Information Technologies: Grade 12 Overall Expectations By the end of Grade 12, 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 12, students will: - perform complex calculation on databases and spreadsheets to answer information needs - prepare web pages with connecting links to demonstrate how criteria for evaluating subject web sites are used - identify and analyze the appropriate technology resources for research and problem solving considering validity, authority, relevance and accuracy	By the end of Grade 12, students will: - use a variety of computer applications to manipulate data to test and support theses and hypotheses - use organization tools such as timelines, knowledge trees, hypertext links, legends and indexes to record and organize information
Communicating	Applying
By the end of Grade 12, students will: - participate in video conferencing to explore a topic and share information online - participate in online discussion groups to find information - transfer data from a database such as FileMaker to web page to share research findings in database format	By the end of Grade 12, students will: - use free text searching of online resources - use controlled vocabulary for subject searching - locate and retrieve information from a variety of global resources such as United Nations and World Bank