Computing Innovations - Share, Reflection

Summary

CRD-2.A Describe the purpose of a computing innovation.
IOC-1.A Explain how an effect of a computing innovation can be both beneficial and harmful.

CRD-2.A.1 The purpose of computing innovations is to solve problems or to pursue interests through creative expression.
CRD-2.A.2 An understanding of the purpose of a computing innovation provides developers with an improved ability to develop that computing innovation.
IOC-1.A.1 People create computing innovations.
IOC-1.A.2 The way people complete tasks often changes to incorporate new computing innovations.
IOC-1.A.3 Not every effect of a computing innovation is anticipated in advance.
IOC-1.A.4 A single effect can be viewed as both beneficial and harmful by different people, or even by the same person.
IOC-1.A.5 Advances in computing have generated and increased creativity in other fields, such as medicine, engineering, communications, and the arts.

Ask students to organize into groups of 3
Once in groups, ask students to share their lists from their Computing Innovations activity with their teammates
As a team, select the most important beneficial innovations from among your group

Ask each group to share with the rest of the class which innovation they selected and why

Ask students questions regarding what they have observed through their research and discussion:
- What is the purpose of computing innovations?
- What common threads run through the computing innovations that we have discussed?
- What purpose do they serve?
- Why were they created?
- How do they help people?
The point of the discussion should be to help students reach the conclusion that computing innovations are created to solve problems or pursue interests through creative expression. CRD-2.A.1

Watch video about Seeing AI
Discuss the beneficial impact of the app
Discuss the process designers would have used to develop the app (Review of design thinking principles students have learned)
Share the AI for Accessibility site for students who may be interested in exploring it later

Set the date for the first Impact of Computing recurring assignment.
Explain the details of the Impact of Computing assignment that students will complete every other Friday.
Tell students when the first report will be due.
Share the Impact of Computing document with the students.