UNIT PLAN (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

Unit Title
Data Communications
Unit Summary
This unit deals with data communications amongst computers.
Curriculum Links

Year Level
2015 Form 2
Approximate Time Needed
Nine (9) lessons spread over approximately nine (9) 35-minute periods.
Standards/Syllabus Outcomes .
On completion of this section, students must be able to use the terms
associated with data communications and networks, distinguish among
Internet, Intranet and Extranet, and explain concepts associated with the
internet.
Curriculum-Framing Questions
Essential Question

Unit Questions

Essential Question
How can we use the computer to communicate to our
advantage?
Unit Questions
1. How can we communicate with others over
distance at the same time?
2. How can I connect to other computers?

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Content Questions

Content Questions
1. What is data communications?
2. What is a network?
3. What are the characteristics and types of
networks?
4. What are ways for connecting computers in a
network using wired media?
5. What are ways for connecting computers in a
network wirelessly?
6. What are the different channels used to transfer
data?
7. What are the transmission modes of
communication?
8. What are terms associated with the Internet?

Before Unit Work

Begins
Diagnostic:
K-W-L Sheet
(Gauging)

Unit Details

While Students Work on

Unit
Formative:
Think/Pair/Share
(investigating)
Oral Questioning checklist
(demonstrate understanding)

After Unit Work

Ends

Summative:
Assessment/Test on Unit
(demonstrate
understanding)

Unit Details
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1. Concept Lesson What is data communications?

Definition of data communications (in students
own words)
Examples of how communication occurs.
2. Lesson 2 What is a network?
Point to point one receiver of data
Broadcast multiple receivers of data
3. Lesson 3 What are the characteristics and types of
networks?
Local Area Network (LAN)
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Intranet (private network for internal users only)
Extranet (private network allowing external users)
4. Lesson 4 Wired Transmission Media
Types of wired transmission media (twisted pair,
coaxial and fiber optic)
Characteristics
Advantages and disadvantages
5. Lesson 5 Wireless Transmission Media
Types of wireless transmission media (satellite,
radiowave (Bluetooth & WiFi), microwave,
infrared)
Characteristics
Advantages and disadvantages
6. Lesson 6 Communication Channels
Definition of the term bandwidth
Types of communication channels (narrowband,
voiceband, broadband)
Characteristics
7. Lesson 7 Transmission Modes
Definitions of types of transmission modes
(simplex, half-duplex, full duplex)
Identification of devices that use the different
transmission modes
8. Lesson 8 Terms associated with the Internet
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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
World Wide Web (WWW)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

9. Lesson 9 Summary Lesson

Student
Prerequisite Skills

Student Prerequisite Skills

Computer Literacy skills

Students Prior
Knowledge

Students Prior Knowledge

Fundamentals of computer hardware components

Teachers
Processional
Learning

Teachers Processional Learning

Open networks
Closed networks

Teaching and Learning Activities

Strategies
Active Learning
Peer tutoring
Mind Map
Visualisation
Accommodations for Diverse Needs
Students with Special Needs

Extra time allotment

Peer-tutoring
Provide individual help

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Gifted Students

Assisting other students

Give more challenging questions

Materials and Resources Required for Unit

Technology Hardware

Technology Hardware

Computers
Projector

Whiteboard
Whiteboard markers

Technology Software

Technology Software

Microsoft Office
Windows 7, 8 or 10

Printed Materials
Think-pair-share sheets
Test sheets
Printouts
Picture cutouts

Printed Materials

Other Resources

Other Resources

Unit Author
First and Last Name

Shereen Ali

School District

St George East

School Name

St. Augustine Girls High School

School Address

Evans Street, Curepe.

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