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Grade 11, College Preparation
d1. describe computer use policies that promote environmental stewardship and sustainability; d2. describe and apply procedures for safe computing to safeguard computer users and their data; d3. explain key aspects of the impact that emerging technologies have on society;
d4. describe postsecondary education and career prospects related to computer studies.
d1. Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability
d2. Safe computing
d3. Emerging technologies
d. CompUters And soCiety OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
thE ontario curriculum, GradES 10 –12 | Computer Studies
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
d1.1 describe negative effects of computer use on the environment (e.g., creation of waste, unneces- sary printing of emails, heavy power consumption) and on human health (e.g., exposure to radiation, musculoskeletal disorders, eye strain, various health consequences of reduced activity levels);
d1.2 identify measures that help reduce the impact of computers on the environment (e.g., lab regulations, school policies, corporate policies, provincial policies, paperless workplaces, com- puter recycling and reuse) and on human health (e.g., ergonomic standards);
d1.3 describe ways in which computers are or could be used to reduce resource use and to support environmental protection measures (e.g., computer modelling to reduce use of physical resources; interpretation of large amounts of envi- ronmental data; management of natural resources; programmable temperature control to reduce energy consumption);
d1.4 identify government agencies and com- munity partners that provide environmental stewardship opportunities (e.g., local community recycling centres, private companies that refurbish computers, printer cartridge recycling programs).
By the end of this course, students will:
d2.1 explain the need for an acceptable-use policy for using computers at school and at work;
d2.2 describe and use appropriate strategies to avoid potential health and safety problems associated with computer use (e.g., musculoskel- etal disorders, eye strain);
d2.3 describe procedures to safeguard data and programs from malware (e.g., viruses, spyware, adware).
By the end of this course, students will:
d3.1 explain how emerging technologies can affect personal rights and privacy (e.g. video surveil- lance, cyberbullying, identity theft);
d3.2 describe some emerging technologies and their implications for, and potential uses by, various members of society;
d3.3 describe some of the solutions to complex problems affecting society that have been or are being developed through the use of advanced computer programming and emerging tech- nologies (e.g., monitoring and regulating electrical supply and demand; using facial recognition pro- grams to verify the identity of persons entering
a country; analysing criminal activity by overlay- ing crime data on satellite imagery; analysing large-scale meteorological data to predict cata- strophic storms).
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