Standard 2: Information Systems
Students will access, generate, process,
and transfer information using appropriate technologies.
Key Idea
1
Information technology is used to
retrieve, process, and communicate information and as a tool to enhance learning.
Performance Indicators
(Benchmarks)
Elementary Level
Students:
- use a variety of equipment and software
packages to enter, process, display, and communicate information in different forms using
text, tables, pictures, and sound.
- telecommunicate a message to a distant
location with teacher help.
- access needed information from printed
media, electronic data bases, and community resources.
Middle Level Students:
- use a range of equipment and software to
integrate several forms of information in order to create good quality audio, video,
graphic, and text-based presentations.
- use spreadsheets and data-base software to
collect, process, display, and analyze information. Students access needed information
from electronic data bases and on-line telecommunication services.
- systematically obtain accurate and
relevant information pertaining to a particular topic from a range of sources, including
local and national media, libraries, museums, governmental agencies, industries, and
individuals.
- collect data from probes to measure events
and phenomena.
- use simple modeling programs to make
predictions.
Commencement Level
Students:
- understand and use the more advanced
features of word processing, spreadsheets, and data-base software.
- prepare multimedia presentations
demonstrating a clear sense of audience and purpose.
- access, select, collate, and analyze
information obtained from a wide range of sources such as research data bases,
foundations, organizations, national libraries, and electronic communication networks,
including the Internet.
- students receive news reports from abroad
and work in groups to produce newspapers reflecting the perspectives of different
countries.
- utilize electronic networks to share
information.
- model solutions to a range of problems in
mathematics, science, and technology using computer simulation software.
Key Idea
2
Knowledge of the impacts and limitations
of information systems is essential to its effective and ethical use.
Performance Indicators
(Benchmarks)
Elementary Level
Students:
- describe the uses of information systems
in homes, schools, and businesses.
- understand that computers are used to
store personal information.
- demonstrate ability to evaluate
information.
Middle Level Students:
- understand the need to question the
accuracy of information displayed on a computer because the results produced by a computer
may be affected by incorrect data entry.
- identify advantages and limitations of
data-handling programs and graphics programs.
- understand why electronically stored
personal information has greater potential for misuse than records kept in conventional
form.
Commencement Level
Students:
- explain the impact of the use and abuse of
electronically generated information on individuals and families.
- evaluate software packages relative to
their suitability to a particular application and their ease of use.
- discuss the ethical and social issues
raised by the use and abuse of information systems.
Key Idea
3
Information technology can have positive
and negative impacts on society, depending upon how it is used.
Performance Indicators
(Benchmarks)
Elementary Level
Students:
- describe the uses of information systems
in homes and schools.
- demonstrate ability to evaluate
information critically.
Middle Level Students:
- use graphical, statistical, and
presentation software to presents project to fellow classmates.
- describe applications of information
technology in mathematics, science, and other technologies that address needs and solve
problems in the community.
- explain the impact of the use and abuse of
electronically generated information on individuals and families.
Commencement Level
Students:
- work with a virtual community to conduct a
project or solve a problem using the network.
- discuss how applications of information
technology can address some major global problems and issues.
- discuss the environmental, ethical, moral,
and social issues raised by the use and abuse of information technology.
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