High School Technology Applications SCOS Standards

Understand computing systems.

Understand computing devices.

Understand the relationship between hardware and software.

Understand networks and the internet.

Understand how sensitive data can be affected by malware and other attacks.

Understand how computer systems and networks facilitate the transfer of data.

Understand various security measures and the protections they provide.

Understand how data is transferred across a network and the role of protocols in transmitting data.

Understand data and analysis.

Understand data collection and storage methods.

Understand basic data manipulation techniques.

Understand data visualizations.

Understand ethical use of data.

Understand programming.

Understand the basic concepts of programming, including variables and data types.

Understand the purpose of functions and methods.

Understand program flow.

Understand the use of algorithms in problem-solving.

Understand debugging techniques.

Understand the impacts of computing.

Understand the impact computing has on culture and society.

Understand the impact computing has on safety, law, and ethics.

Understand computational tools used to increase connectivity.

Understand artificial intelligence (AI).

Understand the basic concepts of artificial intelligence.

Understand different types of artificial intelligence and how they are used.

Understand artificial intelligence limitations and societal impacts.

Understand basic creative development.

Describe computational innovations. U3-L1; U10-L1

Understand input and output in computing systems. U3-L1; U3-L6; U3-L9; U4-L7

Identify errors in algorithms or programs. U3-L7; U4-L7; U5-L7

Design user interface. U3-L3; U7-L4

Understand basic data.

Understand how computer store information. U1-L4; U1-L6; U1-L7;U1-L8; U4-L1; U1-L5; U4-L3

Understand how binary numbers represent data. U1-L4

Understand basic algorithms and programming.

Understand basic data structures. U4-L1; U4-L2; U5-L2; U4-L1; U4-L3

Write programs using sequential algorithms. U6-L1

Evaluate expressions in an algorithmic process. U4-L1; U4-L3; U7-L2; U7-L3; U4-L2; U5-L3; U4-L5; U4-L7; U4-L5; U4-L7

Utilize conditional expressions and selections. U4-L6; U4-L7; U4-L6; U4-L7; U5-L7; U6-L1

Utilize procedure calls in programs. U4-L3; U4-L7;U4-L9; U7-L1; U7-L3

Understand basic computing systems and networks.

Understand network structures. U2-L2

Understand how the internet works. U2-L3; U2-L4; U2-L5; U2-L6

Understand how data is sent through the internet. U2-L5; U2-L4

Understand basic impacts of computing.

Understand the impacts of computational innovation. U10-L1; U10-L4; U10-L5; U9-L6; U10-L4; U10-L8

Understand legal and ethical implications of computation innovation. U1-L11; U2-L7; U2-L8;U10-L4

Understand privacy concerns with computing systems. U10-L3; U10-L4; U2-L6; U10-L1; U10-L6; U10-L7; U10-L9; U10-L10

Understand advanced creative development.

Understand the development process. U3-L3; U3-L9

Implement collaborative tools and processes. U3-L3; U3-L9; U10-L1; U3-L8; U3-L9; U10-L1; U7-L8; U7-L10

Analyze code segments for purpose and debugging. U3-L6; U5-L17; U3-L7

Understand advanced data.

Understand data compression algorithms. U1-L9; U1-L10

Utilize data visualization tools to communicate knowledge. U5-L9; U9-L1; U9-L2; U9-L3

Extract information from data. U9-L1; U9-L1; U9-L3; U9-L5; U9-L6

Utilize models and simulations. U9-L1; U9-L3; U9-L4;U5-L6; U5-L10

Understand advanced algorithms and programming.

Understand advanced data structures. U4-L1; U5-L1; U5-L2; U5-L3

Write programs using iterative algorithms. U5-L5; U5-L7

Utilize iteration to traverse indexed data structures. U5-L1; U5-L3; U5-L1; U5-L3; U5-L9; U5-L11; U6-L2; U7-L3

Develop procedures. U6-L1; U6-L1; U6-L1; U7-L6; U3-L6; U4-L3

Evaluate the efficiency of algorithms. U6-L2; U6-L2; U6-L3; U6-L4; U6-L4

Develop procedural abstractions. U7-L1; U7-L2; U7-L6; U7-L3; U7-L5; U7-L6

Understand advanced computing systems and networks.

Understand advanced computing systems and communication protocols. U2-L6

Evaluate the reliability and efficiency of computing systems. U6-L5; U6-L5

Understand advanced impacts of computing.

Identify sources of bias and discrimination in computing systems. U2-L7; U2-L8; U9-L6

Evaluate computing systems for economic and cultural impacts. U9-L5

Understand the role of computational innovation on globalization. U9-L5

Write programs using sequential algorithms

Understand network structures.

Understand privacy concerns with computing systems

Utilize conditional expressions and selections.

Understand legal and ethical implications of computation innovation

Design user interface.

Understand the impacts of computational innovation.

Understand input and output in computing systems.

Understand basic computing systems and networks.

Identify errors in algorithms or programs.

Understand how computer store information.

Understand how data is sent through the internet.

Understand basic data.

Understand basic impacts of computing.

Understand basic data structures

Utilize procedure calls in programs.

Understand basic creative development.

Evaluate expressions in an algorithmic process.

Understand basic algorithms and programming.

Understand how binary numbers represent data.

Understand how the internet works.

Describe computational innovations

Design project-based products that address global problems.

Design global-awareness project-based products individually and collaboratively.

Analyze issues and practices of responsible behavior when using resources.

Analyze ethical issues and practices related to copyright, not plagiarizing, and netiquette.

Analyze safety issues and practices when using online resources (legal and criminal consequences, long-term career consequences of behavior).

Evaluate resources needed to solve a given problem.

Evaluate resources for reliability. (Reliability can be determined by currency, credibility, authority, etc. depending on the curriculum topic).

Evaluate resources for point of view, bias, values, or intent of information.

Evaluate content for relevance to the assigned task.

Use technology and other resources for assigned tasks.

Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to access information (multi-database search engines, online primary resources, virtual interviews with content experts).

Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to organize information (e.g. online note-taking tools, collaborative wikis).

Use appropriate technology tools and other resources to design products to share information with others (e.g. multimedia presentations, Web 2.0 tools, graphics, podcasts, and audio files).

Safety and Ethical Issues

Sources of Information

Technology as a Tool

Research Process

Construct programs that include events.

Define an algorithm as a sequence of instructions that can be processed by a computer.

Create a program that uses coordinates.

Practice creating, storing and retrieving list values.

Utilize the design thinking process to develop an understanding of a problem or user need in order to design an optimal solution.

Convert numbers from base-10 (decimal) to binary and decimal.

Apply basic mathematical operators for variable values.

Understand the importance of documenting, commenting, and debugging code to make the program easier to read.

Understand what bits and bytes are and how they relate to computers.

Evaluate the social and economic implications of privacy in the context of safety, law, and ethics.

Analyze the base-2 (binary) number system.

Recall the variety of inputs that a computer takes in and the outputs a computer sends to the user.

Describe the function of common physical components of computing systems (hardware) with appropriate terminology.

Create a program that correctly and effectively implements conditionals.

Utilize public domain or creative commons media to avoid copying or using material created by others without permission.

Implement flowcharts and pseudocode to address complex problems as algorithms.

Utilize lists to simplify solutions, generalizing computational problems instead of repeatedly using simple variables.

Understand what variables are and how to use them in a program.

Understand algorithms.

Analyze when to implement loops as a form of iteration.

Recognize functions in programs as a form of abstraction.

Declare, initialize, and assign values to constants and variables using meaningful names.

Utilize ‘If…then’ and ‘If…then…else’ statements to yield specified outcomes.

Understand what Booleans and Boolean operators are and why and when to use them.

Create a program that uses Booleans and Boolean operators.

Define and call simple functions.

Understand coordinate grid system.

Create programs that use variables to store and modify data.

Create a program that uses iteration and looping, including nested loops.

Understand ethics in computer science.

Apply Boolean expressions inside conditional (If/then and loops).

Evaluate how a sprite or game character moves across the output screen using a coordinate system.

Understand what conditional statements are and how to implement them in a program.

Understand the components of computers and computer programming.

Explain why and how functions can make code easier to read and maintain.

Understand the iteration in programming.

Understand functions.

Understand common list operations.