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C. TECHNOLOGY,THE ENVIRONMENT, AND SOCIETY
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
C1. TechnologyandtheEnvironment
By the end of this course, students will:
C1.1 assess the effects of computer technology on the environment (e.g., leakage of hazardous substances from obsolete computers dumped in landfills or improperly recycled; increased energy use; benefits of computer-controlled heating and cooling systems);
C1.2 outline and apply strategies to recycle and reuse computer components (e.g., build comput- ers using used components and donate to a commu- nity partner, offer a service where computers can be upgraded using used components);
C1.3 describe and apply strategies and devices that help reduce the energy used by computers at home and in the workplace (e.g., software that throttles drive speed and CPU speed, monitors that turn off automatically, more efficient processors, lower-speed hard drives, diskless computers, virtu- alization to eliminate extra computers).
C2. TechnologyandSociety
By the end of this course, students will:
C2.1 analyse the benefits of computer technology for society (e.g., improved access to technology for economically disadvantaged people and nations, greater efficiency and lower costs for information services, development of a“global village”, use of computers to help monitor and predict long-term environmental changes);
C2.2 analyse the drawbacks of computer technolo- gy for society (e.g., Internet gambling addictions, more sedentary lifestyle, spam, telemarketing, loss of privacy).
C1. describe environmental issues related to the widespread use of computer technology, and apply strategies to reduce environmental harm from computer use;
C2. analyse societal issues related to the widespread use of computer technology.
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