This element involves students investigating questions, topics or problems using ICT.
Students use ICT to define and plan information searches of a range of primary and secondary sources. They locate, access, generate, organise and/or analyse data and information and apply criteria to verify the integrity and value of the digital data, information and sources using ICT. In developing and acting with ICT capability, students:
- define and plan information searches
- locate, generate and access data and information
- select and evaluate data and information.
Level 1
Typically by the end of Foundation Year, students:
Define and plan information searches
use ICT to identify where information is located
Locate generate and access data and information
use icons to locate or generate required information
Select and evaluate data and information
explain how located data or information was used
Level 2
Typically by the end of Year 2, students:
Define and plan information searches
use ICT to identify, record and classify textual and graphic information to show what is known and what needs to be investigated
Select and evaluate data and information
explain the usefulness of located data or information
Locate generate and access data and information
locate information from a given set of digital sources
Level 3
Typically by the end of Year 4, students:
Define and plan information searches
use ICT to plan an information search or generation of information, recognising some pattern within the information,
Select and evaluate data and information
explain why located data or information was selected
Locate generate and access data and information
locate, retrieve or generate information from a range of digital sources