Information Technologies: Grade 2 Overall Expectations By the end of Grade 2, students will: use information technology to define needs, select information, analyze information, and reflect on research; use information technology to identify, gather and sort information, and revise product; use information technology to explore information, collaborate with others, test ideas and present findings; use information technology to relate prior knowledge, locate information, synthesize findings, formulate conclusions and transfer knowledge and skills.

Expectations in Specific Areas
Reasoning	Organizing
By the end of Grade 2, students will: - select a variety of audio, video and CD resources appropriate to need - restate pertinent information from audio and video recordings - explore CD-ROMs to introduce a topic	By the end of Grade 2, students will: - use menus on CD-ROMs to understand the organization of information - begin to develop word processor skills such as cut, copy and paste - use drawing tools and simple databases to sort and record information - explain how information was collected
Communicating	Applying
By the end of Grade 2, students will: - create a presentation using simple drawing publication software - develop basic computer drawing tools such as fill tools - explore use of word processing tools such as font size, style and colour to enhance text presentations - develop telephone skills through role play - comply with an acceptable use policy	By the end of Grade 2, students will: - use basic organizational tools such as alphabetical indexes and hypertext to retrieve information on CD-ROMs - search for information by keywords, subject, author and title on OPAC - use computer files to share collected information - use television and VCR to retrieve information