Standards in this Framework
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MS-CS-FCP-1.1
Communicate effectively through writing, speaking, listening, reading, and interpersonal abilities. |
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MS-CS-FCP-1.2
Demonstrate an understanding of collaborative interactions in the digital world. |
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MS-CS-FCP-1.3
Model work-readiness traits required for success in the workplace including integrity, honesty, accountability, punctuality, time management, and respect for diversity. |
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MS-CS-FCP-1.4
Exhibit critical thinking and problem-solving skills to locate, analyze, and apply information in career planning and employment situations. |
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MS-CS-FCP-1.5
Present a professional image through appearance, behavior and language. |
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MS-CS-FCP-1.6
Investigate educational requirements, job responsibilities, employment trends, and opportunities within information technology career pathways using credible sources. |
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MS-CS-FCP-2.1
Identify the basic components of the computer (processor, operating system, memory, storage, ethernet ports) by disassembling and reassembling a demonstration model personal computer (may be done ‘virtually’ online if demo model is not available). |
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MS-CS-FCP-2.2
Demonstrate an understanding of key functional components (input/output devices, software applications, wi-fi and/or Ethernet, and IP addresses). |
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MS-CS-FCP-2.3
Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental concepts for how computers process programming commands (hex, binary language, sequence of commands, conditional structures, looping structures). |
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MS-CS-FCP-3.1
Make observations and organize the concepts of modularity, including functions and methods, as it relates to programming code reusability and cloud computing in the software industry. |
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MS-CS-FCP-3.2
Develop a working vocabulary of computational thinking including sequences, algorithms, binary, pattern matching, decomposition, abstraction, parallelization, data, automation, data collection, data analysis, Boolean, integer, branches (if...then...else), and iteration {loops (For, While)}. |
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MS-CS-FCP-3.3
Analyze the problem-solving process, the input-process-output-storage model of a computer, and how computers help humans solve problems. |
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MS-CS-FCP-3.4
Develop an algorithm to decompose a problem of a daily task. |
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MS-CS-FCP-4.1
Develop a working vocabulary of programming including flowcharting and/or storyboarding, coding, debugging, user interfaces, usability, variables, lists, loops, conditionals, programming language, and events. |
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MS-CS-FCP-4.2
Utilize the design process to brainstorm, implement, test, and revise an idea. |
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MS-CS-FCP-4.3
Cite evidence on how computers represent data and media (sounds, images, video, etc.). |
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MS-CS-FCP-4.4
Design a user interface and test with other users using a paper prototype. |
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MS-CS-FCP-4.5
Implement a simple algorithm in a computer program |
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MS-CS-FCP-4.6
Develop an event driven program. |
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MS-CS-FCP-4.7
Create a program that accepts user and/or sensor input and stores the result in a variable |
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MS-CS-FCP-4.8
Create a computer program that implements a loop. |
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MS-CS-FCP-4.9
Develop a program that makes a decision based on data or user input |
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MS-CS-FCP-4.10
Debug a program with an error. |
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MS-CS-FCP-5.1
Develop a working vocabulary of embedded computing including digital, analog, events, microcontrollers, sensors, light emitting diodes (LED), switches, servos, cloud computing, and internet of things. |
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MS-CS-FCP-5.2
Investigate how software interacts with hardware in the boot process |
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MS-CS-FCP-5.3
Analyze and explain how computers communicate information with simple hardware inputs and outputs. |
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MS-CS-FCP-5.4
Create a product that analyzes how simple computer hardware can be used to develop innovative new products that interact with the physical world. |
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MS-CS-FCP-5.5
Design a computer program that senses something in the real world and changes an output based on the input. |
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MS-CS-FCP-6.1
Summarize ethical, privacy, and legal issues of a digital world using current case studies. |
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MS-CS-FCP-6.2
Collaborate as a team to develop an artifact that represents multiple perspectives regarding a global crisis. |
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MS-CS-FCP-6.3
Analyze and explain the functionality and suitability (or appropriateness) of a computational artifact. |
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MS-CS-FCP-6.4
Develop a program for creative expression or to satisfy personal curiosity which may have visual, audible, and/or tactile results. |
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MS-CS-FCP-6.5
Develop a program specifically with the goal of solving a problem, creating new knowledge, or helping people, organizations, or society. |
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