach full perfection even they have given and what happens when they though students see that things work well for a break down. while. Everything breaks down after a while. It Ask them why they actually break down. might be interesting to ask students what they believe is something that doesn't not break down. 3. Assessment: Responses may involve some of Gods creation Ask students to use the computers to find pictures such as plants and ecosystems which man has of technology in KidPix and print it out with their nevertheless broken. name on it. An extension would be to create another picture showing things that dont really 7. Extension: break down because God is in control them. Eg. Primitive technology. https://youtu.be/ Sea life, trees and flowers, the weather, animals. VVV4xeWBIxE This guy shows how a simple thought process can expand a concept into a more 4. Biblical Principles: sophisticated piece of technology. The idea is that it As discussion continues, point students to the fact shows kids how creative we can be, just the way that just about every piece of technology we know God created us. about eventually breaks down because we are imperfect creators. The imperfection came about the fall of man through Adam. Everything that man creates is breakable. What is not breakable is the Power of God to create all things perfect. The only