Information Technologies: Grade 6 Overall Expectations By the end of Grade 6, 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 6, students will: - investigate common technology tools and identify types of tasks for which they can be used - justify the choice of presentation technology and how it meets information needs - analyze and evaluate data using appropriate software tools such as outlining and graphic organizers	By the end of Grade 6, students will: - combine data, design spreadsheets and make charts and graphs to record and display information - use organization tools such as timelines, knowledge trees, hypertext links, legends and indexes to record and organize information - create storyboard organizer to plan video and electronic slide presentation
Communicating	Applying
By the end of Grade 6, students will: - integrate text, graphics and sound in presentations - use e-mail and web pages to share information - contribute information to a class web page - prepare a display using different technologies such as scanners, digital cameras and camcorders - describe the purpose of netiquette and follow its protocols	By the end of Grade 6, students will: - begin to search the Internet using Boolean operators in single search engines - use applications to display data in a variety of ways to determine most effective mode of presentation - integrate multimedia tools such as importing sound/graphics - use appropriate information technology hardware such as fax, VCR, camcorder, digital camera and computer