Technology Proficiency

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Technology Proficiency

• Five Sub-Categories

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1. Productivity and Technical Competency

• One example of word-processed document that
  includes graphics
• One example of either a concept map or writing
  plan that utilizes a graphic organizer
  (Inspiration, Word, etc)
• One example of a spreadsheet that includes a
  graph and an interpretation of the data.

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Productivity and Technical Competency

• Word Processing and graphics
• Graphic organizers
• Spreadsheets and graphs
• You must submit at least one example in each
  folder

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2. Information LiteracyInformation Acquisition,
Source Verification and Evaluation Artifact

• At least one example of a completed research
  paper or project related to a core academic or
  applied vocational course
• Electronic sources must be referenced in the
  bibliography
• Evidence that information was gathered from
  scholarly and/or peer-reviewed databases
• Validity of other electronic resources must be
  evaluated by the student. This can be
  accomplished through written descriptions an/or
  annotations.

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Information Acquisition, Source Verification and
Evaluation Artifact

• The Junior Research Paper will meet this
  requirement and can be documented in both the
  Research Paper and this Tech competency folder.

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3. Multimedia Artifact

• At least one multimedia project that includes
  features such as animation, sound, video, text
  and/or graphics. Projects can be created using
  PowerPoint, Front Page, digital video, etc.

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Multimedia Artifact

• The multimedia project can be a required class
  project (Graphic Arts, Journalism, Web Design,
  Yearbook, etc.)
• or as a tech visual aid to a project (i.e. a
  PowerPoint with animation as part of a
  presentation in any other class.)

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4. Communication Artifact

• Present and/or Publish at least one project to
  audiences outside the classroom. Examples might
  include a published web site, a PowerPoint
  presentation to a panel of experts, submitting a
  digital video to a contest. The artifact must
  provide proof that the work was published (i.e. a
  link to a website) or that the presentation
  occurred (a picture of the presentation).

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Communication Artifact

• The Senior Oral Presentation will meet this
  requirement, if it includes a PowerPoint or some
  other form of technology.

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5. Inventive Thinking Best Works

• Use technology to create products that
  demonstrate one or more of the following
• Self-Direction
• Creativity
• Higher Level Thinking
• Sound Reasoning

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Inventive Thinking

• Use a Best Works example that includes
  technology in this category as well as the Best
  Works category