Grade 8 - Process

PRESCRIBED LEARNING OUTCOMES

• apply management skills to complete a project
• use a variety of information technology tools to help them solve problems
• apply predetermined search criteria to locate, retrieve, and evaluate information
• create electronic text documents
• evaluate information retrieved electronically for authenticity, bias, and timeliness
• synthesize information from a variety of electronic sources for their presentations

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SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

• Have students, working in teams, retrieve electronic information about current social or political issues, report on how this information was retrieved, and evaluate it for timeliness, bias, and authenticity.
• Ask students to prepare individual research projects in science or social studies using information technology tools (e.g., computers, video cameras, tape-recorders) to research, record, and present their projects. Then invite students to create electronic text documents that they can share by e-mail. Research projects could include:
  • social studies: tracing and recording the development of a specific current event; researching changing immigration patterns
  • science: preparing a report on an endangered species in Canada

SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES

• Observe students as they use various information technology tools to search for and retrieve data. Note the extent to which they are able to:
  • focus a search from a general heading to a specific topic
  • use keywords to define parameters for the search
  • use "AND/OR" commands to streamline their search
• Before beginning a group project, have each group of students create a plan including a list of tasks to be done, individual responsibilities, materials needed, and a timeline. To assess students' abilities to manage projects effectively, confer with them about their plans. Note the extent to which:
  • tasks have been assigned fairly
  • relevant goals and subgoals have been set
  • goals and subgoals have been effectively prioritized
  • all necessary materials have been included
  • the timeline is manageable and realistic
  Confer with students throughout their projects and note the extent to which their plans are being applied effectively and revisions to the plans are being made as required.
• Have each student access and retrieve information pertaining to a specific topic from a variety of on-line sources (e.g., e-mail, the Internet, a CD-ROM encyclopedia, newspapers). Ask each student to prepare an annotated bibliography and to analyse the information sources with respect to authenticity, bias, and timeliness. Note the extent to which students consider:
  • the reliability of the information source
  • the author's viewpoint
  • the publication date

RECOMMENDED LEARNING RESOURCES

• Communicating With Computers
• Computers Illustrated
• How the Internet Works
• How to Use THE INTERNET
• The Internet by E-Mail
• Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary: The Comprehensive Standard for Business, School, Library and Home, Second Edition
• More Data Processing Applications

• How To Make Great Videos-With Just a Camcorder
• Virtual Reality

• All the Right Type
• The Cruncher
• Digital Chisel
• Graph Links
• HyperStudio
• Looking Ahead: Earning, Spending, Saving
• UltraKey

• How Multimedia Computers Work
• The Multimedia Workshop

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