Grade 7

Decompose real-world problems into structured parts using flowcharts.

Analyze the patterns and sequences found in flowcharts.

Identify abstraction and analyze how an algorithm the student created can be generalized to solve additional problems.

Design a plan collaboratively using flowcharts to document a problem, possible solutions, and an expected timeline for the development of a coded solution.

Analyze different techniques used in debugging and apply them to an algorithm.

Analyze the benefits of using iteration (code and sequence repetition) in algorithms.

Manipulate and rename variables and describe different data types.

Use a software design process to create text-based programs with nested loops that address different subproblems within a real-world context.

Resolve challenges in design processes independently using goal setting and personal character traits such as demonstrating responsibility and advocating for self appropriately.

Discuss and implement a design process that includes planning and selecting digital tools to develop and refine a prototype or model through trial and error.

Identify how the design process is used in various industries.

Explain how changes in technology throughout history have impacted various areas of study.

Explain how global trends impact the development of technology.

Transfer current knowledge to the learning of newly encountered technologies.

Demonstrate how data can be represented in a binary number systems.

Evaluate advanced search strategies, including keywords, Boolean operators, and limiters.

Use digital tools in order to transform data to analyze trends and make inferences and predictions.

Use digital tools to communicate and display data from a product or process to inform or persuade an intended audience.

Classify actions as having a positive or negative effect on a digital footprint.

Create and revise formal and informal communications using a feedback process and appropriate digital etiquette.

Collaborate on digital platforms such as recording a video conference presentation using appropriate formal and informal digital etiquette.

Adhere to local acceptable use policy (AUP) and practice and model safe, ethical, and positive online behaviors.

Explain the importance of intellectual property laws, including the benefits of protection for content owners, and the consequences of violating these laws.

Create citations and cite sources for a variety of digital forms of intellectual property.

Evaluate how various types of media, including social media, and technology can be used to exaggerate and misrepresent information.

Describe and model ways to protect oneself from real-world cybersecurity attacks.

Analyze the negative impacts of cyberbullying on the victim and the bully.

Choose a variety of digital tools to create, share, and communicate digital artifacts.

Demonstrate proficiency in the appropriate use of technology terminology in projects through team collaboration and communication.

Demonstrate effective file management strategies such as file naming conventions, local and remote locations, backup, hierarchy, folder structure, file conversion, tags, and emerging digital organizational strategies with assistance.

Select and use appropriate platform and tools, including selecting and using software or hardware for a defined task.

Demonstrate improvement in speed and accuracy as measured by words per minute when applying correct keyboarding techniques.

Select and use appropriate shortcuts within applications.

Research and test potential solutions to solve hardware and software problems.

Use a variety of types of local and remote data storage to store or share data such as cloud architecture or local server.

Select and use productivity tools found in spread sheet, word processing, and publication applications to create digital artifacts such as reports, graphs, and charts with increasing complexity.