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Educational Technology

QSI Shenzhen's vision for the EdTech classes is to lay the foundation for students to succeed in a world filled with pervasive and rapidly changing technology. While the EdTech classes mainly focuses on certain transient fundamental competencies such as keyboarding, word processing, and productive, safe internet use, it also introduces skills such as empowered thinking, effective communication and safe, effective digital citizenship. Because the rate of change is increasing, skills for transferring knowledge across technologies and “learning to learn” are also introduced and emphasized. The course emphasizes approaches, skills and knowledge that help put technology in perspective, equipping students to contemplate both the advantages and specific risks inherent in technology’s use.  
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8, 9, 10 and 11 year olds

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The EdTech classes are designed to introduce students to the wide range of technological possibilities in the world today. The course is divided into four essential and five selective units. Students will have two 45 minute EdTech classes each week in the computer lab. Additional technology lessons that enhance homeroom lessons will take place on iPads through out the week.

The E02 Digital Citizenship and the E03 Microsoft Office units are integrated into homeroom/main subject projects and lessons. The E01 Keyboarding unit is a year long unit in which students will spend the first 10 minutes of each class mastering their keyboarding skills. The E04 Programming unit normally takes 20 class periods to complete. After completing the four essential units, the students have a choice between five selective units, allowing them to pick an area of interest to learn more about.
​​QSI 8 year old EdTech units:
Essential Unit 1: Keyboarding
Essential Unit 2: Digital Citizenship
Essential Unit 3: Microsoft Word
Essential Unit 4: Computer Programming
Selective Unit 1: Digital Media Literacy
Selective Unit 2: Technology Resources 
Selective Unit 3: Robotics (After school activity) 
Selective Unit 4: Virtual Reality
Selective Unit 5: Projects in Emerging Technology
​​QSI 9 year old EdTech units:
Essential Unit 1: Keyboarding
Essential Unit 2: Digital Citizenship
Essential Unit 3: Microsoft PowerPoint
Essential Unit 4: Computer Programming
Selective Unit 1: Digital Media Literacy
Selective Unit 2: Technology Resources 
Selective Unit 3: Robotics (After school activity) 
Selective Unit 4: Virtual Reality
Selective Unit 5: Projects in Emerging Technology
​​QSI 10 year old EdTech units:
Essential Unit 1: Keyboarding
Essential Unit 2: Digital Citizenship
Essential Unit 3: Microsoft Excel
Essential Unit 4: Computer Programming
Selective Unit 1: Digital Media Literacy
Selective Unit 2: Map Skills 
Selective Unit 3: Robotics (After school activity) 
Selective Unit 4: Virtual Reality
Selective Unit 5: Projects in Emerging Technology
QSI 11 year old EdTech units:
Essential Unit 1: Keyboarding
Essential Unit 2: Digital Citizenship
Essential Unit 3: Microsoft SWAY
Essential Unit 4: Computer Programming
Selective Unit 1: Simulated Physics
Selective Unit 2: Basic Web Page Design
Selective Unit 3: Robotics (After school activity) 
Selective Unit 4: Virtual Reality
Selective Unit 5: Projects in Emerging Technology

12 and 13 year olds

The EdTech classes for the 12 and 13 year olds is a two year course that is broken down into five essential units and 17 selective units. The students first complete the five essential units then choose which selective units they plan on completing. The normal pace for this course leads to mastery of the five essential units and a minimum of five of the selective units. Students may complete more than five selective units, this does help the student's GPA. 12 and 13 year old students have five 45 minute EdTech classes over a two week period.


​QSI 12 and 13 year old EdTech essential units:
Essential Unit 1: Keyboarding
Essential Unit 2: Digital Citizenship 
Essential Unit 3: Productivity Software
Essential Unit 4: Presentation Skills
Essential Unit 5: Computer Programming 
​QSI 12 and 13 year old EdTech selective units:
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Selective Unit 1: Basic Image Manipulation
Selective Unit 2: Web Page Design & Development 
Selective Unit 3: Digital Mapping & Geocaching
Selective Unit 4: Audio Production & Podcasting
Selective Unit 5: Movie Making & Video Editing
Selective Unit 6: Graphic Design
Selective Unit 7: Game Design
Selective Unit 8: Desktop Publishing
Selective Unit 9: Yearbook Planning & Layout
Selective Unit 10: Yearbook Design & Image Manipulation
Selective Unit 11: Robotics (After school activity)
Selective Unit 12: Makerspace
Selective Unit 13: Projects in Emerging Technology I
Selective Unit 14: Projects in Emerging Technology II
Selective Unit 15: Virtual Reality
Selective Unit 16: Programming II
Selective Unit 17: Databases
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