08+Information+Technology

Objective 1: Explore the relationship and impact of information technology in the **business arena** Indicators: > > > [|UEN IT Vocabulary Lesson] > Use a digital camera, [|digital recorder], a mic on the computer, a cell, etc. to record a photo, sound, or video that can be later used in the "About Me Presentation" > [|UEN "All About Me" Presentation Lesson] > "All About Me" handout [|PDF] [|Word Document>] > "All About Me" Sample PowerPoint > Plain Version > Multimedia Version
 * Standard 8: Students will examine the workplace tasks and concepts in Information Technology.**
 * 1) Define appropriate business information technology terminology including appropriate use policies, networks, database, digital media, server, modem, wireless, protocol, bandwidth, blog, podcast, wiki, mp3, animation, etc.
 * 1) Demonstrate the use of a digital camera and/or other digital recording device.
 * 1) Explore online databases ([|Switchboard.com], [|maps.google.com], [|Pioneer Online Library], [|Surweb.org], [|Real Estate], Google Earth, online store, [|eBay], etc.) After using an online database discuss how all use a database of similar stored items in the database. Switchboard uses a database of stored names, addresses and phone numbers. Google maps uses data to construct maps of everywhere in the USA. Pioneer Online Library is a database of magazine articles. Surweb is a database of photos about Utah. Real estate databases list houses, features, prices, etc. Online stores are a database of items for sale. They list item, description, photo, price, etc. What other database can be found online?
 * 2) Understand the elements, planning and development of a multimedia presentation (sound, text, graphics, video, animations and interactivity).
 * 1) Explore related career [|Pathways].

Indicators: > Discussion "How technology has changed things we do." > [|UEN IT Smart Homes Lesson] > [|UEN Smart Homes Presentation] > [|UEN Smart Homes Handout] > [|UEN Nanotechnology Lesson][|Nano Tech Video] > Noah's Smart Recreational and Conventation Center in Pleasant Grove. [|Noah's Website]
 * Objective 2:** Explore the relationship and impact of information technology on the **family and consumer**.
 * 1) Explore information technology in home, school and work.
 * 1) Explore related career [|Pathways].

Indicators: > [|UEN IT Programming Languages Lesson] > [|Edit "HTML Document" to see source code Handout] > [|Programming Languages Handout] > >  > [|Count the Dots -- Binary Counting Lesson] > > Print the binary dots on a sheet each or when printing choose Properties, Finishing, and select 2 pages per sheet so they will print on a half sheet. Using the ideas from the Count the Dots lesson binary numbers can be demonstrated. All letters, symbols, and digits on the computer are all represented by a sequence of 1's & 0's. [|ASCII Table.] Digital music, digital photos, digital videos, all computer files are just a series of stored 0's & 1's! Can you use the ASCII code to represent your name? > [|UEN IT Ethics Lesson]
 * Objective 3:** Explore the relationship and impact of information technology in today’s **technology** world.
 * 1) Understand and identify programming languages and their use in writing software.
 * 1) Explore how software is designed, developed and written as a computer program.
 * 1) Explore how cars, airplanes, spacecraft, robots, heating & air conditioning, cell phones, iPods, etc. are controlled by software.
 * 1) Identify parts of a computer, typical peripheral devices and interactions of different systems in a computer (CPU, memory, storage, input, output).
 * 1) Understand that all computers operate on a digital or binary number system.
 * 1) Explain the issues of ethics, privacy, security and copyright law and how they apply to the use of information technology.
 * 1) Explore related career [|Pathways].