STANDARD 8.1 (COMPUTER AND INFORMATION LITERACY ) ALL STUDENTS WILL USE COMPUTER APPLICATIONS TO GATHER AND ORGANIZE INFORMATION AND TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.

 

Descriptive Statement: Using computer applications and technology tools students will conduct research, solve problems, improve learning, achieve goals, and produce products and presentations in conjunction with standards in all content areas, including career education and consumer family, and life skills. They will also develop, locate, summarize, organize, synthesize, and evaluate information for lifelong learning.

 

Cumulative Progress Indicators

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 12, students will:

 

A.     Basic Computer Skills and Tools

 1.         Create a multi-page document with citations using word processing software in conjunction with other tools that demonstrates the ability to format, edit, and print.

 2.         Create documents including a resume and a business letter using professional format.  

 3.         Construct a spreadsheet, enter data, use mathematical or logical functions to manipulate and process data, generate charts and graphs, and interpret the results.

 4.         Given a database, define fields, input data from multiple records, produce a report using sort and query, and interpret the data.

 5.         Produce a multimedia project using text, graphics, moving images, and sound.

 6.         Produce and edit page layouts in different formats using desktop publishing and graphics software.

 7.        Develop a document or file for inclusion into a website or web page.

 8.         Discuss and/or demonstrate the capability of emerging technologies and software in the creation of documents or files.

 9.         Merge information from one document to another. 

 

B.     Application of Productivity Tools

 

      Social Aspects

 1.         Describe the potential and implications of contemporary and emerging computer applications for personal, social, lifelong learning, and workplace needs.

 2.         Exhibit legal and ethical behaviors when using information and technology, and discuss consequences of misuse.

 3.         Make informed choices among technology systems, resources, and services in a variety of contexts.

 4.         Use appropriate language when communicating with diverse audiences using computer and information literacy.

 

      Information Access and Research

 5.         Select and use specialized databases for advanced research to solve real world problems.

 6.     Identify new technologies and other organizational tools to use in personal, home, and/or work environments for information retrieval, entry, and presentation.

 7.         Evaluate information sources for accuracy, relevance, and appropriateness.

 8.         Compose, send, and organize e-mail messages with and without attachments.

 

      Problem-Solving and Decision Making

 9.         Create and manipulate information, independently and/or collaboratively, to solve problems and design and develop products.

 10.     Identify, diagnose, and suggest solutions for non-functioning technology systems.

 11.     Identify a problem in a content area and formulate a strategy to solve the problem using brainstorming, flowcharting, and appropriate resources.

 12.   Integrate new information into an existing knowledge base and communicate the results in a project or presentation.

 

Link to Standard 8.1 Grade 5-8

 

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