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Chapter 6: The Explore Curricular Requirement

Computing Innovations

  • A computing innovation is one that has a computer program that is essential to the innovation being able to operate.

  • You should be able to describe the program and what it does for an innovation.

    • A physical innovation—such as a GPS

    • Nonphysical computing software—such as an app

    • Nonphysical computing concept—such as social networking

Input/Processing/Output

  • A key concept is being able to distinguish the data from the device that collects the data.

  • For example, a sensor is a data collection device.

    • It sends the data it collects to the program.

    • The data would be values for distance, temperature, motion, among many others, and it is input to the computer program in the innovation.

  • The innovation’s program then processes the data and produces some type of output.

    • The message and “turn on” signal are examples of output.

Analyzing Data

  • You could also see questions about other important concepts related to analyzing a computing innovation’s data.

  • These include the following:

    • How the data collected could be traced to an individual (privacy)

    • Who can access the data (security)

    • Where the data is warehoused (storage)

  • Privacy is protecting our identity.

    • Could partial data and other publicly available data reveal our identity?

    • Can an individual be identified if our data is mixed with a lot of other data to hide our identities?

  • Security deals with who can access our data.

    • Organizations should restrict data access and update.

    • Schools keep much of student and teacher data.

    • Keeping your data secure means not letting other students view your grades or vice versa in an online gradebook.

  • Data storage concerns center around where the data is located.

    • If your school data is stored on a local server, the data should be protected so only authorized people are able to access it.

Impact of Computing Innovations

  • Computing advancements have implications based on their intended usage.

  • These impacts might be good or bad, sometimes for the same person.

  • When examining stimulus questions, attempt to observe the effects from many perspectives to determine whether they are positive or negative.

Next Chapter:

Chapter 7: Creative Development

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Chapter 6: The Explore Curricular Requirement

Computing Innovations

  • A computing innovation is one that has a computer program that is essential to the innovation being able to operate.

  • You should be able to describe the program and what it does for an innovation.

    • A physical innovation—such as a GPS

    • Nonphysical computing software—such as an app

    • Nonphysical computing concept—such as social networking

Input/Processing/Output

  • A key concept is being able to distinguish the data from the device that collects the data.

  • For example, a sensor is a data collection device.

    • It sends the data it collects to the program.

    • The data would be values for distance, temperature, motion, among many others, and it is input to the computer program in the innovation.

  • The innovation’s program then processes the data and produces some type of output.

    • The message and “turn on” signal are examples of output.

Analyzing Data

  • You could also see questions about other important concepts related to analyzing a computing innovation’s data.

  • These include the following:

    • How the data collected could be traced to an individual (privacy)

    • Who can access the data (security)

    • Where the data is warehoused (storage)

  • Privacy is protecting our identity.

    • Could partial data and other publicly available data reveal our identity?

    • Can an individual be identified if our data is mixed with a lot of other data to hide our identities?

  • Security deals with who can access our data.

    • Organizations should restrict data access and update.

    • Schools keep much of student and teacher data.

    • Keeping your data secure means not letting other students view your grades or vice versa in an online gradebook.

  • Data storage concerns center around where the data is located.

    • If your school data is stored on a local server, the data should be protected so only authorized people are able to access it.

Impact of Computing Innovations

  • Computing advancements have implications based on their intended usage.

  • These impacts might be good or bad, sometimes for the same person.

  • When examining stimulus questions, attempt to observe the effects from many perspectives to determine whether they are positive or negative.

Next Chapter:

Chapter 7: Creative Development

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