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Nova Scotia Outcome Chart: Information Technology 10-12

In the Nova Scotia Vision for the Integration of Information Technologies, media literacy is considered to be an essential part of information technology.

Grade 10-12

By the end of Grade 9, in addition to Grade 6 outcomes, students will be expected to:

Basic Operations and Concepts (BOC)

BOC 12.1 (relate to 9.1, 9.2

Students will demonstrate an understanding and efficient use of existing and developing information technologies for curriculum purposes.

BOC 12.3 (relate to 9.5)

Students will demonstrate facility with the specialized vocabulary of the technologies they use.

Lessons

Creating a Marketing Frenzy

Create a Youth Consumer Magazine

News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities

The Broadcast Project

Video Production of a Newscast

Writing a Newspaper Article

Camera Shots

Classroom Activities and handouts

Internet checklist for kids (9-12)

Protecting Your Privacy on Commercial Web sites

5 Ws of Cyberspace

Research Relay

Internet Glossary

Internet Glossary: Authenticating Online Information

Internet Glossary: Privacy and Marketing

Teaching Backgrounders

Acceptable Use Policies

Evaluating Internet-based Information: A Goals-based Approach

Evaluating Internet Research Sources

How To Discourage Plagiarism

MNet Special Initiatives

Background information for teachers about the Internet and Internet issues can be found in the following Web Awareness Canada sections:

Safe Passage

Kids for Sale

Fact or Folly

 

Productivity Tools and Software (PTS)

PTS 12.4 (relate to 9.1, 9.4-9.6

Students will evaluate, select and use -- independently and effectively -- a range of media, and information and communication technologies, to create, edit, and publish their work.

Lessons

Marketing to Teens: Talking Back

Marketing to Teens: Parody Ads

Scripting a Crime Drama

Create a Youth Consumer Magazine

News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities

The Broadcast Project

Video Production of a Newscast

Writing a Newspaper Article

Camera Shots

Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!

ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking

Thinking About Hate

Deconstructing Web Pages

Activities and Student Handouts

Internet Glossary: Authenticating Online Information

5 Ws of Cyberspace

Teaching Backgrounders

Evaluating Internet-Based Information: A Goals-Based Approach

Evaluating Internet Research Sources

How To Discourage Plagiarism

How to Search the Internet Effectively

Quick Tips for Authenticating Online Information

Communications Technology (CT)

CT 12.1 (relate to 9.1-9.5)

Students will apply critically their technological skills in a range of electronic, visual and print media to communicate formally and informally.

CT 12.3 (relate to 9.4)

Specifically as active users of communications technology, students will discover, share and reflect upon their own and others' cultures, values and understandings as they are expressed in electronic formats.

CT 12.4 (related to 9.5)

Students will use multimedia hardware and authoring software to develop non-linear, interactive presentations.

Lessons

Privacy in the Information Age

Who Knows? A Privacy Primer

Teaching About Napster

What Students Need to Know about Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy

Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy

Online Marketing to Kids: Strategies and Techniques

Protecting Your Privacy on the Internet

Classroom Activities and handouts

Internet checklist for kids (9-12)

Are You Web Aware? Activity Sheets: File-sharing

Internet Glossary: Privacy and Marketing

Television vs. the Internet

Dealing with Online Marketing

Filling Out Online Registration Forms

Teachable Moments

Photographic Truth in the Digital Era

MNet Special Initiaves

Background information for teachers about the Internet and Internet issues can be found in the following Web Awareness Canada sections:

Safe Passage

Kids for Sale

Fact or Folly

Research, Problem Solving, and Decision Making (RPSD)

RPSD 12.2 (relate to 9.1-9.8

Students will use language, in a range of aural, print, media and electronic forms

  • to explore and express their perceptions, feelings, ideas and attitudes
  • to refine their thinking
  • to interact, negotiate and collaborate with others
  • to build their understanding of the world

RPSD 12.4 (relate to 9.5)

Students will recognize and evaluate congruencies, discrepancies, and omissions within and among information sources.

RPSD 12.5 (relate to 9.3

Students will evaluate the quality, completeness, biases, perspectives and information content of print, media and electronic resources for possible use in their curricular studies.

RPSD 12.6 (relate to 9.2, 9.5

Students will evaluate, select and use appropriate forms, styles, media, and sources to access, manipulate and present information meaningfully for different audiences.

RPSD 12.8 (relate 9.6)

Students will demonstrate understanding of the strengths and limitations of different approaches to research, and select only those approaches which efficiently meet their learning needs.

RPSD 12.10 (relate to 9.8)

Students will accurately record and cite, using academically accepted forms and standards, sources of information contributing to their research.

Lessons

Advertising and Male Violence

Alcohol on the Web

Gender Messages in Alcohol Advertising

Don't Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectivenes of Anti_Drinking Campaigns

Bias

Camera Shots

Cinema Cops

Comparing Crime Dramas

Crime in the News

Crime Perceptions Quiz

Defining Pop Culture

Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!

How to Analyze the News

Hype!

Images of Learning: Secondary

Individuality vs. Conformity

Kellogg Special K Ads

Magazine Production

Marketing to Teens: Introduction

Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics

Marketing to Teens: Talking Back

Marketing to Teens: Parody Ads

Marketing to Teens: Alternate Ads

Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising

Marketing to Teens: Gotta Have It! Designer & Brand Names

Movie Heroes and the Heroic Journey

That's Me You're Talking About

News is Not Just Black and White: The Front Page

Bias in the News

Fact Versus Opinion

Diversity Audit

Perceptions of Youth and Crime

Popular Music and Music Videos

Political Cartoons

The Price of Happiness: On Advertising, Image, and Self Esteem

Privacy in the Information Age

Public Images

Scripting a Crime Drama

Teaching About Napster

Television Broadcast Ratings

Television Newscasts

The Blockbuster Movie

The Function of Music

The Pornography Debate: Controversy in Advertising

The White Screen: Absent Voices in the Media

Too White: Minority Representation in the Media

Resource Racket: A Global Perspective on Resources and Consumption

Sex in Advertising

Viewing a Crime Drama

Violence on Film: The Ratings Game

You Be the Editor

Teachable Moments

Photographic Truth in the Digital Era

The "BadAd" Essay Writing Contest

Captive Audience

And Now a Word from Our Sponsor?

 

Social, Ethical, and Human Issues (SEHI)

SEHI 12.1 (compare 9.1, 9.5

Students will critically analyse the impact of various media and information technologies on themselves, the learning environment, culture, and society.

SEHI 12.2 (relate to 9.1, 9.2, 9.6

As researchers, students will demonstrate an understanding of -- and a consistent commitment to --accuracy and ethical behaviour as they generate and distribute knowledge about themselves, others and curriculum topics under study.

SEHI 12.3 (relate to 9.3)

Students will articulate an informed and critical understanding of mass media, popular culture and electronic information environments; their techniques; and the effects of those techniques.

SEHI 12.4 (relate to 9.3-9.5

Students demonstrate control of their relationship with print, media and information technologies and products for personal and social benefit.

SEHI 12.5 (relate to 9.1-9.6

Students will articulate an informed and critical analysis of the personal, societal, and environmental impacts of technology past and present.

SEHI 12.6 (relate to 9.4-9.6

Students will demonstrate habits of perception, analysis, judgment and selectivity as they contribute to society through the discerning and critical use and creation of information resources and technologies.

SEHI 12.7 (relate to 9.4-9.6)

Students will demonstrate through informed action a sophisticated understanding, from a number of perspectives and value sets, of ethical issues related to information technologies used for learning in local and global contexts.

SEHI 12.8 (relate to 9.5, 9.6)

Students will demonstrate ethical behaviour in the use of information technologies, media and electronic information resources

Lessons

For SEHI 12.1, SEHI 12.3, SEHI 12.5, SEHI 12.6 and SEHI 12.7, see the lessons listed under Research, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

Teaching About Napster

Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!

Related MNet Resources

Are You Web Aware? Activity Sheets: Blogs

Are You Web Aware? Activity Sheets: Chat Rooms

Are You Web Aware? Activity Sheets: E-mail

Are You Web Aware? Activity Sheets: File-sharing

Are You Web Aware? Activity Sheets: Instant Messaging

Are You Web Aware? Activity Sheets: Text Messaging

Are You Web Aware? Activity Sheets: Web Sites

Teaching Backgrounders

Evaluating Internet-Based Information: A Goals-Based Approach

Evaluating Internet Research Sources

How To Discourage Plagiarism

How to Search the Internet Effectively

Quick Tips for Authenticating Online Information





 
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