Curriculum Stds
Meeting Curriculum Standards in the United States
For more information on how Mediator meets Curriculum Standards
within the state of California, please see
The
California Learning Resource Network.
Meeting Curriculum Standards in the United Kingdom
Curriculum Online
Mediator 9 has been registered and approved to be
purchased by Electronic Learning Credits (eLCs) in the
United Kingdom.
For more information on Curriculum Online and how to use
your eLC's, please go to:
www.curriculumonline.gov.uk
The following information describes in which ways Mediator can help to satisfy the curriculum in key stages 2, 3 and 4.
This information was obtained from the National Curriculum website.
Key Stage 2:
- How to prepare information for development using ICT,
including selecting suitable sources, finding information,
classifying it and checking it for accuracy
- How to develop and refine ideas by bringing together,
organizing and reorganizing text, tables, images and sound
as appropriate [for example, desktop publishing,
multimedia presentations].
- How to share and exchange information in a variety of
forms, including e-mail [for example, displays, posters,
animations, musical compositions]
- To be sensitive to the needs of the audience and think
carefully about the content and quality when communicating
information [for example, work for presentation to other
pupils, writing for parents, publishing on the internet].
- Working with others to explore a variety of information
sources and ICT tools [for example, searching the internet
for information about a different part of the world,
designing textile patterns using graphics software, using
ICT tools to capture and change sounds].
Key Stage 3:
- How to interpret information and to reorganize and
present it in a variety of forms that are fit for purpose.
- To use a range of ICT tools efficiently to draft, bring
together and refine information and create good-quality
presentations in a form that is sensitive to the needs of
particular audiences and suits the information content.
- Working with a range of information to consider its
characteristics, structure, organization and purposes [for
example, using database, spreadsheet and presentation
software to manage membership and finances of a club and
present the annual report].
- Designing information systems and evaluating and
suggesting improvements to existing systems [for example,
evaluating a web site or researching, designing and
producing a multimedia presentation for a science topic].
Key Stage 4:
- Use ICT to enhance their learning and the quality of
their work
- Use ICT effectively to explore, develop and interpret
information and solve problems in a variety of subjects
and contexts
- Apply, as appropriate, the concepts and techniques of
using ICT to measure, record, respond to, control and
automate events
- Apply, as appropriate, the concepts and techniques of
ICT-based modelling, considering their advantages and
limitations against other methods.
- Exchange and present information in a variety of
subjects and contexts.
- Consider how the information found and developed using
ICT should be interpreted and presented in forms that are
sensitive to the needs of particular audiences, fit for
purpose and suit the information content.
- Designing information systems and evaluating and
suggesting improvements to existing systems, with use by
others in mind [for example, designing an integrated
system for running a school production or a small
company].
- Tackling demanding problems in a wide variety of
contexts, including work in other subjects.
- Using a range of information sources and ICT tools to
improve efficiency and extend capability.
