Students will identify the type of data an innovation collects.
Students will summarize how the data is collected and transformed by an innovation.
Students will explain data security concerns, privacy concerns or storage concerns with an innovation.
Students are required to analyze data consumption and data concerns with innovations as part of the APCSP course. This section provides a practice opportunity with self driving cars and then asks the students to analyze the same items with their selected innovation.
Activity 4.11.1 (budget 20 minutes)
Students need to read this article on Self Driving Cars.
Students work with a partner to answer the following questions:
What type of data does a self driving car collect? Be specific. Is it image file? Location data? Measurements? User input?
How is this data collected?
What happens to the data once it is collected? How is it used or transformed?
What concerns arise from this? Data privacy? Security? Storage? Explain what the concern is and why it is a concern.
Share results and thoughts.
Activity 4.11.2 (budget 30 minutes)
Apply what they have learned to their selected innovation. Have each team research and report on the following
What type of data does your innovation collect? It may collect more than just answers to questions on a survey. It may collect images, location data, audio files, etc.
How is it collected?
What happens to the data once it is collected? How is the data used or transformed?
What security, privacy and storage concerns do you have about the data your innovation collects?
Students should write up a summary that address all of these questions and add it to their team website.