Impacts of Digital Technology · Impacts of Computing

Environmental and Ethical Issues

Investigating the carbon footprint of data centers and the ethics of algorithmic bias.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the constant cycle of hardware upgrades contribute to global e-waste?
  2. 2Can an algorithm ever be truly neutral if it is trained on data created by humans?
  3. 3What are the societal costs of the digital divide between different socioeconomic groups?

National Curriculum Attainment Targets

GCSE: Computing - Environmental and Ethical Impacts
Year: Year 10
Subject: Computing
Unit: Impacts of Digital Technology
Period: Impacts of Computing

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