ICT Literacy - Focus: Collaboration

  • Keyboarding

  • Demonstrate knowledge of technologies that support collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity
    • Work collaboratively and/or independently when using technology.
    • Practice preventative maintenance of equipment, resources, and facilities.
    • Explore the potential of the Internet as a means of personal learning and the respectful exchange of ideas and products.

  • Use technology resources for solving problems and making informed decision.
    • Employ technology in the development of strategies for solving problems.
    • Use a variety of technologies to identify and provide possible solutions to real-world problems.
    • Use content-specific tools, software, and simulations such as environmental probes, graphic calculators, exploratory environments, and web tools.
    • Participate in collaborative problem-solving activities.
    • Select and use appropriate tools and technology resources to accomplish a variety of tasks.

  • Use technologies to facilitate collaboration and teamwork
    • Show respect and care for others at all times, even when technology makes them seem not real.
    • Actively pursue collaborations with both local community members and people in other communities.
    • Be flexible in taking different roles (e.g., leader/follower, orator/listener) on teams as the situations require.

  • Use technologies ethically and safely:
    • Comply with current copyright laws.
    • Use borrowed technology with respect and care.
    • Never use technology to bully, coerce, or harass any other person; be accountable for
      conduct when using technology.
    • Be aware of safety issues related to all technologies, but specifically communication technologies.
    • Follow the division’s current guidelines for ethics and safety (identified in the acceptable use policy).

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    • Internet Safety: Copyright, Cyberbullying (See curriculum)