Standards in this Framework
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| A.3 | Identify potential abuse and unethical uses of computers and networks. |
| A.4 | Explain the consequences of illegal, social, and unethical uses of information technologies, e.g., piracy; illegal downloading; licensing infringement; and inappropriate uses of software, hardware, and mobile devices. |
| A.6 | Discuss computer crimes, terms of use, and legal issues such as copyright laws, fair use laws, and ethics pertaining to scanned and downloaded clip art images, Creative Commons, photographs, documents, video, recorded sounds and music, trademarks, and other elements for use in Web publications. |
| A.8 | Describe ethical and legal practices in business professions such as safeguarding the confidentiality of business-related information. |
| C.3 | Identify potential abuse and unethical uses of laptops, tablets, computers, and/or networks. |
| C.4 | Explain the consequences of social, illegal, and unethical uses of technology (e.g., cyberbullying, piracy; illegal downloading; licensing infringement; inappropriate uses of software, hardware, and mobile devices in the work environment). |
| C.5 | Discuss legal issues and the terms of use related to copyright laws, fair use laws, and ethics pertaining to downloading of images, photographs, Creative Commons, documents, video, sounds, music, trademarks, and other elements for personal and professional use. |
| C.6 | Describe ethical and legal practices of safeguarding the confidentiality of business-and personal-related information. |
| D.2 | Demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills. |
| E.1 | Demonstrate global or “big picture” thinking. |
| E.4 | Demonstrate time and resource management skills. |
| E.6 | Demonstrates information security skills. |
| E.7 | Demonstrates information technology skills. |
| F.1 | Examine the consequences resulting from issues involving ethics around security, privacy, copyright, fair use, intellectual property, social media and licensing. |
| F.2 | Explain the importance of Acceptable Use Policies. |
| G.1 | Identify and define the functional components of a computing device (input devices, output devices, processor, operating system, software applications, memory, storage, etc.) |
| G.2 | Describe how software and hardware interact. |
| G.4 | Solve a problem by applying appropriate problem solving techniques (understand the problem, plan the solution, carry out the plan, review and discuss). |
| H.6 | Incorporate digital media in accordance with copyright and fair use laws, and ethics pertaining to downloading of images, photographs, Creative Commons, documents, video, sounds, music, trademarks, and other elements for personal and professional use. |
| I.4 | Analyze and explain how a particular program functions. |
| I.8 | Implement pattern recognition to edit, compile/run, test, and debug a program. |
| J.3 | Analyze the importance of data security and physical security. |
| J.6 | Collect data using various methods and transform it to make it more useful and reliable. |
| J.7 | Develop a visual representation of data that assists in making a decision or recommendation. |
| L.2 | Identify and categorize physical sensors based on capability (e.g., light, sound, temperature, movement.) |
| L.3 | Differentiate and apply inputs and outputs that are available on a physical device vs software development. |
| M.1 | Identify how machine learning impacts data-driven decision making. |
| M.5 | Contrast the unique characteristics of human learning with the ways machine learning operates. |
