초등학교에서 사물인터넷(IoT) 교육을 위한 교육과정 및 IoT 체험 장치의 개발과 적용

Abstract

This study aims to develop a curriculum (draft) for the education of contents related to the Internet of Things (IoT) in elementary school setting and a device for such students to experience the IoT, and test the appropriateness of the device by applying it to the actual educational field. The results of the study are as follows.
 First, a curriculum (draft) for IoT education in elementary schools was proposed as the revision of the 2022 curriculum.
 Second, 4-basic and 3-advanced IoT devices for IoT education in elementary schools were developed as well as a guide for assembling and operating them.
 Third, although elementary school students had a certain understanding of what the IoT is and where it is used in our lives, they did not understand the components and operation process of it well.
 Fourth, elementary school students of the present analysis claimed that it was effortless to assemble and operate the developed IoT device, its user experience was interesting, and they were able to understand the components and operation process of the IoT device well.
 Fifth, students of this experiment declared their interest to assemble and operate more types of devices other than the ones developed in this research and revealed their opinion that the IoT would be used more in our lives in the future.
 Sixth, it was thought that it was urgently necessary to introduce IoT education in elementary schools so that students could understand more in detail and experience more. These results suggest that the hereby developed IoT experience device would be appropriate for further testing as an effective IoT educational material for elementary school students.