- General Communication
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- Send and respond to email messages, adjusting style to audience
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- Participate in online learning groups
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- Understand ethical issues related to electronic communication
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- Understand how to protect personal identification on the Internet
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- Understand the concept of networking and be able to identify various components of a computer system
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- Gathering Information/Research
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- Draw information from both text (print) and non-text (photos, sound effects, animation, illustrations, variation in font and color) elements
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- Locate and validate information on the Internet (from approved sites)
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- Search for and download information on a wide range of topics
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- Understand the importance of multiple sites and resources for research
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- Use technology tools for research across curriculum areas
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- Recognize that information is framed by the source’s point of view and use this information to detect bias on websites
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- Demonstrate knowledge of strategies used by media games, video, radio/television broadcasts, websites to entertain and influence people
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- Critically read material published on Internet and compare points of view
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- Search to authenticate sources of information
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- Understand that material downloaded from interactive media should be credited and cited
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- Use spreadsheet software to organize data and create charts, graphs, and tables
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- Use the Internet to examine current events , gathering several points of view
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- Publishing
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- Scan materials, such as photos, to incorporate into reports and nonlinear presentations
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- Select appropriate forms of graphics to represent particular types of data (for example, bar of line graphics
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- Use digital photos or illustrations from the Internet
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- Rapidly and efficiently use keyboarding while working with word processing programs
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- Compose drafts using the keyboard
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- Use a variety of technology tools (dictionary, thesaurus, grammar checker, calculator, spell checker) to maximize the accuracy of technology-produced products
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- Cite and credit material download from interactive media
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- Create nonlinear presentations (web pages) that convey information
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- Create slides (for example, PowerPoint) to accompany a report
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- Understand the connection between presentation (text and non-text elements) on a website and its intended audience
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- Communicate knowledge through multimedia presentations, desktop publishing, and other electronic media
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- Frame points and issues to create persuasive productions
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