| Key Ideas |
Performance Indicators - Students will: |
| A. The nature and development of technological knowledge and process are functions of the setting. |
Select appropriate tools, instruments and equipment and use them correctly to process materials, energy and information. |
| B. The rate of technological development and diffusion is increasing rapidly. |
Evaluate the impact of rapid technological development upon society. |
| C. Inventions and innovations are the results of specific, goal-directed research.
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Investigate the evolution of a technological system.
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| D. Most development of present technologies is driven by the profit motive and the market. |
Research and describe how consumer desires and needs drive new products and systems. |
Standard Ten
Students
will develop an understanding of the role of trouble shooting, research
and development, invention and innovation, and experimentation in
problem solving.
| Key Ideas |
Performance Indicators - Students will: |
| A. Research and
development is a specific problem-solving approach that is used
intensively in business and industry to prepare devices and systems for
the marketplace.
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Give an example and explain how a product must be designed in a manner that is acceptable to people's needs and wants.
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| B. Technological problems must be researched before they can be solved.
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Use problem-solving
skills to identify key questions about a technological problem and
develop a list of resources that address the issue.
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| C. Not all problems are technological, and not every problem can be solved using technology.
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List examples of problems that can't be solved through the use of technology and discuss reasons why.
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| D. Many technological problems require a multidisciplinary approach.
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Solve a problem utilizing multi-disciplinary skills.
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Standard Fifteen
Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use information and communication technologies.
| Key Ideas |
Performance Indicators - Students will: |
| A. Information and
communication technologies include the inputs, processes, and outputs
associated with sending and receiving information.
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Select a communication technology and model the various inputs, processes and outputs.
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| B. Information and
communication systems allow information to be transferred from human to
human, human to machine, machine to human, and machine to machine.
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Identify and model different systems of communication and their various uses.
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| C. Information and communication systems can be used to inform, persuade, entertain, control, manage, and educate.
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Identify different
techniques currently used by the media and other sources and evaluate
their impact on the behavior of society.
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| D. Communications systems are made up of source, encoder, transmitter, receiver, decoder, storage, retrieval, and destination.
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Identify components
used in VCRs, radios, television and other communication media and
describe their individual functions and their interactions.
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| E. There are many ways to communicate information, such as graphic and electronic means.
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Use a variety of communication devices to convey information.
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