Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences. Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences. Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources. Students use technology tools to process data and report results. Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks.
Students use technology resources for solving problems and making informed decisions.
Students employ technology in the development of strategies for solving problems in the real world. Brookline's IT program strives to present technology as a resource for reinforcing content-area lessons. As students use computers to explore language arts, math, science, social studies, etc., they also develop valuable technological skills. Thus, in fifth grade, students might enhance their understanding of fractions, decimals, and percentages by using the Internet and graphing software to follow the daily fluctuations of the Stock Market. Sixth graders may use Inspiration software as they brainstorm, organize their thoughts, and create outlines as part of the writing process.