Information Technology Grades 9-12 Grade Expectations

Use of Hardware

No IT9-12:1 at this level

· Using digital tools to capture images and other information

(e.g., temperature, light, sound, etc.) and import them into a

computer.

Use of Operating System and Standard Features of Applications

· Saving documents in multiple formats (e.g., .doc, .jpg, .pdf,

html, gif).

· Compressing and decompressing files.

· Using electronic Help to solve a problem or to learn something

new.

IT9-12:1 Students demonstrate proficiency in the effective use

of technology by …

Organization and Navigation

· Copying and moving files and folders.

Working with Files

· Creating a duplicate/backup document in another location.

IT9-12:2 Students demonstrate responsible use of technology

systems, information, and software by…

Intellectual Property

· Documenting sources of information obtained through electronic

resources using acceptable formats.

· Comparing and contrasting copyright and fair use guidelines

for education and other purposes.

· Explaining the accuracy and relevancy of the content.

Acceptable Use

· Defining, defending and demonstrating safe, legal and ethical

behaviors among peers and community regarding the use of

technology and information.

Working with Content/Information

· Comparing and contrasting information found on the internet

for relevancy, accuracy, and reliability.

IT9-12:3 Students use technology/ productivity tools to enhance

learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity

by…

Word Processing

· Applying styles and formats (e.g., headers, footers, footnotes/

endnotes, borders, page breaks, tabs and margins,

multiple columns, text boxes, section breaks, pagination,

linking text blocks, span multiple columns to create a complex

document).

· Using spell check, thesaurus and grammar check.

· Merging from external data source.

Databases

· Generating a report.

· Creating and manipulating a data base, by entering, sorting,

searching/finding/querying and using multiple criteria.

Spreadsheets

· Creating a spreadsheet from a blank page, including formulas

and functions (MIN, MAX, ROUND), formatting cells

(e.g., numeric, monetary, percent, values).

· Documenting spreadsheets with named cells and comments.

· Creating a graphical representation appropriate to the numerical

data (e.g., scatter plot, x-y).

· Manipulating format (e.g., resizing rows and columns, font,

colors, hiding grid).

· Referencing formulas from other worksheets.

IT 9-12:3 Students use technology/productivity tools to enhance

learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity

by…

Paint/Draw

· Selecting and using a draw or paint application appropriate

for the task.

· Modifying a digital image using flip, rotate, resize, crop,

select, copy, paste.

· Selecting, saving and converting images in the appropriate

format (e.g., jpg, tif, gif).

Visual Organizer

· Choosing and creating effective visual organizer to illustrate

a variety of relationships, ideas and topics (e.g. cause and

effect, Venn diagram, organizational charts, flow chart).

· Importing an illustration .

· Linking an element to appropriate files and URL(s).

Calculators

· Using a graphing calculator and grade appropriate applications/

functions (e.g., graphing, statistics, tables, equations,

matrix).

IT9-12:4 Students demonstrate the use a variety of media

and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively

to multiple audiences by…

Multi-Media

· Creating a linear and non-linear presentation including title

slide, graphics, text, voice, sound related to topic, scanned or

digital photo, animation, bibliography and table of contents,

video clip.

World Wide Web

· Creating a web page including text, graphics, tables and

relative and absolute links, sound elements, graph imported

from a spreadsheet, original digital pictures.

· Optimizing graphics for web pages for loading over slow

Internet connections.

Email

No IT9-12:4 at this level

IT9-12:5 Students demonstrate use of technology for research

by…

Digital Resources

· Locating information from specialized online databases (e.g.

post-secondary resources, virtual libraries, periodical databases,

and others).

Searching & Search Engines

· Selecting an appropriate tool for locating information on the

Internet.

· Implementing a search strategy using full Boolean logic with

parentheses, (e.g., behavior and cats or felines).

Browser

No IT9-12:6 at this level

Problem Solving and Decision Making

· Justifying decisions made, e.g. representing data, formatting,

setting up formula, selecting criteria for search.

· Justifying the appropriate tools and technology resources to

address a variety of tasks and problems (e.g., spread sheet vs.

data base, word processing vs. presentation program).

· Identifying and successfully using a defensible troubleshooting

process.

· Creating and using simulations or models, e.g., spreadsheet to

design "what if" scenarios.