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THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 11 AND 12: BUSINESS STUDIES
Digital Literacy
Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students will:
• describethecomputerworkstationenvironment,usingproperterminology;
• apply appropriate strategies when organizing and managing electronic files and folders; • demonstrate effective use of tools and techniques of electronic research.
Specific Expectations
The Computer Workstation
By the end of this course, students will:
– explain the functions of the components of a computer and its peripheral devices (e.g., ports, motherboard, drives, memory, scanner, microphone);
– identify features and benefits of a net- worked environment;
– identify the advantages and disadvantages of networking computers in a variety of settings (e.g., home, office, school, small business, corporation);
– identify and compare a variety of operat- ing systems (e.g.,Windows, Mac OS, UNIX, Linux);
– describe the functions of common user interface elements (e.g., icons, menus, toolbars).
File Management
By the end of this course, students will:
– identify different strategies (e.g., backing up files regularly, organizing commonly used websites using the favourites/book- marks list, using descriptive folder names) for organizing and managing electronic information (e.g., files, e-mail messages and addresses, websites);
– organize files and folders in a logical man- ner, using appropriate naming conven- tions;
– identify and access appropriate drives to facilitate data storage, data management, and retrieval.
Electronic Research
By the end of this course, students will:
– identify and describe the types of elec- tronic sources that can be used for research (e.g., websites, CD-ROMs, databases);
– explain efficient search techniques that can be used to locate relevant information (e.g., metasearch, Boolean search, advanced search, natural language search);
– use efficient search techniques to research and solve business-related tasks and prob- lems (e.g., checking facts and figures, locating contact information, looking for career opportunities);
– evaluate information collected from elec- tronic sources for usefulness, accuracy, validity, bias, appropriateness, currency;
– use an accepted citation format (e.g., MLA, APA) to acknowledge electronic sources.