Standards in this Framework
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| MS-CS-FCP-1.1 | Communicate effectively through writing, speaking, listening, reading, and interpersonal abilities. |
| MS-CS-FCP-1.2 | Demonstrate an understanding of collaborative interactions in the digital world. |
| MS-CS-FCP-1.3 | Model work-readiness traits required for success in the workplace including integrity, honesty, accountability, punctuality, time management, and respect for diversity. |
| MS-CS-FCP-1.4 | Exhibit critical thinking and problem-solving skills to locate, analyze, and apply information in career planning and employment situations. |
| MS-CS-FCP-1.5 | Present a professional image through appearance, behavior and language. |
| MS-CS-FCP-1.6 | Investigate educational requirements, job responsibilities, employment trends, and opportunities within information technology career pathways using credible sources. |
| MS-CS-FCP-2.1 | Identify the basic components of the computer (processor, operating system, memory, storage, ethernet ports) by disassembling and reassembling a demonstration model personal computer (may be done ‘virtually’ online if demo model is not available). |
| MS-CS-FCP-2.2 | Demonstrate an understanding of key functional components (input/output devices, software applications, wi-fi and/or Ethernet, and IP addresses). |
| MS-CS-FCP-2.3 | Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental concepts for how computers process programming commands (hex, binary language, sequence of commands, conditional structures, looping structures). |
| MS-CS-FCP-3.1 | Make observations and organize the concepts of modularity, including functions and methods, as it relates to programming code reusability and cloud computing in the software industry. |
| MS-CS-FCP-3.2 | Develop a working vocabulary of computational thinking including sequences, algorithms, binary, pattern matching, decomposition, abstraction, parallelization, data, automation, data collection, data analysis, Boolean, integer, branches (if...then...else), and iteration {loops (For, While)}. |
| MS-CS-FCP-3.3 | Analyze the problem-solving process, the input-process-output-storage model of a computer, and how computers help humans solve problems. |
| MS-CS-FCP-3.4 | Develop an algorithm to decompose a problem of a daily task. |
| MS-CS-FCP-4.1 | Develop a working vocabulary of programming including flowcharting and/or storyboarding, coding, debugging, user interfaces, usability, variables, lists, loops, conditionals, programming language, and events. |
| MS-CS-FCP-4.2 | Utilize the design process to brainstorm, implement, test, and revise an idea. |
| MS-CS-FCP-4.3 | Cite evidence on how computers represent data and media (sounds, images, video, etc.). |
| MS-CS-FCP-4.4 | Design a user interface and test with other users using a paper prototype. |
| MS-CS-FCP-4.5 | Implement a simple algorithm in a computer program |
| MS-CS-FCP-4.6 | Develop an event driven program. |
| MS-CS-FCP-4.7 | Create a program that accepts user and/or sensor input and stores the result in a variable |
| MS-CS-FCP-4.8 | Create a computer program that implements a loop. |
| MS-CS-FCP-4.9 | Develop a program that makes a decision based on data or user input |
| MS-CS-FCP-4.10 | Debug a program with an error. |
| MS-CS-FCP-5.1 | Develop a working vocabulary of embedded computing including digital, analog, events, microcontrollers, sensors, light emitting diodes (LED), switches, servos, cloud computing, and internet of things. |
| MS-CS-FCP-5.2 | Investigate how software interacts with hardware in the boot process |
| MS-CS-FCP-5.3 | Analyze and explain how computers communicate information with simple hardware inputs and outputs. |
| MS-CS-FCP-5.4 | Create a product that analyzes how simple computer hardware can be used to develop innovative new products that interact with the physical world. |
| MS-CS-FCP-5.5 | Design a computer program that senses something in the real world and changes an output based on the input. |
| MS-CS-FCP-6.1 | Summarize ethical, privacy, and legal issues of a digital world using current case studies. |
| MS-CS-FCP-6.2 | Collaborate as a team to develop an artifact that represents multiple perspectives regarding a global crisis. |
| MS-CS-FCP-6.3 | Analyze and explain the functionality and suitability (or appropriateness) of a computational artifact. |
| MS-CS-FCP-6.4 | Develop a program for creative expression or to satisfy personal curiosity which may have visual, audible, and/or tactile results. |
| MS-CS-FCP-6.5 | Develop a program specifically with the goal of solving a problem, creating new knowledge, or helping people, organizations, or society. |
