Teaching Impacts of Technology: Workplace of the Future
In this course you’ll focus on how the Internet has enabled new careers and changed expectations in traditional work settings, creating a new vision for the workplace of the future. This will be done through a series of paired teaching sections, exploring a specific “Impact of Computing” in your typical day and the “Technologies and Computing Concepts” that enable that impact, all at a K12-appropriate level.
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- Level Foundation
- Duration 13 hours
- Course by University of California San Diego
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In this course you’ll focus on how the Internet has enabled new careers and changed expectations in traditional work settings, creating a new vision for the workplace of the future. This will be done through a series of paired teaching sections, exploring a specific “Impact of Computing” in your typical day and the “Technologies and Computing Concepts” that enable that impact, all at a K12-appropriate level. This course is part of a larger Specialization through which you’ll learn impacts of computing concepts you need to know, organized into 5 distinct digital “worlds”, as well as learn pedagogical techniques and evaluate lesson plans and resources to utilize in your classroom. By the end, you’ll be prepared to teach pre-college learners to be both savvy and effective participants in their digital world. In this particular digital world (careers and work), you’ll explore the following Impacts & Technology pairs -- Impacts (Getting jobs in new ways): technology based freelancing, Linkedin and how it changed the way we work Technology and Computing Concepts: Data retrieval, data vs metadata, SQL, Boolean logic (AND, OR, NOT) Impacts (Physical ties to work restricts people and businesses): work communication, the cloud, cloud computing, companies affected by ransomware attacks Technology and Computing Concepts: how the cloud works, FTP, cloud storage, clients and servers, scalability basics, fault tolerance, AWS, devops Impacts (Advancing your career in the fast moving technical world): digital technology changing jobs, online classes, machines replacing jobs, data science and artificial intelligence In the pedagogy section for this course, in which best practices for teaching computing concepts are explored, you’ll learn how to effectively explore and critique curricular material you find and practice reviewing lesson plans, with a focus on material aimed at learning HTML. In terms of CSTA K-12 computer science standards, we’ll primarily cover learning objectives within the “impacts of computing” concept, while also including some within the “networks and the Internet” concepts and the “data and analysis” concept. Practices we cover include “fostering and inclusive computing culture”, “recognizing and defining computational problems”, and “communicating about computing”.Modules
Welcome!
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2
Videos
2
Videos
- Welcome!
- This is part of a specialization
How will this course help you?
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2
Readings
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1
Discussion
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Discussions
- Who are you and What are you looking for?
2
Readings
- Are You Wanting UC, San Diego credit?
- Engagement and Assessment Goals
Check Your Knowledge
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1
Assignment
1
Assignment
- Orientation Quiz - Make Sure you Know the Score
Technology Check
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1
Readings
1
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- Using Googledoc Templates in this Class
Problem: Getting a Job in New Ways
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3
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2
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1
Discussion
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2
ExternalTool
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External Tool
- Technology opens the world of freelancing
- How LinkedIn Changed the Way We Work
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Discussions
- Thinking about technology-enabled freelancing
3
Videos
- Getting a Job in New Ways
- Your First Interactive Reading
- Check Your Knowledge
2
Readings
- Where's my interactive reading grade?
- Explore a Freelance Platform!
Technology Exploration
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1
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3
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1
ExternalTool
1
External Tool
- Crowdsourced Vocabulary: Databases
1
Videos
- Check Your Knowledge
3
Readings
- How do job sites store (and retrieve) matches?
- Data vs Metadata!
- How to "speak" database: SQL
Technology Exploration: Focus on Logic
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1
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2
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1
Discussion
1
Discussions
- Boolean Logic Resources -- for Your Students!
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Videos
- Check Your Knowledge
2
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- Leveraging Prior Knowledge: AND, OR, NOT
- Boolean Logic in Computing
Teacher Powerup
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2
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1
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2
Videos
- What is Teacher Powerup?
- Check Your Knowledge
1
Readings
- Hacking websites with SQL
Technology Mastery Quiz
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2
Assignment
2
Assignment
- Mastery Quiz Part 1
- Mastery Quiz Part 2
Problem: Physical Ties to Work Restrict People and Businesses
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1
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Discussion
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2
ExternalTool
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External Tool
- Communication... it's all in the cloud!
- How Cloud Enables New Businesses
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Discussions
- Phone a Friend: Cloud in the Workplace
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Videos
- Physical Ties to Work
- Check Your Knowledge
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Readings
- What is the Cloud?
Technology Exploration
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3
Videos
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ExternalTool
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External Tool
- Fault Tolerance and Cloud Computing
3
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- In Your Experience
- In Your Experience...
- Check Your Knowledge
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- More about the cloud
- In a word: client? app? server? application?
- Cloud Storage
- Optional: Chromebooks vs Laptops: Use in schools?
- Scalability Basics
- Career Exploration: working at Amazon Web Services
- Optional: Extra Teacher Resources
Teacher Powerup
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1
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3
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- Check Your Knowledge
3
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- AWS Overview
- Career Exploration: What is Devops?
- Optional: Extra Teacher Resources
Technology Mastery Quiz
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Assignment
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Assignment
- Mastery Quiz Part 1
- Mastery Quiz Part 2
Problem: Advancing Your Career in the Fast Moving Technical World
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ExternalTool
3
External Tool
- Five ways digital technology is changing your job
- 8 Things You Should Know About Online Classes to Advance Your Career
- Where machines could replace humans—and where they can’t (yet)
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Videos
- Advancing your Career in the Fast Moving Technical World
- In Your Experience
- Check Your Knowledge
Technology Exploration
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3
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Discussion
1
Discussions
- Cool data sets for kids...
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Videos
- Check Your Knowledge
3
Readings
- Career Exploration: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
- Career Exploration: Artificial Intelligence Job Titles
- The Data Science Process
Mastery Quiz
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2
Assignment
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Assignment
- Mastery Quiz Part 1
- Mastery Quiz: Part 2
Impacts and Next Steps
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3
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2
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- Why Study: Impacts and Next Steps
- In Your Experience
3
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- Do This Now... Request a teacher account
- Can the Internet help teach the world?
- Optional: Extra Teacher Resources
Pedagogy
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Assignment
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Assignment
- Check Your Knowledge (Ped-CogLoad)
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- Cognitive Load in Learning about Computing
Learning HTML
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Discussion
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Assignment
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Assignment
- Mastery Quiz
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Discussions
- What did you enjoy, learn from, need improved
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Videos
- In Your Experience: Cognitive Load
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Readings
- What's Up Next
- Learn HTML through a code.org lesson
Exploring and Critiquing Curricular Materials
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ExternalTool
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External Tool
- Code.org Unit 2 Lesson 3: Intro to HTML Lesson Plan
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- Comment on and ask questions about the full lesson plan
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Discover how technology reshapes the workplace in "Teaching Impacts of Technology: Workplace of the Future," a Personal Development course by Coursera. Led by expert instructors, this foundational course explores the Internet's role in creating new careers and transforming traditional work settings. Through paired teaching sections, you’ll delve into computing impacts and the technologies enabling them, tailored for K-12 education. Over 780 minutes, learn about freelancing, cloud computing, and AI, while mastering pedagogical techniques for teaching these concepts. Ideal for educators, this course offers Starter and Professional subscription options.
Beth Simon