High School Technology Applications Alabama Standards

Examples: changing the number of arguments to determine which instance of the class will be created

Example: Use BigO notation to determine whether an algorithm is both correct and efficient.

Examples: linear, binary, jump, interpolation, exponential, ternary

Examples: logical reasoning, order of operations, functional reasoning, proportional reasoning

Examples: if-else statements, comparison

Examples: IDEs, professional and amateur repositories

Software Design

Examples: quality audits, quality testing, inspection, checkpoint reviews

Example: Design and utilize a questionnaire to assess customers’ needs.

Customer Service

Foundational Standards

Research and collect data to create a solution that aligns with the client's needs and goals.

Design an information technology-based project plan utilizing researched strategies to solve a given problem, including aspects of planning and cybersecurity, design implementation, and project management.

Perform quality assurance protocols to enable the delivery of working software products according to specifications.

Deliver and evaluate basic technical documents, presentations, and group interactions, using a variety of authoring tools and desktop and cloud-based software.

Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces.

Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.

Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.

Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.

Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.

Use technology to collaborate with peers and/or experts to create digital artifacts that can be published online for a target audience.

Formulate new ideas, solve problems, or create products through the design and engineering process by utilizing testing, prototypes, and user feedback.

Design a program that uses data, functions, looping and iteration, sequencing, abstraction, list, and selection.

Integrate mathematical concepts into a program by writing the code, performing unit testing, and debugging the program.

Utilize Boolean operators, mathematical operators, and relational operators in creating program code.

Create an algorithm that includes an input and an output to solve a real-world problem.

Debug processes within a program by identifying and locating the problem, removing the faulty source code, and repairing the code.

Utilize efficient searching algorithms to solve a given problem.

Utilize mathematical formulas to assess the efficiency of sorting and searching algorithms and choose the more efficient one to use in a given situation.

Create complex applications using input, calculations, output, control structures, and data structures.

Construct recursive algorithms to solve a problem.

Develop class constructors using method overloading concepts.

Construct multidimensional arrays and use the input and output data to solve a problem.

Demonstrate the effective use of tools for software development.

Classify program structure, blocks, and storage types according to operational efficiency.

Construct console and file input and output, functions, arrays, and strings.

Develop a software program that demonstrates input/output, processing, and storage in order to outline the flow of data for each phase.

Create an advanced algorithm using plain language and incorporating pseudocode to solve a real-world programming problem.

Computer Numbering Systems

Software Design and Programming

Computer Systems

Digital Literacy

Foundational Standards

Describe ethical and legal practices for safeguarding the confidentiality of business-related information.

Explain why any input-processing algorithm must correctly handle all problem variants.

Write an algorithm to solve mathematical problems using formulas, equations, and functions.

Represent the logical flow of a program graphically. Examples: flowcharts, data traces, input/output charts

Utilize and explain techniques for code commenting and documentation. Example: inserting meta text in source code

Design a program that uses mathematical operations, data, functions, looping and iteration, sequencing, abstraction, lists, and selection. Examples: if-else statements, comparison

Design a program using visual modeling software to illustrate abstraction of languages from the solutions. Examples: Appian, Claris FileMaker, DWkit, Google AppSheet, Looker 7, Mendix, Microsoft PowerApps, OutSystems, Robocoder Rintagi, Salesforce Lightning, Sisense, Skyve Foundry, Temenos (formerly Kony), SIB Visions VisionX, Wix Editor X, Yellowfin 9, Zoho Creator

Design a program that passes arguments and parameters (variables).

Evaluate algorithms based on given designs to discuss their efficiency, correctness, and clarity. Examples: analyzing and comparing execution times, testing with multiple inputs or data sets, debugging

Construct programs that utilize logical algorithms from specifications and requirement statements.

Create a model software program which involves coding, testing, and documenting according to industry coding standards and guidelines.

Explain how strings of 0s and 1s are used in programming.

Describe possible threats to a laptop, tablet, computer, and/or network and methods for avoiding attacks related to programming.

Summarize how numerical values are represented using different bases, including decimal and binary.

Demonstrate how numbers with decimals can have fixed-point or floating-point representations in binary.

Compare and contrast quantum and classical computing notation systems. Example: qubits

Explain the consequences of social engineering, illegal, and unethical uses of technology. Examples: piracy, illegal downloading, licensing infringement; inappropriate use of software, hardware, or mobile devices in the work environment

Describe computing innovations which have the potential to advance programming or other aspects of computer science. Examples: artificial intelligence, quantum computing, low- or no-code programming

Describe the flow of data and instructions through computer systems.

Explain how data is represented, manipulated, and stored in a computer.

Describe the components of the programming development environment (the hardware and software used by programmers). Examples: text editor, compiler, debugging, profiler, IDE, modeling

Compare and contrast current programming languages utilized by business and industry and determine features, functions, and benefits of each.

Identify and explain various kinds of cryptographic algorithms. Examples: hashing, symmetric, asymmetric

Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining tools and machinery; handling materials; utilizing personal protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces.

Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.

Explore the range of careers available in the field and investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.

Advocate and practice safe, legal, responsible, and ethical use of information and technology tools specific to the industry pathway.

Participate in a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.

Use technology to collaborate with peers and/or experts to create digital artifacts that can be published online for a target audience.

Formulate new ideas, solve problems, or create products through the design and engineering process by utilizing testing, prototypes, and user feedback.