Byram Hills Central School District

This information has been taken directly from the Accelerate U - Standards and Resource Guides (with approval) from the K-12 Education, NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT site. No information in this document has been changed.

Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Three Levels

Standard 5-Technology - Commencement

Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use, and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs.

Computer Technology

3. Computers, as tools for design, modeling, information processing, communication, and system control, have greatly increased human productivity and knowledge.

Students:

     understand basic computer architecture and describe the function of computer subsystems and peripheral devices.
     select a computer system that meets personal needs.
     attach a modem to a computer system and telephone line, set up and use communications software, connect to various on-line networks, including the Internet, and access needed information using e-mail, telnet, gopher, ftp, and web searches.
     use computer-aided drawing and design (CADD) software to model realistic solutions to design problems.
     develop an understanding of computer programming and attain some facility in writing computer programs.

This is evident, for example, when students:

     choose a state-of-the art computer system from computer magazines, price the system, and justify the choice of CPU, CD-ROM and floppy drives, amount of RAM, video and sound cards, modem, printer, and monitor; explain the cost benefit tradeoffs they have made.
     use a computer-aided drawing and design package to design and draw a model of their own room.
     write a computer program that works in conjunction with a bar code reader and an optical sensor to distinguish between light and dark areas of the bar code.