Grade 7 Technology Applications PA Core Standards

Legal/Ethical

Marketing Technology

Marketing Plan

Research

Marketing Mix

Communications in Marketing

Marketing Fundamentals

Marketing as a Profession

Marketing

Management Focus

Human Resource Management

Management Skills

Management Functions

Organization and Characteristics of Business

Management

Global Finance

Global Marketing

Global Business Opportunity

Global Decision Making

Global Responsibility

Global Communication

Global Economics

Government and Legal Systems

Global Literacy

Global Business

Saving and Investing

Risk Management and Insurance

Money Management / Credit and Debt

Personal Finance Responsibility

Finance and Economics

Innovation / Opportunity in Entrepreneurship

Business Foundations

Entrepreneurs in the Global Economy

Entrepreneurs in the Domestic Economy

The Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship

Emerging Technologies in Careers

Technology Research

Digital Media

Programming

Software/Applications

Networking

Operating Systems

Input Technologies

Hardware

Digital Citizenship

Influence of Emerging Technologies

Computer and Information Technologies

Diversity

Electronic Communication

Organizational Communication

Etiquette

Foundations of Communication

Communication

Evaluating & Controlling

Leading/Directing

Organizing

Knowledge/Planning

Career Management

Compliance

Financial Reporting and Analysis

Framework for Financial Reporting

Accounting Fundamentals

Accounting as a Profession

Accounting

Design Thinking in Technology and Engineering Education

Applying, Maintaining, Assessing and Evaluating Technological Products and Systems

Integration of Knowledge, Technologies, and Practices

Nature and Characteristics of Technology and Engineering

Consider historical factors that have contributed to the development of technologies and human progress.

Compare how different technologies involve different sets of processes.

Engage in a research and development process to simulate how inventions and innovations have evolved through systematic tests and refinements.

Differentiate between inputs, processes, outputs, and feedback in technological systems.

Demonstrate how systems thinking involves considering relationships between every part, as well as how the systems interact with the environment in which it is used.

Create an open-loop system that has no feedback path and requires human intervention.

Create a closed-loop system that has a feedback path and requires no human intervention.

Predict outcomes of a future product or system at the beginning of the design process.

Apply informed problem-solving strategies to the improvement of existing devices or processes or the development of new approaches.

Explain how technology and engineering are closely linked to creativity, which can result in both intended and unintended innovations.

Identify knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for careers in accounting.

Describe ethical and unethical business practices related to accounting.

Identify the parts of the accounting equation.

Describe the components of the accounting cycle.

Explore various technologies used in accounting.

Identify, recognize, and classify short- and long-term assets.

Identify, recognize, and classify short- and long-term liabilities.

Discuss the value of family and business assets over time.

Identify and classify the classes and rights of types of stock.

Explain the concept of inventory and its role in business.

Identify and classify revenue.

Identify and classify expenses.

Identify and give examples of net pay and gross pay.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the different forms of business ownership (proprietorship, partnership, and corporation, etc.).

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Identify and describe bank statements.

Identify and recognize financial reports and their purpose.

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Identify and give examples of possible financial indicators for various types of business.

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Identify and give examples of problems associated with a business not having enough cash on hand.

Identify and list examples of fixed and variable costs.

Identify and list examples of taxes.

Identify the importance of good record keeping for businesses.

Examine various occupation options based on career assessments results, personal characteristics, talents, skills, abilities, and aptitudes as related to career pathways, clusters, or occupations.

Apply various online and traditional career management tools to explore career clusters.

Correlate individual career interests to job opportunities within the global marketplace.

Compare and contrast occupations in a virtual versus a traditional work environment.

Examine school program offerings related to individual career options.

Analyze financial options and costs associated with post-secondary education.

Evaluate applications to define the purpose and audience.

Identify interview strategies.

Examine laws associated with employment including Child Labor Laws and Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Develop a career plan based on career assessment results, occupational research and high school course offerings.

Explain the importance of personal networking and its impact on achieving a career goal.

Illustrate how personal qualities and behavior affect school and work success.

Explain the importance of workplace expectations.

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Explore diversity as related to occupations.

Identify strategies for conflict resolution.

Explain how changes in society influence the job market (creation of new positions and elimination of obsolete work).

Selecting the appropriate writing type to produce a work product.

Produce a variety of business documents and reports; focus on content, style, and format.

Apply strategies to understand complex directions.

Distinguish between appropriate and in-appropriate business work products.

Choose appropriate print and electronic resources to meet project need.

Define a position, support it with claims, and respond to questions to support claim.

Develop appropriate information and content for presentations, meetings, discussions, and group assignments.

Deliver presentations using a variety of techniques and media; employ conventions of language.

Distinguish between relevant and non-relevant information for note taking, questioning, or decision making.

Identify barriers to active listening (e.g., environmental, peer, time, and cultural distractions).

Determine the situational appropriateness of verbal and non-verbal behaviors.

Describe the characteristics of positive role models for development of work ethic and leadership skills.

Demonstrate proper etiquette when networking either face-to-face or online.

Examine the impact of work ethic in various contexts.

Discuss types of communication skills (e.g., internal, external) in organizations.

Describe leadership communication skills necessary for goal setting and generating ideas.

Identify communication channels and their purpose in the business community.

Discuss appropriate communication strategies between supervisors and subordinates.

Apply appropriate electronic communication based on message requirements.

Discuss the rules of digital citizenship.

Identify and employ various electronic communication options related to desired outcomes.

Describe varieties of mobile communication used within businesses and/or organizations.

Use electronic communication with peers and/or educators to produce a work product.

Demonstrate effective techniques for good communication.

Analyze the influence of emerging technologies on daily life.

Interpret and apply appropriate social, legal, ethical, and safe behaviors of digital citizenship.

Compare and contrast peripheral devices of computing systems for specific needs.

Create projects using emerging input technologies.

Explain the different operating systems.

Identify network communication technologies.

Create an advanced digital project using appropriate software/application for an authentic task.

Explain the differences between a scripting language and a coding language.

Solve a problem with an algorithm.

Explain the basic differences between encoding and decoding.

Create a multimedia project using student-created digital media.

Explore pathways to becoming an entrepreneur.

Identify management and organizational skills needed for entrepreneurship.

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Compare and contrast entrepreneurship in emerging fields, (e.g., social media, online business, alternative energy sources and uses, agriculture and industrial) with traditional entrepreneurships.

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Identify interconnectivity of global and local business operating in the local/state economy.

Identify the impact of global business on pricing for local entrepreneurs.

Identify entrepreneurial opportunities in the global economy.

Compare and contrast the various functions of operations management.

Define the impact of emerging technologies on business management.

Identify government agencies and regulations that impact business.

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Discuss the importance of developing short-, medium-, and long-term personal financial goals.

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Identify employee benefits and their impact on income.

Explain the difference between sales and income tax.

Evaluate assets as related to personal wealth and spending.

Discuss the need for money management.

Compare and contrast advantages and disadvantages of various options of paying for short- and long-term purchases.

Compare advantages and disadvantages of different financial institutions relating to saving, investing, and borrowing.

Explain the difference between simple and compound interest.

Investigate factors that contribute to a positive or negative credit history.

Analyze the components and value of credit reports for consumers, borrowers and lenders.

Evaluate the accuracy and bias of online sources of information; appropriately cite online resources.

Examine steps to minimize exposure to identity theft.

Explore and describe how emerging technologies are used across different career paths.

Examine the purpose and importance of various types of insurances.

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Calculate investment growth using varying rates of return.

Evaluate the benefits of a diversified investment portfolio.

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Trace and discuss the effect of international trade on the U.S throughout history.

Identify barriers (time zones, transportation, language, regulations, social customs) to international trade and determine how these barriers can be overcome.

Explain how current global events impact the business climate.

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different types of governments on business.

Compare legal structure and laws of other countries as they relate to global business.

Identify economic indicators that define the health of a nation's businesses.

Classify products and services as imports or exports.

Compare and contrast the efficient use of natural and human resources and the impact on participation in the global economy.

Analyze the impact of tone, style, and language in sending and receiving communications.

Explain the importance of non-verbal behaviors on cultural business relationships.

Discuss ethical business conduct and identify how companies may act in a globally responsible manner.

Explain how historic international relationships impact current business.

Investigate resources, agencies, and organizations that promote global trade.

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Explain how economic growth and decline impact business.

Explain the characteristics of different forms of business ownership, such as sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporation.

Discuss ethical and unethical behaviors and their impact on business and organizations.

Discuss the function of mission, vision, goals, and objectives within a business plan.

Identify business management styles (e.g., autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire) used in a business or organization.

Discuss strategies to motivate and compensate employees.

Compare and contrast leadership styles.

Compare and contrast motivational theories used in a business or organization.

Demonstrate communication skills necessary for success within an organization.

Explain how technology tools are used in business management.

Discuss the benefits of lifelong learning on career growth.

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Describe the interview and selection process for applicants in various businesses.

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Describe the role and function of performance evaluations in business.

Discuss employee compensation plans for various careers.

Interpret data on financial statements as it relates to management decisions.

Identify the processes used to design, redesign, supply, and schedule production for a business product.

Identify management strategies used by global businesses.

Explore various marketing careers and analyze their role in the business world.

Describe how businesses influence purchasing decisions.

Distinguish among members of a marketing channel, including company, intermediaries, retailer, and consumer.

Reference Business, Computer and Information Technologies

Differentiate types of consumer behavior and characteristics including but not limited to spending habits, emotional buying, rational buying and buying power.

Compare and contrast processes used to obtain, develop, maintain, and improve products or services including product development, packaging, branding, product mix and product life cycle.

Compare and contrast different processes of distribution.

Analyze pricing strategies and practices used by local, domestic, and global industries.

Compare and contrast existing promotional plans used by local, domestic, and global industries.

Summarize data collection methods as related to marketing.

Explain the components of a marketing plan.

Explain how technologies are used in marketing to gain a competitive advantage.

Discuss the laws and regulations that impact marketing and its consumers (e.g., Consumer Product Safety, Consumer Pricing Act, Trademark Counterfeiting Act, Federal Trade Commission Act).

Compare, contrast, and identify overlap between the contributions of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the development of technological systems.

Analyze how different technological systems often interact with economic, environmental, and social systems.

Adapt and apply an existing product, system, or process to solve a problem in a different setting.

Demonstrate how knowledge gained from other content areas affects the development of technological products and systems.

Examine the ways that technology can have both positive and negative effects at the same time.

Use devices to control technological systems.

Design methods to gather data about technological systems.

Interpret the accuracy of information collected.

Use instruments to gather data on the performance of everyday products.

Analyze how the creation and use of technologies consumes renewable, non-renewable, and inexhaustible resources; creates waste; and may contribute to environmental challenges.

Consider the impacts of a proposed or existing technology and devise strategies for reducing, reusing, and recycling waste caused by its creation.

Analyze examples of technologies that have changed the way people think, interact, live, and communicate.

Hypothesize what alternative outcomes (individual, cultural, and/or environmental) might have resulted had a different technological solution been selected.

Analyze how an invention or innovation was influenced by the context and circumstances in which it is developed.

Evaluate trade-offs based on various perspectives as part of a decision process that recognizes the need for careful compromises among competing factors.

Research information from various sources to use and maintain technological products or systems.

Use tools, materials, and machines to safely diagnose, adjust, and repair systems.

Apply a technology and engineering design thinking process.

Develop innovative products and systems that solve problems and extend capabilities based on individual or collective needs and wants.

Illustrate the benefits and opportunities associated with different approaches to design.

Create solutions to problems by identifying and applying human factors in design.

Evaluate and assess the strengths and weaknesses of various design solutions given established principles and elements of design.

Refine design solutions to address criteria and constraints.

Defend decisions related to a design problem.