Teacher's Guide
This Webquest is designed for Year 11 ITS students in QLD. It explores the Accessibility Issues of Australia and asks students to provide recommendations for future technologies facilities and solutions. This Webquest has been created as part of Pioneer State High School's technology resources. Please note this is a formative assessment item used to 'assess the learning' of Accessibility Issues and knowledge and skills. The Webquest aims to take four (4) lessons of researching and making recommendations, followed by one (1) lesson where the students present their findings to the class. Students are then to complete a survey at their school and summarise their findings in their reports for the Federal Minister of Communication and The Shadow Minister to conclude the Webquest.
The following details the Information Technology Systems Syllabus outcomes:
Created: 2007
Learners:
This Webquest has been designed for students in Year 11, Information Technology Systems.
Focus: 4.3 Multimedia
Context/Thread: Social and Ethical Issues
ITS Syllabus Outcomes:
5.4 Using IT
- undertake a critical analysis of a computer system in a commercial, industrial or educational setting
- investigate current trends and future developments in technology
5.5 Communication
- collecting, summarizing and analyzing information for a particular purpose
- discussions
- comprehension, to the more advanced response of analysis and evaluation
- presenting seminars
5.6 Natural Language
- speaking, writing, listening and thinking about IT
6.6 Social and Ethical Issues
- accessibility issues
- equity issues
- understand and demonstrate the impact of IT on users
- evaluate their product in terms of social and ethical issues
- examine social and ethical issues from alternative perspectives and develop an informed personal positions
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