Standards - Digital Literacy & Computer Science

Design and iteratively develop computational artifacts for practical intent, personal expression, or to address a societal issue by using current events.

Decompose problems into smaller components through systematic analysis, using constructs such as procedures, modules, and/or objects, with parameters, and which return a result.

Compare and contrast fundamental data structures and their uses.

Demonstrate code reuse by creating programming solutions using libraries and Application Programming Interfaces.

Demonstrate the ability to verify the correctness of a program.

Develop and use a series of test cases to verify that a program performs according to its design specifications.

Collaborate in a code review process to identify correctness, efficiency, scalability and readability of program code.

Resolve or debug errors encountered during testing using iterative design process.

Model and demonstrate behaviors that are safe, legal, and ethical while living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world.

Recognize user tracking methods and hazards.

Understand how to apply techniques to mitigate effects of user tracking methods.

Understand the ramifications of end-user license agreements and terms of service associated with granting rights to personal data and media to other entities.

Explain the relationship between online privacy and personal security.

Identify physical, legal, and ethical consequences of inappropriate digital behaviors.

Explain strategies to lessen the impact of negative digital behaviors and assess when to apply them.

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

Compare various security measures of a computer system.

Compare ways to protect devices, software, and data.

Explain the necessity for the school’s Acceptable Use Policy.

Identify laws regarding the use of technology and their consequences and implications.

Discuss the ethical ramifications of malicious hacking and its impact on society.

Explain the beneficial and harmful effects that intellectual property laws can have on innovation.

Prove that digital identity is a reflection of persistent, publicly available artifacts.

Evaluate strategies to manage digital identity and reputation with awareness of the permanent impact of actions in a digital world.

Explain how technology facilitates the disruption of traditional institutions and services.

Research the impact of computing technology on possible career pathways.

Debate the positive and negative effects of computing innovations in personal, ethical, social, economic, and cultural spheres.

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

Apply version control capabilities within a digital tool to understand the importance of managing historical changes across suggestions made by a collaborative team.

Utilize a variety of digital tools to create digital artifacts across content areas.

Use collaborative technologies to work with others including peers, experts, or community members to examine local, national, and global issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.

Apply tools and methods for collaboration on a project to increase connectivity among people in different cultures and career fields.

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.

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.

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.