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Identifying Information |
Course Title: Exploring Technologies
Grade: 9
Course Type: Open
Ministry Course Code: TIJ 1O
Credit Value: 1
Department: Technological Studies
Course Developer: Frank Fazzalari/Saint Paul High School, NCDSB
Development Date: June 21, 2009
Description/Rationale |
| This course enables students to further explore and develop technological knowledge
and skills introduced in the elementary science and technology program. Students will
be given the opportunity to design and create products and/or provide services related
to the various technological areas or industries, working with a variety of tools, equipment,
and software commonly used in industry. Students will develop an awareness of environmental
and societal issues, and will begin to explore secondary and postsecondary
education and training pathways leading to careers in technology-related fields... |
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How This Course Supports the Ontario Catholic School Graduate
Expectations
The role of Technological Education in the Catholic faith community is to
enable students to develop and utilize their gifts and talents while creating
products that benefit others in a way that models gospel values. The focus
of the curriculum is to enable students to become critical and innovative
problem-solvers who question the use of resources and understand the implications
of technological innovations. An emphasis on process as well as results
ensures that students create products and provide services that recognize
our God-given responsibility to respect the dignity and value of the individual
and the community.
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TERM EVALUATION:
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Final Evaluation
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30% |
30% |
| Term Evaluation |
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70% |
Knowledge/Understanding
- Unit/Activity tests
- Quizzes
- Unit Exercises
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15% |
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Thinking/Inquiry
- Assignments/Worksheets
- Unit Projects/Exercises
- Independent
Research (Career)
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15% |
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Communication
- Unit Exercises
- Presentations
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15% |
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| Application/Productivity |
25% |
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| TOTAL |
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100% |
Units: Titles and Times
| Unit 1 |
Career Exploration in Technology |
6 hours |
| Unit 2 |
Technological Design |
24 hours |
| Unit 3 |
Graphic Design |
32 hours |
| Unit 4 |
Desktop-Publishing and Production |
24 hours |
| Unit 5 |
Web Page Design |
24 hours |
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Mr. Fazzalari
Technology
We live in a technological world…every aspect of our lives is affected by technology. Everyone and everything depends on the skilled people who design, develop, maintain and operate the infrastructure of our society. Did you arrive somewhere today by a vehicle of some sort? Did you eat lately? Watch TV? Check out the Internet? Get a haircut? Use a stove, a chair, a computer, a spoon, shampoo, electricity? Then you have been affected by technology, and the people who made it all possible.
Technology, and technological education, is the application of science, math, social studies and the creative arts. An education system that does not value applied technical literacy is unacceptable in today's world. An education system that does not encourage youth to design, build things, use tools, problem solve, think critically and explore is a disservice to all citizens in our society. |
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