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Information Technologies: Grade 11

Overall Expectations

By the end of Grade 11, 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 11, students will:
- evaluate electronic resources for validity, authority, relevance and accuracy
- identify and articulate protocols and responsibilities for use of information from electronic resources
- establish criteria for evaluating a web page
By the end of Grade 11, students will:
- perform personal file and directory management
- create relational databases to manage data and apply resources
- manage bookmark files in complex hierarchies
- create a web page to organize links to other sources of information
Communicating Applying
By the end of Grade 11, students will:
- incorporate information from preselected and moderated discussion newsgroups
- post on the intranet findings re the value and usability of web sites for teacher and/or student use
- independently teach others how to use a specific electronic tool for research
By the end of Grade 11, students will:
- search the Internet using a range of strategies relevant to a variety of meta search engines
- use flow chart and webbing software to solve problems and make decisions
- locate and retrieve information from a variety of primary sources such as business and government

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