Information Skills Outcome Suggested Activities 3. Students recognise what information is needed, locate and obtain it from a range of sources and evaluate, use and share it with others. Students conduct a needs analysis by discussion, using flow charts, explosion diagrams and questions to define what information they require, where to find it, how to use it and how to present their information as a final product. They evaluate the most effective ways to conduct their research and analysis. They draw up timetables, negotiate tasks and set deadlines.
Students use a range of resources - human, print, audio, visual, electronic.
They use their questions to renegotiate, evaluate and analyse their information to produce original conclusions and argument based on their research. They understand and implement concepts such as intellectual property, copyright and plagiarism in their everyday retrieval and use of information. Using Technology Outcome 4. Students select, use and adapt technologies. Organising, Presenting Information Spreadsheets, graphics calculators and databases for collating, organising manipulating and analysing information.