Unit Title Introduction to Computer Programming Professor Alice Liddell – – STAGE 1 DESIRED RESULTS – Essential Question 1: What impact does learning Essential Question 2: How does the virtual world of Alice have on your understating of the world Alice relate the real world around you? around you? UNIT OVERVIEW: The dynamic nature of technology requires an understanding of the developmental history and the need for responsible use of the technology. Standards: NBPS 9999 NBPS 4589 NBPS 4589 NBPS 4589 NBPS 4589 APPLICABLE WEB BASED RESOURCES: RECOMMENDED PACING: Day 1 Introduction, expectations, computer – terminology None Day 2 Hardware timeline research – Day 3 Programming languages and – computer scientist research ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS: ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: To meet the standards, students will need to To understand, students will need to consider understand that such questions as Computer Science is dynamic. How have the advances in technology The way you use computers can have far affected developments in computer reaching consequences. science? 2. Why is it important to have “rules” for computer use? To understand, students will need to know… be able to… the differences between hardware and identify hardware components. software. identify software components. how computers have changed over time. trace the development of hardware. how computer languages have changed trace the development of software. over time. formulate rules for computer use. how malicious hacking affects others. what the consequences to the hacker are.
Unit Title – Introduction to Computer Programming – Professor Alice Liddell STAGE 1 – DESIRED RESULTS Essential Question 1: What impact does learning Alice have on your understating of the world around you? Essential Question 2: How does the virtual world of Alice relate the real world around you? UNIT OVERVIEW: The dynamic nature of technology requires an understanding of the developmental history and the need for responsible use of the technology. Standards: NBPS 9999 NBPS 4589 NBPS 4589 NBPS 4589 NBPS 4589 APPLICABLE WEB BASED RESOURCES: None RECOMMENDED PACING: Day 1 – Introduction, expectations, computer terminology Day 2 – Hardware timeline research Day 3 – Programming languages and computer scientist research ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS: To meet the standards, students will need to understand that ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: To understand, students will need to consider such questions as Computer Science is dynamic. The way you use computers can have far reaching consequences. How have the advances in technology affected developments in computer science? 2. Why is it important to have “rules” for computer use? To understand, students will need to know… the differences between hardware and software. how computers have changed over time. how computer languages have changed over time. how malicious hacking affects others. what the consequences to the hacker are. be able to… identify hardware components. identify software components. trace the development of hardware. trace the development of software. formulate rules for computer use.
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