The focus should be on how computing technologies both influence and are influenced by society and culture.

Ideas:

• Create digital stories to demonstrate contributions of ancient cultures on the world we live in today

• What is a Cell Phone

• Inventions and Industry

• Technology in our Little World Lesson

• Information Writing and Research

• Evolution of Technology

• Using GPS

• Play Fabricius

• History in Code

The focus is on how laws regulate the use of computing technologies and what might happen if those laws did not exist. 

Ideas:

• US Government - Freedom of Speech

• Social Responsibility

Explanations should be grade level appropriate to ensure understanding of current events and the related computing technologies.

Ideas: 

• Join these virtual field trips or listen in on the guest speakers to learn about the world with the world

• PBS Learning Media Lessons

The focus is on identifying different groups who might have access to data stored or posted in different places, including companies. 

Ideas: 

• Explore the constitution about how technologies and laws have changed since the creation of the constitution

• Use MapMaker to create maps of any kind to visualize data. Discuss the impact this program can have on learning

The focus is on explaining a range of ways that humans interact with AI to make decisions.

Ideas:

• Artificial Intelligence Ethics Committee (mini unit)

The focus is on identifying the needs and wants of diverse end users and purposefully considering potential perspectives of users with different backgrounds, ability levels, points of view, and abilities.

Ideas:

• Activity Sheets 

The emphasis of this standard is the opportunity to personally identify with a range of diverse people in the field of computer science.

Ideas:

• PBS Career Exploration

• The Victorians

The emphasis is on understanding, at a conceptual level, that models or simulations can be created to respond to deliberate changes in inputs.

Ideas:

• What Makes a Complex Society Complex? Communication in a Society Lesson

• Inventions

• Community Building

The emphasis is on using digital tools to collect and organize multiple data points. 

Ideas:

• Use information from My NASA Data

• Where in the World is NY?

The emphasis is on identifying and organizing relevant data to emphasize particular parts of the data in support of a claim.

Ideas:

• Visualize Data in MyMaps

• Ancient Egypt Puzzles

• Roman Mosaics

The focus is on identifying smaller steps that solve a larger problem, recognizing that some of those steps must be broken down further until each step is manageable.

Ideas:

• Effects of Pollution on Earth's Systems Lesson

• What Mayan, Aztec, and Incan Civilizations can teach us about Responding and Living in Our Environment.

The focus is on recognizing that the same general steps are often repeated while solving a problem, even though some of the details may differ.

Tasks can be unplugged or related to a computer program and reflect a task with a specific result that can be checked.

Ideas:

• Ancient Greek Algorithms

The focus is on identifying information that needs to be updated as a computation progresses. 

The focus is on having students work with each of conditionals and repetition (loops or iteration), but without having to use them in conjunction with one another. 

Ideas:

• Maps Skills

Debugging frequently involves stepping or tracing through a program as if you were the computer to reveal errors.

An iterative design process involves defining the problem or goal, developing a solution or prototype, testing the solution or prototype, and repeating the process until the problem is solved or desired result is achieved. Describing can include speaking or writing

The emphasis is on thinking about how the user interface could be optimized for the purpose of the computing technology and user interactions.

A model should only include the basic elements of a computer system, including input, output, processor, and storage.

Ideas:

• Google Earth Map Lesson

The focus is on trying multiple strategies to troubleshoot problems, including rebooting the device, checking for power, checking network availability, closing and reopening an application, try using a different browser, and checking settings within an application.

The focus is on understanding that data is broken down into smaller pieces and labeled to travel through a network and reassembled.

The focus is on describing that data must be stored on a physical device. Access to remotely stored data is restricted by the networks, and to access non-local data a connection to the network is required.

The emphasis is on discussing different reasons that adversaries may want to obtain, compromise, or leverage different types of information. At this stage, students should be focused on general concepts.

Ideas for Grade 5:

• Create an all about me selfie and decide what info is ok to share publicly in hallway vs online

• Use scenarios to explore what you should share online

• Safe Password

The emphasis is on describing common safeguards such as protecting devices and accounts with strong passwords, keeping software updated, and not sending sensitive information over SMS.

The focus is on considering the trade-offs of data sharing in different contexts.

The focus is on using ciphers to encrypt and decrypt messages as a means of safeguarding data.

Ideas:

• Explore the Caesar Shift Cipher

• Play Fabricius to explore hieroglyphs with machine learning

• AI and Cryptography Lesson

• Exploring Cryptography Lesson

• Decoding Nazi Secrets

• Learn Ceasar Shifts

• Navajo Code Talkers with Brain Pop

• The Templar Cipher

The emphasis is on describing simple forms of suspicious behavior in common applications and devices, including suspicious data/links, viruses and malware.

Ideas for Grade 6:

• Don't Feed the Phish Lesson from Common Sense Education

The focus is on direct instruction in keyboarding. Instruction should focus on form over speed and accuracy.

Students progress from understanding that people use digital tools to communicate and collaborate to how they use the tools. Communication and collaboration should be purposeful and, when possible and appropriate, with an authentic audience.

Ideas:

• Ancient Egypt Lesson

Focus should be on the quality of results a search generates, and how to improve search results based on the task or purpose by defining multiple search criteria and using filters.

Ideas for Grade 4:

• Research local history using the NYS Historic Newspaper database and other local historical society sites

• Write a report/presentation comparing how places have changed over time

The focus is on understanding the editing process when creating digital artifacts on multiple platforms.

Ideas:

• Students can use an online platform like Canva to include various media formats (video, audio, images etc) to showcase their learning

• Explore online databases to research local history

Many digital technologies have similar features and functionalities. The focus is on identifying the similarities between different programs or applications, such as word processing tools on different platforms. 

Ideas:

• Learning for Justice Lessons

In order for students to be able to effectively manage their digital identities, it should be understood that online information doesn’t “go away,” and that information posted online can affect their real lives, even years in the future.

The focus is on identifying and describing potentially unsafe behaviors, and actions to take if they are witnessed or experienced, including cyberbullying.