3-5.IC.20 Standard Breakdown

3-5.IC.20 - Discuss computing technologies that have changed the world, and express how those technologies influence, and are influenced by, cultural practices.

New computing technologies are created and existing technologies are modified for many reasons, including to increase their benefits, decrease their risks, and meet societal needs. Students, with guidance from their teacher, discuss topics that relate to the history of computing technologies and changes in the world due to these technologies. Topics could be based on current news content, such as robotics, wireless Internet, mobile computing devices, GPS systems, wearable computing, and how social media has influenced social and political changes.

Connections

ELA Connections

There is an opportunity in Language Arts for students to conduct research about a given computing technology. In the Writing ELA standard 7, by the end of 5th grade, students should be able to conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

Students should be able to use that research to write an informative/explanatory text to examine this topic and convey ideas and information clearly (W.2) Furthermore, they should also be able to draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research (W.9).

NGSS Connections

In the Science standards, the cross-cutting concept, Cause and Effect, asks students to investigate and explain causal relationships. By the upper elementary grades, students should have developed the habit of routinely asking about cause-and-effect relationships in the systems they are studying, particularly when something occurs that is, for them, unexpected. The questions “How did that happen?” or “Why did that happen?” should move toward “What mechanisms caused that to happen?” and “What conditions were critical for that to happen?”

Furthermore, in the Disciplinary Core Idea in Engineering, Technology, and the Application of Science, ETS2.B: Influence of Engineering, Technology, and Science on Society and the Natural Word, students investigate how science, engineering, and the technologies that result from them affect nature and the ways in which people live. "Engineers improve existing technologies or develop new ones to increase their benefits, to decrease known risks, and to meet societal demands. When new technologies become available, they can bring about changes in the way people live and interact with one another."

HSS Connections

One of the key themes presented in the HSS framework that it suggests classrooms may explore is Key Theme 6: Science, Technology, and the Environment. "Science and technology have transformed the daily lives of all peoples. Making sense of the world and understanding how and why people live the way they do require at least some grasp of the immense technological and scientific changes that have occurred in the world, especially in the past two centuries, though this period represents barely a page in the long chronicle of human history."

Examples

Jamboard Collaboration

Students can collaborate on a Google Jamboard to aide discussion and research on the given computing technologies. Students can put images that reflect the changes. They also can place sticky notes or textboxes which could contain information they write or links to articles or webpages (like from school.ebonline.com/levels) for further reading. In the top half, students are adding how that technology made changes to society. In the bottom half, students are adding how society influenced changes to that technology.

More Examples

For example, students could conduct research in computing technologies that impact daily life such as self-driving cars. They engage in a collaborative discussion describing impacts of these advancements (e.g., self-driving cars could reduce crashes and decrease traffic, but there is a cost barrier to purchasing them). (CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy W.3.7, W.4.7, W.5.7, SL.3.1, SL.4.1, SL.5.1)

Alternatively, students could discuss how technological advancements affected the entertainment industry and then compare and contrast the impacts on audiences. For instance, people with access to high-speed Internet may be able to choose to utilize streaming media (which may cost less than traditional media options), but those in rural areas may not have the same access and be able to reap those benefits. (VAPA Theatre Arts 4.3.2, 4.4.2)

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