Communication

With teacher guidance, use a variety of tools to organize, represent and demonstrate learning.

Working with a peer group, use a variety of tools to organize, represent and demonstrate learning.

Choose appropriate themes and slide layouts to suit the audience and purpose of the presentation.

Self-select from a variety of tools to organize, represent and demonstrate learning.

Self select from a variety of tools to create and deliver innovative and purposeful multimedia presentations.

Reflect on personal tool preferences and biases, identify influences that have contributed to the formation of preferences, and select strategies that may be used to expand interests/skill.

With teacher guidance, consider content, purpose and audience when choosing appropriate tools to demonstrate learning.

Publish reflections and learning artifacts to a wider audience, under teacher guidance.

Consider content, purpose and audience when choosing appropriate tools to demonstrate learning.

Edit and format documents and presentations to enhance meaning and emphasis (e.g. font, style, images, sound).

Identify how graphics, video and sound enhances communication.

Identify features that define particular media texts; discuss differences in style and their effects on content and audience impression.

Evaluate the effectiveness of different types of media texts for presenting ideas and information.

Experiment with tools and media to create different effects in particular situations and for particular purposes and audiences.

Select the most appropriate tool and media to create and manipulate effects in particular situations and for particular purposes and audiences.

Evaluate effectiveness of self-created media texts for presenting ideas and information.

Publish reflections and learning artifacts to a wide audience.