Teaching Testing for Accessibility: Refine for Every User in Grades 9-10 (Level 1): Oklahoma Standard L1.IC.CU.02 Teaching accessibility testing software in grades 9-10 (level 1) does not have to be complicated. Picture a UX researcher running a usability test with a screen reader user before a product ships. That kind of thinking is exactly what…
Teaching Computing and Everyday Life: Evaluate the Impact in Grades 9-10 (Level 1): Oklahoma Standard L1.IC.CU.01 Teaching computing impacts society in grades 9-10 (level 1) does not have to be complicated. Picture a policy analyst evaluating whether a hiring algorithm shows measurable bias against certain applicant groups. That kind of thinking is exactly what Oklahoma's…
Teaching Weighing the Trade-Offs in Digital Data Storage in Grades 9-10 (Level 1): Oklahoma Standard L1.DA.S.02 Teaching data storage tradeoffs in grades 9-10 (level 1) does not have to be complicated. Picture a hospital weighing a structured patient-records database against a simple paper filing system. That kind of thinking is exactly what Oklahoma's grades 9-10…
Teaching Bits, Bytes & Beyond: Converting Data Representations in Grades 9-10 (Level 1): Oklahoma Standard L1.DA.S.01 Teaching binary number conversion in grades 9-10 (level 1) does not have to be complicated. Picture a software team choosing between ASCII and Unicode for a global messaging app. That kind of thinking is exactly what Oklahoma's grades 9-10…
Teaching Reading the Relationships in Data in Grades 9-10 (Level 1): Oklahoma Standard L1.DA.IM.01 Teaching data relationships computational models in grades 9-10 (level 1) does not have to be complicated. Picture a data analyst modeling the relationship between advertising spend and sales figures. That kind of thinking is exactly what Oklahoma's grades 9-10 (level 1)…
Teaching Surveys to Visualizations: Build a Trustworthy Dataset in Grades 9-10 (Level 1): Oklahoma Standard L1.DA.CVT.01 Teaching data collection and visualization in grades 9-10 (level 1) does not have to be complicated. Picture a student council designing a fair lunch-preference survey and visualizing the results in a bar chart. That kind of thinking is exactly…
Teaching Systematic Troubleshooting: Find and Fix the Error in Grades 9-10 (Level 1): Oklahoma Standard L1.CS.T.01 Teaching troubleshooting computing systems in grades 9-10 (level 1) does not have to be complicated. Picture an IT support specialist isolating whether a printer problem is a cable, a driver, or a network setting. That kind of thinking is…
Teaching Layers of a Computer: Software Meets Hardware in Grades 9-10 (Level 1): Oklahoma Standard L1.CS.HS.01 Teaching layers of a computer in grades 9-10 (level 1) does not have to be complicated. Picture an IT support specialist figuring out whether a broken laptop is a hardware, software, or driver problem. That kind of thinking is…
Teaching Model the Hidden Layers Inside Everyday Smart Devices in Grades 9-10 (Level 1): Oklahoma Standard L1.CS.D.01 Teaching abstraction computing systems in grades 9-10 (level 1) does not have to be complicated. Picture an embedded systems engineer designing the firmware hidden inside a car's dashboard. That kind of thinking is exactly what Oklahoma's grades 9-10…
Teaching Lists & Arrays: Generalize Your Code in Grades 9-10 (Level 1): Oklahoma Standard L1.AP.V.01 Teaching lists and arrays in grades 9-10 (level 1) does not have to be complicated. Picture a software engineer storing every user account in one list instead of a separate variable per account. That kind of thinking is exactly what…
