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Information and Communications Technology Level 2

Introduction

The work samples in this section form the Level 2 part of the assessment map for Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Other parts of the assessment map can be accessed by using the menu on the right side of the screen.

The ICT Level 2 standard describes what students should know and be able to do at this level. The following work samples illustrate the kinds of responses that students produce when they are working at the Level 2 standard.

Annotations identify for each sample attributes of the student response that relate to specific elements of the standard.

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Samples at Level 2 – Creating an information product to describe a production process

Context

Students were asked to create an information product for a target audience (peers) to show the stages involved in making food products. They were familiar with the software prior to undertaking the task. Students selected images for their chosen production process from an image bank on the school’s computer network.

The element of the ICT standard addressed by the task is:

(Students) manipulate text, images and numeric data to create simple information products for specific audiences. They make simple changes to improve the appearance of their information products. They retrieve files …

Sample

The following samples illustrate the kinds of responses that students produce when they have achieved the elements of the standard addressed by this task.

Sample 1 − How to make lemonade

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Annotation – Presentation

ICT standards − Level 2

• Manipulates the text by changing its font style, colour and size of text.
• Inserts photographs and resizes them to fit the page.
• Inserts WordArt as a heading.

Element of the standard

(Students) manipulate text, images and numeric data to create simple information products for specific audiences. They make simple changes to improve the appearance of their information products. They retrieve files …

Video – Inserting an image for lemonade presentation

Annotation

ICT standards − Level 2

• Retrieves a photograph from a nominated folder and inserts it into the document with assistance from peer.
• Resizes a photograph using the handles on the sides of the image.

Elements of the standard

(Students) retrieve files …

(Students) manipulate text, images and numeric data to create simple information products for specific audiences.

Sample 2 − How to make a cheeseburger: an information product for a grade 2 audience

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Annotation

ICT standards − Level 2

• Manipulates the text by changing its style and size.
• Inserts ClipArt images and resizes them appropriately.

Elements of the standard

(Students) manipulate text, images and numeric data to create simple information products for specific audiences.

(Students) make simple changes to improve the appearance of their information products.

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