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Skills Alignment -- Computer Literacy

See also Competency Map and Adaptations and Accessibility.

Core Learner Skills​

  • Understanding how the internet works as a network
  • Operating system and file management skills
  • Basic digital communication and document creation
  • Internet search and information evaluation
  • Foundational coding: sequences, loops, events, debugging
  • Understanding how complex systems are built from components
  • Understanding generative AI: what it does, how it works, its limitations
  • Collaborating with AI tools effectively
  • Digital citizenship and online safety habits
  • Creative project design, iteration, and presentation
  • Computer Science: Computational thinking, programming concepts, systems
  • Digital Citizenship: Safety, privacy, responsible use
  • ELA: Writing, research, communication
  • Art/Design: Digital creativity, visual communication

Possible Standards Connections​

ISTE Standards for Students (may connect to):

  • Empowered Learner (1): using technology strategically to learn
  • Digital Citizen (2): safety, privacy, digital footprint
  • Knowledge Constructor (3): evaluating information
  • Innovative Designer (4): design thinking in the final project
  • Computational Thinker (5): coding, debugging, sequences
  • Creative Communicator (6): digital creation and presentation
  • Global Collaborator (7): AI as collaborative tool

Common Core ELA (may connect to):

  • Speaking and Listening collaborative discussion
  • Research and informational writing (information evaluation lessons)

CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards (may connect to):

  • AP (Algorithms and Programming): sequences, loops, debugging
  • NI (Networks and the Internet): internet basics
  • IC (Impacts of Computing): digital citizenship, AI literacy

Transferable Learner Outcomes​

By end of curriculum:

  1. Explain what the internet is and how to navigate it safely
  2. Create, save, and organize digital files
  3. Build a simple program using sequences, loops, and events
  4. Apply the debugging process to fix a program that is not working
  5. Describe what generative AI does and identify two of its limitations
  6. Design, build, and present a creative digital project

Disclaimer​

Literacy for Kids does not claim official alignment with any standards body.