| Curricular Competency |
Analyze the role technologies play in societal change |
Computer Information Systems 12 |
Applied Technologies |
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| Curricular Competency |
Evaluate impacts, including unintended negative consequences, of choices made about technology use |
Computer Information Systems 12 |
Applied Technologies |
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| Curricular Competency |
Explore existing, new, and emerging tools, technologies, and systems and evaluate their suitability for their design interests |
Computer Information Systems 12 |
Applied Technologies |
| Keyword: technologies |
Elaboration: tools that extend human capabilities |
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| Curricular Competency |
Identify and assess skills needed for design interests, and develop specific plans to learn or refine them over time |
Computer Information Systems 12 |
Applied Skills |
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| Curricular Competency |
Apply safety procedures for themselves, co-workers, and users in both physical and digital environments |
Computer Information Systems 12 |
Applied Skills |
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| Curricular Competency |
Sharing- Share their progress while making to increase feedback, collaboration, and, if applicable, marketing
- Decide on how and with whom to share or promote their product, creativity, and, if applicable, intellectual property
- Consider how others might build upon the design concept
- Critically reflect on their design thinking and processes, and identify new design goals
- Assess ability to work effectively both as individuals and collaboratively while implementing project management processes
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Computer Information Systems 12 |
Applied Design |
| Keyword: Share |
Elaboration: may include showing to others, use by others, giving away, or marketing and selling |
| Keyword: intellectual property |
Elaboration: creations of the intellect such as works of art, invention, discoveries, design ideas to which one has the legal rights of ownership |
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| Curricular Competency |
Making- Identify appropriate tools, technologies, materials, processes, and time needed for production
- Use project management processes when working individually or collaboratively to coordinate production
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Computer Information Systems 12 |
Applied Design |
| Keyword: project management processes |
Elaboration: setting goals, planning, organizing, constructing, monitoring, and leading during execution |
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| Curricular Competency |
Testing- Identify feedback most needed and possible sources of feedback
- Develop an appropriate test of the prototype
- Collect feedback to critically evaluate design and make changes to product design or processes
- Iterate the prototype or abandon the design idea
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Computer Information Systems 12 |
Applied Design |
| Keyword: sources of feedback |
Elaboration: may include peers; users; First Nations, Métis, or Inuit community experts; other experts and professionals both online and offline |
| Keyword: appropriate test |
Elaboration: includes evaluating the degree of authenticity required for the setting of the test, deciding on an appropriate type and number of trials, and collecting and compiling data |
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| Curricular Competency |
Prototyping - Identify and apply sources of inspiration and information
- Choose an appropriate form, scale, and level of detail for prototyping, and plan procedures for prototyping multiple ideas
- Analyze the design for the life cycle and evaluate its impacts
- Construct prototypes, making changes to tools, materials, and procedures as needed
- Record iterations of prototyping
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Computer Information Systems 12 |
Applied Design |
| Keyword: sources of inspiration |
Elaboration: may include experiences, users, experts, and thought leaders |
| Keyword: information |
Elaboration: may include professionals as experts, secondary sources, collective pools of knowledge in communities and collaborative atmospheres both online and offline |
| Keyword: impacts |
Elaboration: including the social and environmental impacts of extraction and transportation of raw materials, manufacturing, packaging, transportation to markets, servicing or providing replacement parts, expected usable lifetime, and reuse or recycling of component materials |
| Keyword: iterations |
Elaboration: repetitions of a process with the aim of approaching a desired result |
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| Curricular Competency |
Ideating- Identify gaps to explore a design space
- Generate ideas and add to others’ ideas to create possibilities, and prioritize them for prototyping
- Critically analyze how competing social, ethical, and sustainability considerations impact designed solutions to meet global needs for preferred futures
- Work with users throughout the design process
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Computer Information Systems 12 |
Applied Design |
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| Curricular Competency |
Defining- Establish a point of view for a chosen design opportunity
- Identify potential users, intended impact, and possible unintended negative consequences
- Make decisions about premises and constraints that define the design space
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Computer Information Systems 12 |
Applied Design |
| Keyword: constraints |
Elaboration: limiting factors, such as available technology, expense, environmental impact, copyright |
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| Curricular Competency |
Understanding context- Conduct user-centred research to understand design opportunities and barrier
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Computer Information Systems 12 |
Applied Design |
| Keyword: user-centred research |
Elaboration: research done directly with potential users to understand how they do things and why, their physical and emotional needs, how they think about the world, and what is meaningful to them |
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| Big Ideas |
Design and content can influence the lives of others. |
Digital Media Development 12 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Personal design choices require self-exploration, collaboration, and evaluation and refinement of skills. |
Digital Media Development 12 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
The design cycle is an ongoing reflective process. |
Digital Media Development 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: design cycle |
Elaboration: includes updating content, tools, and delivery. The design process can be non-linear. |
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