Information Technologies: Grade 9 Overall Expectations By the end of Grade 9, 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 9, students will: - distinguish between primary, secondary and tertiary materials on electronic sources - assess the value and usability of various types of electronic resources	By the end of Grade 9, students will: - create graphs and organizers using appropriate technology tools such as graphs and tables - use graphic tools to organize subtopics and keywords - use acknowledged format for citing electronic sources - record and output information from advanced databases and spreadsheets in a variety of ways
Communicating	Applying
By the end of Grade 9, students will: - integrate information from a variety of print and electronic sources including digital photos, scanned images, and notepad information for presentations - teach others to use a specific electronic tool for research - use e-mail to ask questions of experts	By the end of Grade 9, students will: - search the Internet using a range of strategies relevant to a variety of single search engines - use a variety of telecommunication tools to locate and retrieve information from such community sources as public and university libraries - bookmark appropriate web sites for teacher and students in a specific grade for a specific topic