An Official A+ College Ready Course
CS & Society
Computing Innovations, Ethics, Cybersecurity & Micro:bits
How computing reshapes the world students live in, and what it asks of them in return. Across four interchangeable 9-week units, students take apart the innovations they already use, spend 45 days on ethics and cybersecurity, build increasingly ambitious hardware with micro:bits, and finish by inventing assistive technology for someone living with ALS. Run the units in whatever order fits your schedule.
Course Details
Designed to integrate seamlessly into your existing computer science curriculum.
Course Information
Standards Alignment
Every unit maps to the computer science frameworks your district already reports on.
Partnership Benefits
Everything you need to deliver an exceptional computer science education experience.
Web-based IDE
No downloads, no hassles, immediately start coding with our comprehensive development environment.
Automated Grading
Give you back hours of time with intelligent code assessment and instant feedback.
Code Comments
View and provide detailed comments and feedback on your student's code.
Plagiarism Detection
Find plagiarized responses and maintain academic integrity automatically.
Customize Your Curriculum
Edit and bring your own taste to your curriculum by changing or making new additions.
Start Course Now!JuiceMind Quizzes
Student EngagementKahoot-like platform that features Multiple Choice, Select the error, drag and drop, and Fill in the Code questions.
Group Projects
Collaborative LearningStudents can collaborate on shared workspaces to complete various coding activities.
Parsons' Problems
Scaffolded CodingGive students confidence by dragging and dropping shuffled code blocks into the correct order to assemble a working solution.
Unplugged Activities
Hands-On LearningStep away from the screen and spark a hands-on, collaborative activity that draws every student into the conversation.
Course Breakdown
Four interchangeable 9-week units, 180 lessons, 659 items and about 130 hours of material. Because the units are self-contained, you can run them in whatever order suits your school year.
Computing Innovations
Students research an innovation and present it in the opening project, then take apart the technologies around them — adaptive technology, facial recognition, social media and wearables.
Ethics and Cybersecurity
The longest unit by contact time, and the most current. Students work from personal digital hygiene out to national cybersecurity diplomacy.
Advanced Micro:bit Projects
Nine weeks of building. Students start with LEDs and buttons, work up to three multi-day builds — an Operation game, a video game and a secret treasure box — and close on smart homes and the tech city of the future.
App Development with a Purpose
Students build apps in MIT App Inventor from the first Hello It's Me! screen through to a final invention designed around living with ALS.