Standards - Digital Literacy & Computer Science

DLCS18.K.10

Collect data and organize it in a chart or graph collaboratively.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • data can be collected in various ways.
  • results of data can be depicted in various ways.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • collect data using simple methods such as tally sheets, paper squares, voting.
  • as a group build simple graphs on paper.
  • as a group enter simple data into a spreadsheet.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • data can be collected in various ways.
  • results of data can be shared in various ways such as graphs, picture charts.

Vocabulary

  • graph
  • spreadsheet
  • data

DLCS18.K.11

Describe how digital devices save information.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • digital work can be saved.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • open saved work from a location such as desktop folder or online storage.
  • save work to a specified location such as desktop folder or online storage.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • digital work can be saved and retrieved.

Vocabulary

  • save
  • storage

DLCS18.1.14

Discuss the purpose of collecting and organizing data.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • data can be collected to give information.
  • data can be organized in various ways.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • determine appropriate situations to collect data.
  • determine a way to organize data they collect.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • data collection gives information.
  • the method chosen for organizing data is important.

Vocabulary

  • data
  • collection
  • information
  • graph

DLCS18.1.16

Demonstrate how digital devices can save information as data that can be stored, searched, retrieved, and deleted.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • digital devices can save information in various forms.
  • digital devices can save information for later use.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • save various types of documents in specified locations.
  • open various types of documents from specified locations.
  • collaboratively complete a basic search for a document.
  • delete documents they no longer need.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • work can be saved in various places
  • we can search for documents with specific information.
  • documents that are deleted may or may not be retrieved.

Vocabulary

  • save
  • search
  • store
  • delete
  • open
  • close

DLCS18.2.14

Collect, create, and organize data in a digital chart or graph.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • spreadsheets can be used to collect data.
  • charts and graphs can be created using a spreadsheet or by hand to represent data.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • enter data into a spreadsheet to create a chart or graph.
  • manipulate data in a spreadsheet.
  • design charts and graphs using color, labels, titles etc.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • charts and graphs may be used to represent data and to determine answers to questions.
  • the design of the chart or graph may be edited according to the user's preferences.

Vocabulary

  • graph
  • chart
  • data

DLCS18.2.15

Explain how users control the ways digital devices save information in an organized manner.

COS Examples

Examples: Folders, cloud-based, pictures, chronologically, naming files.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • multiple file types may be stored/saved.
  • files may be stored locally on a machine/device or in the cloud.
  • files may be organized by name, folders, etc.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • assign file names.
  • create and name folders for organizing files.
  • save files in multiple places such as on a device or in the cloud.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • there are many types of files that can be saved.
  • files are given names.
  • files can be organized in digital folders.
  • folders and storage can exist on a device or in the cloud.

Vocabulary

  • folders
  • storage
  • file names
  • organization
  • cloud storage

DLCS18.3.17

Describe examples of data sets or databases from everyday life.

COS Examples

Examples: Library catalogs, school records, telephone directories, or contact lists.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • examples of data sets.
  • examples of databases.
  • characteristics of data sets and databases.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • describe examples of databases from everyday life.
  • describe examples of data sets from everyday life.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • data sets and databases are part of everyday life.
  • data sets and databases are organized in a certain way for a certain purpose.

Vocabulary

  • database
  • data set

DLCS18.4.16

Gather and organize data to answer a question using a variety of computing and data visualization methods.

COS Examples

Examples: Sorting, totaling, averaging, charts, and graphs.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • strategies to gather data to answer a question using a variety of computing and data visualization methods.
  • strategies to organize data to answer a question using a variety of computing and data visualization methods.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • gather and organize data to answer a question using a variety of computing and data visualization methods.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • a variety of computing and data visualization methods can be used to answer a question.
  • there are strategies for gathering and organizing data to answer a question using a variety of computing and data visualization methods.
  • different solutions call for certain types of computing and data visualization.

Vocabulary

  • gather data
  • organize data
  • computing methods
  • data visualization methods

DLCS18.6.19

Track data change from a variety of sources.

COS Examples

Example: Use editing or versioning tools to track changes to data.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to use time and date stamps to track changes in data gathered over a period of time.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • assess how data can change over time.
  • identify how data may look different when gathered from various sources.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • the source of data and time when data is gather has an effect on results.

DLCS18.6.20

Identify data transferring protocols, visualization, and the purpose of data and methods of storage.

COS Examples

Examples: Using an online collection tool or form to collect data that is then stored in a spreadsheet or database.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • different transferring protocols are used for specific purposes depending on the data and storage methods.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • differentiate basic data transferring protocols from another and various methods of storing data.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • data is compressed and stored in various transferring protocols depending on the purpose.

Vocabulary

  • transfer protocols
  • visualization

DLCS18.6.21

Identify varying data structures/systems and methods of classification, including decimal and binary.

COS Examples

Examples: Difference between a bit and a byte, bit representation, pixels.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to recognize a binary number system including bits and bytes.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify how binary can be used for bit representation in pixels.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • there are several data structures and methods for classification.

Vocabulary

  • data structures
  • decimal
  • binary

DLCS18.6.22

Summarize the purpose of the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII).

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) was created to use one harmonious languages for computers and programs to communicate.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • summarize the purpose of the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII).

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • without ASCII, there may be no way for programs or computers to communicate.

Vocabulary

  • American Standard Code for Information Interchange

DLCS18.7.21

Compare common transfer protocols.

COS Examples

Examples: FTP, HTTP

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • the difference between FTP as a client
  • server model and HTTP as a transfer and exchange hypertext.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify the difference between various transfer protocols as well as secured and unsecured.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • some transfer protocols are more secure than others and serve different purposes.

Vocabulary

  • transfer protocol

DLCS18.7.22

Compare data storage structures.

COS Examples

Examples: Stack, array, queue, table, database.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • different data structures store information in different ways based on the purpose for storage and recall.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • compare the best storage structure for storing and recalling data for various purposes.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • each storage structure serves a different purpose depending on what kind of data and the intended use of the data.

Vocabulary

  • stack
  • array
  • queue
  • table
  • database

DLCS18.8.21

Differentiate types of data storage and apply most efficient structure.

COS Examples

Examples: Stack, array, queue, table, database.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • different types of data storage and the appropriate use of those structures.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • apply the most efficient data storage given a set of data.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • applying appropriate tools, in this case a data structure, to appropriate task increases efficiency.

DLCS18.8.22

Encrypt and decrypt various data.

COS Examples

Example: Create and decipher a message sent in a secret code.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • cyphers can be used to encrypt and then decrypt a message.
  • that computers use complicated cyphers to keep data safe when being transmitted electronically.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • either physically or digitally encrypt and decrypt data.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • some data needs to be protected as it is transmitted digitally.

Vocabulary

  • encrypt
  • decrypt

DLCS18.HS.28

Develop a model that reflects the methods, procedures and concepts used by computing devices in translating digital bits as real-world phenomena, such as print characters, sound, images, and video.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • computing devices use methods, procedures, and concepts to translate digital bits from an abstract form into real-world phenomena such as sound, images, etc.
  • each device has a process for translating from computational information to real-world phenomena.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • model the translation of digital information to real-world phenomena.
  • understand that this process is that way in which computing devices and humans interact.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • for computing devices to communicate in a way in which humans understand, there is a process (methods, procedures, and concepts) used to translate computational information to real-world phenomena.

DLCS18.HS.29

Summarize the role of compression and encryption in modifying the structure of digital artifacts and the varieties of information carried in the metadata of these artifacts.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that when a file is altered in any way, changes may be seen in the file metadata.
  • compression and encryption are two methods used when sharing data.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • explain the roles of compression and encryption.
  • summarize the effects of compression and encryption on the metadata of a digital artifact.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • any process applied to data has the potential to alter the structure of the data.
  • it is important to be aware of potential changes to data structure when electing to use a process.

Vocabulary

  • compression
  • encryption
  • metadata

DLCS18.HS.30

Evaluate the tradeoffs involved in choosing methods for the organization of data elements and the location of data storage, including the advantages and disadvantages of networked computing.

COS Examples

Examples: Client server, peer-to-peer, cloud computing.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • that many options exist for the storage and organization of data.
  • that selecting one storage option over another will have both advantages and disadvantages.
  • that it is important to understand the tradeoffs involved with selecting one method over another.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • research methods of data organization and storage.
  • examine advantages and disadvantages of networked computing.
  • evaluate the tradeoffs involved in choosing methods for the organization of data elements and the location of data storage, including the advantages and disadvantages of networked computing.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • how and where data is stored can affect how the data is accessed and/or processed.
  • how and where data is stored can affect the safety of that data.
  • it is important to carefully weigh how and where data is stored.

Vocabulary

  • client server
  • peer-to-peer
  • cloud computing

DLCS18.HS.31

Create interactive data visualizations using software tools to help others understand real-world phenomena.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • data can be communicated with visual representations.
  • tools exists to share data via interactive visualizations.
  • how to create interactive visualizations to represent real-world phenomena.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • gather data.
  • share data using an interactive visualization tool.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • visualizations of data can be much more powerful than a database full of numbers.

DLCS18.HS.32

Use data analysis tools and techniques to identify patterns in data representing complex systems.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to identify patterns in data.
  • how to select and apply data analysis tools and techniques.
  • use data analysis tools and techniques to identify patterns in data representing complex systems.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • evaluate data sets.
  • select and apply data analysis tools and techniques.
  • use technology to mine data.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • data can be important in a problem
  • solving process.
  • tools exists to aid in the processing of complex data sets.
  • it can be more efficient to allow a program to identify patterns in a complex data set.

Vocabulary

  • datamining
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