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information has been taken directly from the Accelerate
U - Standards and Resource Guides (with approval) from the K-12
Education, NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT site. No information
in this document has been changed.
Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and
Technology at Three Levels
Standard 2: Intermediate
Students will access, generate, process,
and transfer information using appropriate technologies.
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.
- simple modeling programs to make predictions.
This is evident, for example, when students:
- 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.
- acquire data from weather stations.
- 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.
- 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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