Information and Communication Technology

Curriculum Connections

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The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) curriculum provides students with a broad perspective on the nature of technology, how to use and apply a variety of technologies, and the impact of information and communication technologies on themselves and on society. The ICT curriculum is not intended to stand alone, but rather to be infused within core courses and programs.

As they investigateThe Mystery of Millfoil Marsh students will be using technology as a learning tool. They will use technology in order to find information, organize information and represent their learning.

Students will

• access, use and communicate information from a variety of technologies.
• critically assess information accessed through the use of a variety of technologies.
• use organizational processes and tools to manage inquiry.
• use technology to aid collaboration during inquiry.
• use technology to investigate and/or solve problems.
• use electronic research techniques to construct personal knowledge and meaning.
• apply terminology appropriate to the technologies being used at this division level
• identify and apply techniques and tools for communicating, storing, retrieving and selecting information
  
• comply with the acceptable use policy of the school and school authority for Internet and networked services, including software licensing agreements
  
• work collaboratively to share limited resources
  
• compose, revise and edit text.
• communicate through multimedia.
• navigate and create hyperlinked resources.
• create and navigate a multiple-link document
  
• navigate through a document that contains links to locate, copy and then paste data in a new file
  
• navigate the Internet with appropriate software
  
• select and use the technology appropriate to a given communication situation

For complete list of ICT outcomes as specified by Alberta Learning click here