Standards
Construct a complex system of numbers or letters to represent information. Example: Student-created complex secret codes using more than one form to solve a problem or answer a question.
Generate resourceIdentify appropriate and inappropriate uses of communication technology and discuss the permanence of actions in the digital world.
Generate resourceExplain that laws and tools exist to help ensure that people of varying abilities can access electronic and information technology. Examples: Section 508, Telecommunication Act of 1996, Braille, closed captioning, text to speech.
Generate resourceExplain the different forms of web advertising and why websites, digital resources, and artifacts may include advertisements that may collect personal information. Examples: personalized web experiences based on tailored web searches, maintaining search history, quicker access to relevant information.
Generate resourceShare knowledge of resources in the community that can give people access to technology. Example: student created print and/or digital resource to share WiFi or other connectivity opportunities within the community.
Generate resourceExplore and predict how advances in computing technologies affect job opportunities and/or processes now and in the future.
Generate resourceUse advanced features of digital tools and media-rich resources to communicate key ideas and details in a way that informs, persuades, and/or entertains.
Generate resourcePublish organized information in different ways to make it more useful or relevant. Examples: Infographic, student created website.
Generate resourceType 25 words per minute with 95% accuracy using appropriate keyboarding techniques.
Generate resourceConduct advanced keyword searches to produce valid, appropriate results and evaluate results for accuracy, relevance, and appropriateness. Examples: Search techniques, check for credibility and validity.
Generate resourceCreate an algorithm to solve a problem while detecting and debugging logical errors within the algorithm. Examples: Program the movement of a character, robot, or person through a maze. Define a variable that can be changed or updated.
Generate resourceCollaborate locally and globally using online digital tools under teacher supervision.
Generate resourceManipulate data to answer a question using a variety of computing methods and tools to collect, organize, graph, analyze, and publish the resulting information.
Generate resourceIdentify computing services that may be initially turned on by default. Examples: Geolocations, geotagging.
Generate resourceIdentify the key components of a network. Examples: Links, nodes, networking devices.
Generate resourceDescribe the need for authentication of users and devices as it relates to access permissions, privacy, and security. Examples: Logging in at school, logging personal devices to public networks.
Generate resourceAnalyze the concepts, features, and behaviors illustrated by a simulation. Examples: Object motion, weather, ecosystem, predator/prey.
Generate resourceDefine social engineering and discuss possible defenses. Examples: Phishing, impersonating
Generate resourceDevelop, test, and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process to solve a complex problem. Examples: Design backpack for a specific user’s needs; design a method to collect and transport water without the benefit of faucets; design boats that need to hold as much payload as possible before sinking; design models of chairs based on specific user needs.
Generate resourceDevelop and recommend solutions to a given problem and explain the process to an audience.
Generate resourceCreate a working program in a block-based visual programming environment using arithmetic operators, conditionals, and repetition in programs.
Generate resourceDemonstrate that programs require known starting values that may need to be updated appropriately during the execution of programs. Examples: Set initial value of a variable, updating variables.
Generate resourceExplain the proper use and operation of security technologies. Examples: Passwords, virus protection software, spam filters, pop-up blockers, cookies.
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