TGJ2O COURSE OUTLINE

Course Title: Communications Technology

Grade: 10

Ministry Course Code: TGJ2O

Course Type: Open

Credit Value: 1.00

Course Hours: 110

Department: Technological Education

Revision Date: N/A

Policy Document: Technological Education, The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 and 10, 2009 (Revised) https://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/teched910curr09.pdf

Domestic Student Price: $550
International Student Price: $799

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course introduces students to communications technology from a media perspective. Students will work in the areas of TV/video and movie production, radio and audio production, print and graphic communications, photography, and interactive new media and animation. Student projects may include computer-based activities such as creating videos, editing photos, working with audio, cartooning, developing animations, and designing web pages. Students will also develop an awareness of environmental and societal issues related to communications technology and will explore secondary and postsecondary education and training pathways and career opportunities in the various communications technology fields.

OVERALL EXPECTATIONS

Communications Technology Fundamentals

By the end of this course, students will:

A1. demonstrate an understanding of the core concepts, techniques, and skills required to produce a

range of communications media products or services;

A2. demonstrate an understanding of technical terminology, basic scientific concepts, and mathematical

concepts used in communications technology and apply them to the creation of media products;

A3. demonstrate an understanding of and apply the interpersonal and communication skills necessary

to work effectively in a team setting.

Communications Technology Skills

By the end of this course, students will:

B1. apply project management techniques to the planning and development of communications media products; B2. apply a design process or other problem-solving processes to meet a range of challenges in communications technology; B3. create products or productions that demonstrate competence in the application of creative and technical skills.

Technology, the Environment, and Society

By the end of this course, students will:

C1. describe the impact of communications media technologies and activities on the environment and identify ways of reducing their harmful effects;

C2. demonstrate an understanding of social effects and issues arising from the use of communications media technologies and the importance of representing cultural and social diversity in media productions.

Professional Practice and Career Opportunities

By the end of this course, students will:

D1. demonstrate an understanding of and apply safe work practices in communications technology activities; D2. identify career opportunities in communications technology and demonstrate an understanding of the skills, work habits, education, and training required for entry into postsecondary programs or employment in these fields.

OUTLINE OF COURSE CONTENT

TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES

A variety of teaching and learning strategies are used to allow students many opportunities to attain the necessary skills for success in this course and in future studies. In all activities, consideration will be taken to ensure that individual students’ multiple intelligences and learning strengths are addressed through the use of varied and multiple activities in each lesson.

STRATEGIES FOR ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE

The primary purpose of assessment and evaluation is to improve student learning. Assessment and evaluation is based on the Ministry of Education’s Growing Success policy document, which articulates the Ministry’s vision for how assessment and evaluation is practiced in Ontario schools.

Growing Success describes the three assessment types as follows:

Assessment as Learning: focuses on the explicit fostering of students’ capacity over time to be their own best assessors, but teachers need to start by presenting and modelling external, structured opportunities for students to assess themselves.
Assessment for Learning: the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and their teachers to decide where the learners are in their learning, where they need to go, and how best to get there.
Assessment of Learning: the assessment that becomes public and results in statements or symbols about how well students are learning.

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION

EVALUATION SCHEME

A final grade (percentage mark) is calculated at the end of the course and reflects the quality of the student’s achievement of the overall expectations of the course, in accordance with the provincial curriculum.

The final grade will be determined as follows:

Seventy percent (70%) of the grade will be based on evaluation conducted throughout the course. This portion of the grade should reflect the student’s most consistent level of achievement throughout the course, although special consideration should be given to more recent evidence of achievement.
Thirty percent (30%) of the grade will be based on a final evaluation administered at or towards the end of the course. This evaluation will be based on evidence from one or a combination of the following: an examination, a performance, an essay, and/or another method of evaluation suitable to the course content. The final evaluation allows the student an opportunity to demonstrate comprehensive achievement of the overall expectations for the course.

PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism is a serious offense. It is defined as taking words, phrasing, sentence structure, or any other element of the expression of another person’s ideas, and using them as if they were your own. Plagiarism is a violation of another person’s rights, whether the material taken is great or small.Students will be assisted in developing strategies and techniques to avoid plagiarism. They need to be aware that plagiarized term work will be penalized and could result in a mark of zero.