Context of the Standard

The development and modification of computing technology is driven by people’s needs and wants. New computing technology is created and existing technologies are modified to increase their benefits (e.g., Internet search recommendations), decrease their risks (e.g., autonomous cars), and meet societal demands (e.g., smartphone apps). Computing technologies influence, and are influenced by, cultural practices. Increased Internet access and speed have allowed people to share cultural information but have also affected the practice of traditional cultural customs.  An example of this is that people collaborate and communicate in different ways than they did decades ago.  Storytelling and the sharing of information that was conducted between people in a face to face environment now happens virtually much of the time.

Essential Skills

Essential Questions

Essential Vocabulary

Students should demonstrate these skills:

• Identify computing technologies that have changed the world.
• Explain how the technology is influenced by culture.
• Explain how the culture can affect the technology.

Students should investigate these concepts:

• What are examples of computing technologies that changed the world?
• How has technology, like mobile phones, changed society?
• How does society influence the technology that we invent?
• If you could design a new computing technology, what would it do, and why?

Students should apply these terms in context:

• Internet