High School Technology Applications OLS Standards

GLOBAL COLLABORATOR: Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.

CREATIVE COMMUNICATOR: Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes, such as AI prompt engineering, using platforms, tools, styles, formats, and digital media appropriate to their goals.

COMPUTATIONAL THINKER: Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.

INNOVATIVE DESIGNER: Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful, or imaginative solutions.

KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTOR: Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools, such as Artificial Intelligence chatbots, to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts, and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.

DIGITAL CITIZEN: Students recognize the responsibilities and opportunities for contributing to their digital communities, including making safe, legal, and ethical decisions using Artificial Intelligence.

EMPOWERED LEARNER: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.

Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.

Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.

Students communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models, or simulations.

Students publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.

Students formulate problem definitions suited for technology-assisted methods such as data analysis, abstract models, and algorithmic thinking in exploring and finding solutions.

Students collect data or identify relevant data sets, use digital tools to analyze them, and represent data in various ways to facilitate problem-solving and decision-making.

Students break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.

Students understand how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions.

Students manage their digital identity, understand the lasting impact of their online behaviors on themselves and others, and make safe, legal, and ethical decisions in the digital world.

Students demonstrate empathetic, inclusive interactions online and use technology to contribute responsibly to their communities.

Students safeguard their well-being by being intentional about what they do online and how much time they spend online.

Students take action to protect their digital privacy on devices and manage their personal data and security while online.

Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning outcomes.

Students build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process.

Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.

Students understand the fundamental concepts of how technology works, demonstrate the ability to choose and use current technologies effectively, and are adept at thoughtfully exploring emerging technologies.

Students explore local and global issues and use collaborative technologies to work with others to investigate solutions.

Students use digital tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures, engaging with them in ways that broaden mutual understanding and learning.

Students use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts, or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.

Students contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.

Students know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts, or solving authentic problems.

Students select and use digital tools to plan and manage a design process that considers design constraints and calculated risks.

Students develop, test, and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process.

Students exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance, and the capacity to work with open-ended problems.

Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.

Students evaluate the accuracy, perspective, credibility, and relevance of information, media, data, or other resources.

Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.

Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories, and pursuing answers and solutions.

IT FundamentalsLearners apply fundamental principles of IT, including the history of IT and its impact on society, common industry terms, systems theory, information storage and retrieval, database management, and computer hardware, software, and peripheral device configuration and installation. This base of knowledge and skills may be applied across the career field.

TroubleshootingSelect and apply troubleshooting methodologies for problem solving.

Identify the problem.

Select troubleshooting methodology (e.g., top down, bottom up, follow the path, spot the differences).

Investigate symptoms based on the selected methodology.

Gather and analyze data about the problem.

Design a solution.

Test a solution.

Implement a solution.

Document the problem and the verified solution.

Performance Tests and Acceptance PlansDevelop performance tests and acceptance plans.

Create a written procedure agreed by the stakeholders and project team for determining the acceptability of the project deliverables.

Develop a test system that accurately mimics external interfaces.

Develop test cases that are realistic, compare with expected performance, and include targeted platforms and device types.

Develop, perform, and document usability and testing integration.

Make corrections indicated by test results.

Seek stakeholder acceptance upon successful completion of the test plan.

Rollout and HandoffPlan rollout and facilitate handoff to customer.

Include overall project goals and timelines in the rollout plan.

Communicate rollout plans to key stakeholders in a timely manner.

Conduct final review and approvals according to company standards.

Identify support staff, training needs, and contingency plans in the rollout plan.

Test delivered application to assure that it is fully functional for the customer or user and meets all requirements.

Deliver support and training materials.

Data EncodingExplain and describe data encoding basics.

Identify and explain coding information and representation of characters (e.g., American Standard Code for Information Interchange [ASCII], Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code [EBCDIC], Unicode).

Convert between numbering systems (e.g., binary, hexadecimal, decimal).

Project Concept ProposalDevelop a project concept proposal.

Identify and incorporate branding strategies.

Determine the scope and purpose of the project.

Determine the target audience, client needs, expected outcomes, objectives, and budget.

Develop a conceptual model and design brief for the project.

Develop a timeline, a communication plan, a task breakdown, costs (e.g., equipment, labor), deliverables, and responsibilities for completion.

Develop and present a comprehensive proposal to stakeholders.

Programming and Software SystemsLearners apply principles of computer programming and software development to develop code; build, test, and debug programs; create finished products; and plan, analyze, design, develop, implement, and support software applications.

Programming ConceptsDescribe programming concepts.

Describe how computer programs and scripts can be used to solve problems (e.g., desktop, mobile, enterprise).

Explain how algorithms and data structures are used in information processing.

Model the solution using both graphic tools (e.g., flowcharts) and pseudocode techniques.

Describe, compare, and contrast the basics of procedural, structured, object-oriented (OO), and event driven programming.

Describe the concepts of data management through programming languages.

Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of different languages for solving a specific problem.

Compare the functions and operations of compilers and interpreters.

Describe version control and the relevance of documentation.

Computational and String OperationsDevelop code that performs computational and string operations.

Compare primitive types of numeric and nonnumeric data (e.g., integers, floats, Boolean, strings).

Identify the scope of data (e.g., global versus local, variables, constants, arrays).

Write code that uses arithmetic operations.

Write code that uses subtotals and final totals.

Write code that applies string operations (e.g., concatenation, pattern matching, substring).

Logical Operations and Control StructuresDevelop code that uses logical operations and control structures.

Explain Boolean logic.

Code error handling techniques.

Write code to access data repositories.

Write code to create classes, objects, and methods.

Solve a truth table.

Write code that uses logical operators (e.g., and, or, not).

Write code that uses relational operators and compound conditions.

Write code that uses conditional control structures (e.g., if, if-then-else).

Write code that uses repetition control structures (e.g., while, for).

Write code that uses selection control structures (e.g., case, switch).

Write code that uses nested structures and recursion.

Write code that creates and calls functions.

Integrated Development EnvironmentBuild and test a program using an integrated development environment (IDE).

Configure options, preferences, and tools.

Write and edit code in the integrated development environment (IDE).

Compile or interpret a working program.

Define test cases.

Test the program using defined test cases.

Correct syntax and runtime errors.

Debug logic errors.

Programming ConventionsDevelop programs using applications security practices.

Develop programs using data validation techniques.

Develop programs that use reuse libraries.

Develop programs using operating system calls.

Develop programs that call other programs.

Use appropriate naming conventions and apply comments.

Format output (e.g., desktop, mobile, enterprise, reports, data files).

Software Development LifecycleApply the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Determine requirements specification documentation.

Present the system design to stakeholders.

Develop the application.

Compare software methodologies (e.g., agile, waterfall).

Perform code reviews (e.g., peer walkthrough, static analysis).

Ensure code quality by testing and debugging the application (e.g., system testing, user acceptance testing).

Train stakeholders.

Deploy the application.

Collect application feedback and maintain the application.

Identify constraints and system processing requirements.

Develop and adhere to timelines.

Identify a programming language, framework, and an integrated development environment (IDE).

Identify input and output (I/O) requirements.

Design system inputs, outputs, and processes.

Document a design using the appropriate tools (e.g., program flowchart, dataflow diagrams, Unified Modeling Language [UML]).

Create documentation (e.g., implementation plan, contingency plan, data dictionary, user help).

Review the design (e.g., peer walkthrough).

Configuration/Change ManagementDescribe configuration management activities.

Explain version management and interface control.

Explain baseline and software lifecycle phases.

Analyze the impact of changes.

Web DevelopmentLearners apply principles of design and technology, including programming standards and protocols, to create, test, host, and maintain web pages and websites with text, graphics, multimedia, scripting, linking, and data integration in a structure that is easy to navigate and accessible for all users via a variety of hardware and software platforms.

ScriptingIntegrate scripting into a web page.

Select and apply scripting languages used in web development.