Unit 4: Big Data & Privacy

The goal of this unit is to present a well-balanced view about data in the world, including the positive and negative effects of it.

Topic
Purpose
Lesson
U4Ch1L1_What Is Big Data Students are introduced to the concept of “big data,” where it comes from, what makes it “big,” and how people use big data to solve problems. Click here.
U4Ch1L2_Understanding Data Trends Students will learn how to find and explain trends in data. Click here.
U4Ch1L3_Check Your Assumptions (Data Analysis)

Students will analyze and validate data and come to understand the Digital Divide.

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U4Ch1L4_Rapid Research & Data Innovations Students will learn to look at how data is used with an increasingly critical eye. Click here.
U4Ch1L5_Identifying People With Data Students will learn the risks from large-scale data breaches as a result of the collection of Big Data. Click here.
U4Ch1L6_Cost Of Free Students will be able to explain the tradeoffs between maintaining personal privacy and using innovative software free of cost. Click here.
U4Ch1L7_Simple Encryption Students will understand the early forms of encryption and how they work. Click here.
U4Ch1L8_Encryption With Keys & Passwords Students will use a Vigenère cipher to learn about the relationship between cryptographic keys/passwordsand the Encryption & Decryption of a Message. Click here.
U4Ch1L9_Public Key Crypto Students will, 1. Learn the mechanics of communication with Public Key Cryptography(Assymetric Encryption), & 2. The basic mathematical principles (Modelo) that make it possible. Click here.
Regulate Encryption? Should the government regulate encryption by requiring software companies to provide Master Keys to protect us from terrorists? Click here
 Unit 4 Review & Test   Click here


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