Standard
2—Information Systems
Students will
access, generate, process, and transfer information using
appropriate technologies.
Key ideas are
identified by numbers (1).
Performance indicators are identified by bullets.
Sample tasks are identified by triangles (s).
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Elementary
Information Systems
1. Information
technology is used to retrieve, process, and communicate
information and as a tool to enhance learning.
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.
This is evident,
for example, when students:
s use the newspaper or
magazine index in a library to find information on a particular
topic.
s invite local experts to the
school to share their expertise.
2. Knowledge of
the impacts and limitations of information systems is essential
to its effective and ethical use.
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.
This is evident,
for example, when students:
s look for differences among
species of bugs collected on the school grounds, and classify
them according to preferred habitat.
3. Information
technology can have positive and negative impacts on society,
depending upon how it is used.
Students:
- describe the uses of
information systems in homes and schools.
- demonstrate ability
to evaluate information critically.
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Intermediate
Information Systems
1. Information
technology is used to retrieve, process, and communicate
information and as a tool to enhance learning.
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.
This is evident,
for example, when students:
s compose letters on a word
processor and send them to representatives of industry,
governmental agencies, museums, or laboratories seeking
information pertaining to a student project.
s acquire data from weather
stations.
s use a software package,
such as Science Tool Kit, to monitor the acceleration of a model
car traveling down a given distance on a ramp.
s use computer software to
model how plants grow plants under different conditions.
2. Knowledge of
the impacts and limitations of information systems is essential
to its effective and ethical use.
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.
3. Information
technology can have positive and negative impacts on society,
depending upon how it is used.
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.
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Commencement
Information Systems
1. Information
technology is used to retrieve, process, and communicate
information and as a tool to enhance learning.
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.
This is evident,
for example, when students:
s collect and amend
quantitative and qualitative information for a particular purpose
and enter it into a data-handling package for processing and
analysis.
s visit businesses,
laboratories, environmental areas, and universities to obtain
on-site information
s receive news reports from
abroad, and work in groups to produce newspapers reflecting the
perspectives of different countries.
s join a list serve and send
electronic mail to other persons sharing mutual concerns and
interests.
s use computer software to
simulate and graph the motion of an object.
s study a system in a
dangerous setting (e.g., a nuclear power plant).
2. Knowledge of
the impacts and limitations of information systems is essential
to its effective and ethical use.
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.
This is evident,
for example, when students:
s discuss how unauthorized
people might gain access to information about their interests and
way of life.
3. Information
technology can have positive and negative impacts on society,
depending upon how it is used.
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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