Grade Cluster 9-12 Task # 6

The Grade Cluster & Task #: Grade Cluster 9-12, Task # 6

The Product/Performance: A Word Processed Product of Student Choice.

Example: Newsletter, Brochure, Poem, Poster

The Components: Social, Ethical & Human Issues, Word Processing

The Task:

Students will use a word processor to create a product regarding the safe, legal and ethical behaviors among peers and community regarding the use of technology and information. In doing so, they will define, defend and give examples of the use of copyright/fair use guidelines as well as accuracy and relevancy of information.

Rationale: It is critical that all students know and can articulate in their own way the “benefits and dangers,” the “rights and wrongs” of using technology. Students’ ability to use their creativity to communicate a strong message to their peers regarding safe, legal and ethical behaviors of using technology is an essential skill in the 21^st century.

IT1 - Basic Operations & Concepts

· Not assessed in this task.

IT2 - Social, Ethical & Human Issues

· Comparing and contrasting copyright and fair use guidelines for education and other purposes.

· Explaining the accuracy and relevancy of the content

· Defining, defending and demonstrating safe, legal and ethical behaviors among peers and community regarding the use of technology and information.

IT3 - Productivity Tools

· Applying styles and formats (e.g., headers, footers, footnotes/endnotes, borders, page breaks, tabs and margins, multiple columns, text boxes, section breaks, pagination, linking text blocks, span multiple columns to create a complex document)

· Using spell check, thesaurus and grammar check.

IT4 - Communication

· Not assessed in this task.

IT5 - Research, Problem Solving & Decision Making

· Not assessed in this task.