COMPUTER-K12-CLASS-1

In this introductory course, students become familiar with the basic principles of a personal computer, including the internal hardware, operating system, and software applications. Students gain practice in using key applications such as word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software, as well as understand social and ethical issues around the Internet, information, and security.

Nature of Technology

8.2.2.NT.1: Brainstorm how to build a product, improve a designed product, fix a product that

has stopped working, or solve a simple problem.

Effects of Technology on the Natural World

ify products as resulting from nature or produced as a result of technology.

Identify the natural resources needed to create a product.

Describe or model the system used for recycling technology.

Explain how the disposal of or reusing a product affects the local and global environment.

Ethics and Culture

Identify and compare technology used in different schools, communities, regions,

and parts of the world.