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Teaching Impacts of Technology: Relationships

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Course Summary

This course explores the impact of technology on our relationships and offers strategies for managing our digital lives. You will learn how to navigate the challenges of online communication and maintain healthy relationships in a digital age.

Key Learning Points

Understand the impact of technology on relationships
Develop strategies for managing digital communication
Learn how to maintain healthy relationships in a digital age

Learning Outcomes

Understand the impact of technology on relationships
Develop strategies for managing digital communication
Maintain healthy relationships in a digital age

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

A basic understanding of technology and social media
An open mind and willingness to explore new ideas

Course Difficulty Level

Beginner

Course Format

Online
Self-paced

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Description

In this course you’ll focus on how “smart” devices have changed how we interact with others in personal ways, impacting how we stay connected in our increasingly mobile society. This will be done through a series of paired teaching sections, exploring a specific “Impact of Computing” in your typical day and the “Technologies and Computing Concepts” that enable that impact, all at a K12-appropriate level.

This course is part of a larger Specialization through which you’ll learn impacts of computing concepts you need to know, organized into 5 distinct digital “worlds”, as well as learn pedagogical techniques and evaluate lesson plans and resources to utilize in your classroom. By the end, you’ll be prepared to teach pre-college learners to be both savvy and effective participants in their digital world. In this particular digital world (relationships), you’ll explore the following Impacts & Technology pairs -- Impacts (Keep me connected in a mobile society):, personal relationships, facebook, circle of friends Technology and Computing Concepts: algorithms, software engineering evolution, heuristics, computer runtime, big O notation, P vs NP Impacts (Making geography-based connections): findings friends, maps, geolocation Technology and Computing Concepts: data and binary, image encoding, pixels, how color pickers work, filters, blurs In the pedagogy section for this course, in which best practices for teaching computing concepts are explored, you’ll learn about the current CSTA K-12 CS Standards and practice using them to review and apply to lesson plans, as well as how to apply the ICAP framework to connect your students’ engagement to active learning outcomes, such as through peer instruction. In terms of CSTA K-12 computer science standards, we’ll primarily cover learning objectives within the “impacts of computing” concept, while also including some within the “networks and the Internet” concepts and the “data and analysis” concept. Practices we cover include “fostering and inclusive computing culture”, “recognizing and defining computational problems”, and “communicating about computing”.

Outline

Course Orientation
Welcome to the course!
This is part of a specialization
Are you wanting UC, San Diego transcript credit?
Engagement and Assessment Goals
Using Googledoc Templates in this Class
Orientation Quiz - Make Sure you Know the Score

Keeping Connected in a Global Society
Keeping Connected in a Mobile Society
In Your Experience
Your First Interactive Reading
Check Your Knowledge
Why Facebook?
Check Your Knowledge
Vicarious Lost Circles (if you didn't run it)
Explore Your Circles of Friends (and tell us about it)
Check Your Knowledge
What is Teacher Powerup?
Check Your Knowledge
Activity Prep: Finding your "Lost Circles" of Friends
Where's my interactive reading grade?
Wow -- Lost Circles took a LONG time to run!
Other Reasons Your Computer Runs Slowly
Heuristics vs. Algorithms
Career Exploration: User Experience Designer
Big O Notation
P vs NP (What's the difference?!)
Optional: Extra Teacher Resources
Mastery Quiz Part 1
Mastery Quiz Part 2
Mastery Quiz Part 3

Making Geography-based Connections
Making Geography-Based Connections
Check Your Knowledge
Check Your Knowledge
Check Your Knowledge
How Snapchat's filters work
Digging Deep: Data and Binary
Encoding Image Basics
Find Out How Color Picker Works!
Advanced Image Encoding
How Blurs and Filters Work
Mastery Quiz Part 1
Mastery Quiz Part 2

Impacts of Computing and Supporting Interactive Learning
Why Study: Impacts and Next Steps
K-12 CSTA Computer Science Standards
Check Your Knowledge
What makes "good" active learning?
The ICAP Framework
Scaffolding Interactivity Example: Peer Instruction
Peer Instruction for Impacts of Computing Lessons
Check Your Knowledge
Impacts: What we'll learn and how
Before Standards: The K-12 Computer Science Framework
Pedagogy Mastery Quiz

More lesson plans for interactivity: Impacts and Encoding Images
Follow a lesson plan: As a student

Summary of User Reviews

This course explores the impacts of technology on relationships. Learners were generally satisfied with the course content and found it informative. A key aspect that many users thought was good was the course's relevance to real-world scenarios.

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

The course's relevance to real-world scenarios

Pros from User Reviews

Informative and engaging course content
Good use of real-life examples
Interesting discussions and assignments

Cons from User Reviews

Some users found the course too basic
Lack of interaction with the instructor
Lengthy lectures

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