Standards - Digital Literacy & Computer Science

DLCS18.K.7

Locate letters and numbers on the keyboard.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • where letters and numbers are located on a keyboard.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • point to letters and numbers on a keyboard when prompted.
  • can type simple words using a keyboard.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • the letters and numbers on a keyboard are the same on every standard English keyboard.

Vocabulary

  • keyboard
  • letters
  • numbers

DLCS18.K.8

Present information from a variety of digital resources.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • information can be found in ebooks, websites, videos, audio files, and online articles.
  • how to share information they learned from digital resources.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • talk about a specific topic in which they gathered information from many different resources such as a digital book, website, video, and/or ebook.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • there are many different places to learn about ideas and topics such as the internet, books, videos, etc.

Vocabulary

  • digital
  • ebook
  • website
  • audio
  • onine

DLCS18.K.9

Create a research-based product collaboratively using online digital tools, given specific guidance.

COS Examples

Examples: Find simple facts about a specific topic, create a slide that contains facts located in trade books or other sources as a group or with a partner.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to display information they learned on a digital platform.
  • how to work collaboratively on a digital platform.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • work with their peers to display information learned about a topic using a digital tool such as video or a slideshow when given support and guidance from an adult.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • working with others can make a presentation or project better.
  • working with others is a skill I can work on.
  • digital tools make presenting what I learned easier.

Vocabulary

  • digital
  • collaborative

DLCS18.1.9

Use a variety of digital tools collaboratively to connect with other learners.

COS Examples

Examples: Video calling, blogs, collaborative documents.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to connect with others through image, video, text, and audio digital creation tools.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • contribute to an online video and/or audio discussion with other students in a protected platform.
  • contribute to an online text discussion with other students in a protected platform.
  • contribute to collaborative documents with other students in a protected platform.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they can communicate and connect with other learners through video, audio, images, and text in a protected learning environment.

Vocabulary

  • video
  • audio
  • text
  • image

DLCS18.1.10

Identify an appropriate tool to complete a task when given guidance and support.

COS Examples

Examples: Choosing a word processing tool to write a story, choosing a spreadsheet for a budget.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to determine which tools and applications would be best to complete certain tasks such as word processing, video, audio, presentation, drawing, and/or calculating.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • choose an appropriate digital tool to complete a given task.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • certain digital tools lend themselves to communicate certain ideas better.
  • the way in which they like to communicate ideas and information may be different than another person.

Vocabulary

  • video
  • audio
  • word processing

DLCS18.1.11

Type five words per minute minimum with 95% accuracy using appropriate keyboarding techniques.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to type 5 words per minute with 95% accuracy.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • place their fingers on the correct keys begin typing.
  • use correct keyboarding posture and technique while typing up to five words in one minute with 95 % accuracy.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • correct posture and finger placement will make them faster.
  • being able to convey your ideas and information quickly and correctly will depend upon how fast you type.

DLCS18.1.12

Identify keywords in a search and discuss how they may be used to gather information.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • key words direct the search engine to the topic you want to search.
  • key words and a + sign tell a search engine to look for both words in one place.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify the key words needed in a search to produce the information they are seeking.
  • use the + symbol between words to tell the search engine that they want both words to be in the search results.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • a search engine searches only for the words which you typed.
  • a search engine may only produce information for one of your words unless you put a + sign between them.

Vocabulary

  • keywords
  • search engine
  • +

DLCS18.1.13

Create a research-based product collaboratively using online digital tools.

COS Examples

Examples: Find simple facts about a specific topic, create a slide that contains facts located in trade books or other sources.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to display information they learned about a topic using a digital tool.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • work with others to display information learned about a topic on a digital platform such as a slide, a blog entry, or a video.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • they can learn about a topic from more than one resource, for example a trade book, podcast, website, and/or video.
  • they can show what they learned through many different digital platforms such as video, audio, and/or text.

Vocabulary

  • display

DLCS18.2.9

Use a variety of digital tools to connect with other learners.

COS Examples

Examples: Online conferences, blogs, collaborative documents.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • they can connect with others using different digital tools.
  • digital tools that connect people can be video, audio, text, or image based.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • connect with others using multiple digital tools such as collaborative documents, protected blogs, and video/audio conferences with other learners.
  • use the most appropriate tool for the task.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • there are many ways to connect with other learners digitally.
  • some ways to connect may work better in certain environments or for certain tasks.

Vocabulary

  • video
  • audio
  • image
  • text

DLCS18.2.10

Identify multiple tools which could be used to complete a task.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • which tools to use to complete a task.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify various appropriate digital tools that could complete a given task.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • certain digital tools lend themselves to communicate certain ideas better.
  • there can be more than one way to communicate an idea or complete a task.
  • the way in which they like to communicate ideas and information may be different than another person.

DLCS18.2.11

Type 10 words per minute with 95% accuracy using appropriate keyboarding techniques.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to type 10 words per minute.
  • how to type accurately 95% of the time.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • place their fingers on the correct keys begin typing.
  • use correct keyboarding posture and technique while typing up to ten words in one minute with 95% accuracy.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • correct posture and finger placement will help them communicate ideas faster.
  • being able to convey your ideas and information quickly and correctly will depend upon how quickly you type.

DLCS18.2.13

Create a research-based product using online digital tools.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • information can be gathered about a topic using a digital tool.
  • information can be organzied about a topic using a digital tool.
  • how to use an appropriate online digital tool to present information about a topic.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • research about a topic.
  • collect information about a topic.
  • organize and display what they learned using an online digital tool.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • An online digital tool can be used to organize and display information and ideas.

Vocabulary

  • online

DLCS18.3.14

Type 15 words per minute with 95% accuracy using appropriate keyboarding techniques.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • keyboarding techniques.
  • that by knowing the keyboard, less time is spent on entering information so the focus is the content with which they are working.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • type 15 words per minute with 95% accuracy using appropriate keyboarding techniques.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • by knowing the keyboard, less time is spent on entering information so the focus is the content with which they are working.

Vocabulary

  • words per minute
  • accuracy
  • keyboarding techniques
  • QWERTY keyboard
  • home row

DLCS18.3.15

Describe local, networked, and online or cloud environments.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that the Internet is constructed of a network of connections.
  • information can be saved or stored on a local device or online in a cloud environment.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • describe local, networked, and online or cloud environments and how a user can utilize each environment to meet their need.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • the Internet is constructed of a network of connections.
  • online or cloud environments are available 24/7 from any Internet
  • connected device and location.

Vocabulary

  • local environment
  • networked environment
  • online environment
  • cloud environment
  • network
  • fiber
  • access points
  • switches
  • saved
  • stored

DLCS18.3.16

Conduct basic keyword searches to produce valid, appropriate results, and evaluate results for accuracy, relevance, and appropriateness.

COS Examples

Examples: Use search techniques, check for credibility and validity.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • strategies to conduct keyword searches.
  • strategies evaluate the accuracy of information.
  • not all information online is valid or true.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • conduct basic keyword searches using basic words and phrases.
  • explain how they know information located online is valid or true.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • using specific keywords while searching will deliver best results.
  • not all information online is valid or true.

Vocabulary

  • keyword
  • search
  • valid
  • true
  • accuracy/accurate
  • relevance/relevant

DLCS18.4.13

Synthesize complex information from multiple sources in different ways to make it more useful and/or relevant.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • information from multiple sources can be combined or synthesized.
  • there are multiple was to combine information to communicate with others.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • synthesize information from multilple sources in a variety of ways to make it more useful such as a flowchart, timeline, infographic, multimedia etc.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • information is obtained from multiple sources to better make sense of information.
  • information can be presented in different ways to make it more useful.

Vocabulary

  • synthesize
  • relevant
  • timeline
  • flowcart
  • infographic

DLCS18.4.14

Type 20 words per minute with 95% accuracy using appropriate keyboarding techniques.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • keyboarding techniques.
  • by knowing the keyboard, less time is spent on entering information so the focus is the content with which they are working.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • type 20 words per minute with 95% accuracy using appropriate keyboarding techniques.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • by knowing the keyboard, less time is spent on entering information so the focus is the content with which they are working.

Vocabulary

  • words per minute
  • accuracy
  • keyboarding techniques
  • QWERTY keyboard
  • home row

DLCS18.4.15

Conduct complex keyword searches to produce valid, appropriate results and evaluate results for accuracy, relevance, and appropriateness.

COS Examples

Examples: Search techniques, check for credibility and validity.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • strategies to conduct complex keyword searches.
  • strategies that evaluate the accuracy of information.
  • not all information online is valid or true.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • conduct complex keyword searches using quotation marks, OR, NOT, AND, and date boundaries.
  • explain how they know information located online is valid or true.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • using complex keywords while searching will deliver best results.
  • not all information online is valid or true.

Vocabulary

  • keyword
  • search
  • valid
  • true
  • accuracy/accurate
  • relevance/relevant

DLCS18.5.16

Use advanced features of digital tools and media-rich resources to communicate key ideas and details in a way that informs, persuades, and/or entertains.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to use advanced features of digital tools to inform, persuade, and/or entertain.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • design communications using advanced features of various digital tools to informs, persuades, and/or entertains.
  • locate and follow directions or tutorials for working with digital tools.
  • use media-rich features such as audio and/or video.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • many digital tools are available to communicate key ideas and details.
  • directions or tutorials can be located online to assist with creation.
  • there are multiple ways to communicate the same information.

Vocabulary

  • key ideas
  • informs
  • persuades
  • entertains
  • media-rich
  • communicate
  • digital tools
  • collaborate
  • online environment
  • tutorial

DLCS18.5.17

Publish organized information in different ways to make it more useful or relevant.

COS Examples

Examples: Infographic, student created website.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • information can be created and published in different ways to make it more useful, easier to understand, or relevant.
  • multiple ways to create and publish information.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • organize and publish information in different ways such as infographics, student
  • created websites, digital books, audio, video, etc.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • information can be organized and published in different ways using images, text, inforgraphs, websites, digital books, etc.

Vocabulary

  • infographic
  • student created website
  • organized information

DLCS18.5.18

Type 25 words per minute with 95% accuracy using appropriate keyboarding techniques.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • appropriate keyboarding techniques.
  • that by knowing the keyboard, less time is spent on entering information so the focus is the content they are working with or on.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • type 25 words per minute with 95% accuracy using appropriate keyboarding techniques.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • by knowing the keyboard, less time is spent on entering information so the focus is the content they are working with or on.

Vocabulary

  • words per minute
  • accuracy
  • keyboarding techniques
  • QWERTY keyboard
  • home row

DLCS18.5.19

Conduct advanced keyword searches to produce valid, appropriate results and evaluate results for accuracy, relevance, and appropriateness.

COS Examples

Examples: Search techniques, check for credibility and validity.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to conduct advanced keyword searches.
  • how to evaluate the accuracy of information.
  • that not all information online is valid or true.
  • different sites or domains publish for different audiences.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • conduct advanced keyword searches using domain type such as '.edu', '.com', '.org', '.gov', file types, usage rights.
  • explain how they know information located online is valid or true.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • using advanced keywords while searching will deliver better results.
  • not all information online is valid or true.

Vocabulary

  • keyword
  • search
  • valid
  • true
  • accuracy/accurate
  • relevance/relevant
  • site/domain
  • file type

DLCS18.6.16

Communicate and/or publish collaboratively to inform others from a variety of backgrounds and cultures about issues and problems.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to use a platform to share and inform others of a variety of backgrounds about issues or problems important to them.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • publish and communicate as creators of content and information, instead of only consumers of the same.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • being able to communicate effectively and disseminate that information to reach a broader audience is an important part of being a global collaborator.

DLCS18.7.19

Discuss the benefits and limitations of censorship.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • institutions and businesses sometimes choose to limit data available to users.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • share benefits and limitations caused by censorship of information.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • information is altered when data is censored.

Vocabulary

  • censorship

DLCS18.7.20

Evaluate the validity and accuracy of a data set.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that some will use misleading data to persuade others.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • evaluate a data set to determine if information being presented is appropriate.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • it is important to be capable of researching a claim for validity and accuracy.

Vocabulary

  • validity

DLCS18.8.16

Present content designed for specific audiences through an appropriate medium.

COS Examples

Example: Create and share a help video for a senior’s center that provides tips for online safety.

DLCS18.8.17

Communicate and publish individually or collaboratively to persuade peers, experts, or community about issues and problems.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to research and form an educated position about an issue.
  • how to communicate and publish opinion in an effort to persuade others.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • research and form an educated position about an issue.
  • communicate and publish an educated opinion in an effort to persuade others.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • a digital platform provides the ability to publish ideas and reach a greater audience than was once possible.

DLCS18.8.19

Critique the impacts of censorship as it impacts global society.

COS Examples

Example: Create a presentation outlining the social implications of limiting access to web content by favoring or blocking particular products or websites.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • censorship is the omission, prohibition, or suppression of information.
  • when information is censored, truth is skewed.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • cite the implications of censorship.
  • communicate their opinions of the implications of censorship.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • censorship is the omission, prohibition, or suppression of information.
  • when information is censored, truth is skewed.

Vocabulary

  • censorship

DLCS18.8.20

Examine an artifact that demonstrates bias through distorting, exaggerating, or misrepresenting data and redesign it using factual, relevant, unbiased content to more accurately reflect the truth.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that publications can display bias.
  • that information should always be checked with multiple sources.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • research information to either support what is being shared or to refute what is being shared.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • bias exists in our society, therefore all information should be researched before assuming it is accurate.

Vocabulary

  • bias

DLCS18.HS.24

Compare and contrast Internet publishing platforms, including suitability for media types, target audience, and feedback mechanism.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to evaluate Internet publishing platforms for computer, tablet, and mobile experiences.
  • how to determine suitability of Internet publishing platforms for different media types.
  • how to determine suitability of Internet publishing platforms for different target audiences.
  • how to determine suitability of Internet publishing platforms for different feedback mechanisms.
a.
  • tracking historical changes is essential for software development, particularly where a collaborative team is working with the same files.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify suitable Internet publishing platforms for different media types, target audiences, and feedback mechanisms.
  • explain the pros and cons of different Internet publishing platforms for various media types, target audiences, and feedback mechanisms.
a.
  • use version control capabilities within a digital tool.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • for effective communications, different Internet publishing platforms are needed for different media types, target audience, and feedback mechanisms.
a.
  • version control capabilities allows for tracking changes in software and provides the ability to revert to a previous version.

Vocabulary

  • Internet publishing platform
  • digital publishing platform
  • e-publishing
  • media types
  • target audience
  • feedback mechanism
a.
  • version control system
  • revision control
  • source control
  • timestamp
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