Information and Communications Technology Assessment Map – Sample at 2.75
Identifying relationships between ideas
Context
Students were asked to develop their understanding of how changes to the salinity of the Murray River would affect the environment. Students gathered information from a variety of sources including websites, books, newspapers and film, and were required to use concept mapping software and a range of techniques to assist in developing their understanding of the causes and effects of the salinisation process. This component relates to the ICT for visualising thinking dimension, and is the focus of this sample.
Based on understandings developed from this task and other learning activities, students produced a poster demonstrating their knowledge of the impact of this salinisation process on the environment. The poster would be assessed against the ICT for creating dimension.
The element of the ICT for visualising thinking Level 3 standard addressed by the task is:
(Students) use ICT tools to list ideas, order them into logical sequences, and identify relationships between them.
Sample
The following work sample, and the related ICT 2.75 progression point examples, illustrates the kinds of responses that students produce as they progress towards the Level 3.
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Annotation
ICT for visualising thinking – 2.75
- Uses concept mapping software and techniques such as colours and lines to organise ideas. Different colours could have been used to differentiate different sets of ideas.
- Inserts appropriate images to enhance the meaning of the text.
- Structures ideas around the central topic, however, the central question has hidden text 'saltier'.
- Uses lines, however, no interrelationships are identified and arrowheads face the wrong way.
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