Information Technologies: Grade 8 Overall Expectations By the end of Grade 8, 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 8, students will: - analyze and deconstruct for usefulness media products such as web sites for techniques, structure, design - compare and contrast information on electronic tools - assess the value and usability of a variety of electronic resources such as CD-ROMs, for teacher/student use	By the end of Grade 8, students will: - develop design and construction skills to prepare multimedia presentation - use advanced database strategies to record and sort information - use a notepad to select, save and print excerpts from a resource
Communicating	Applying
By the end of Grade 8, students will: - demonstrate a step by step evaluation of a media work or computer application - design a web page to report findings with citations for other sources used - create an effective digital video presentation - model an organizational tool on e-mail or Intranet for others	By the end of Grade 8, students will: - begin to search the Internet using a range of strategies relevant to a variety of single search engines - use software in more than one subject area to do research - use a variety of electronic reference and telecommunication tools to build a knowledge base on a topic - demonstrate to younger students how to use bookmarked web sites for specific projects