2012 International Technology and Engineering Educators Association Foundations of Technology, Third Edition/

Technology, Engineering, and Design

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Student Name: ______Malik Wilson__________________

Unit 5: Design

Lesson 4: Information and Communication
File 5.4.5: Brief Constructed Response Items

Students are expected to reflect on, and write a one paragraph response to one of the
following statements. Include a strong topic sentence with good supporting details to
support your answer. A strong paragraph is usually 7=8 sentences in length. Choose ONE of
the following statements to respond to.

Information and communication technologies include the inputs, processes, and
outputs associated with sending and receiving information.
Information and communication systems allow information to be transferred from
human to human, human to machine, machine to human, and machine to machine.
Communication systems are made up of source, encoder, transmitter, receiver,
decoder, storage, retrieval, and destination
BCR Rubric
Category Below Average Average Excellent
Understanding Response
demonstrates an
implied, partial, or
superficial under-
standing of the text
and/or the question.
Response
demonstrates an
understanding of the
text.
Response
demonstrates an
understanding of the
complexities of the
text.
Focus Lacks transitional
information to show
the relationship of
the support to the
question.
Addresses the
demands of the
question.
Exceeds the demands
of the question.
Use of Related
Information
Uses minimal
information from the
text to clarify or
extend meaning.
Uses some
expressed or implied
information from the
text to clarify or
extend meaning.
Effectively uses
expressed or implied
information from the
text to clarify or
extend meaning.





2012 International Technology and Engineering Educators Association Foundations of Technology, Third Edition/
Technology, Engineering, and Design
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Brief Constructive Response 5.4.5

Information communication can be transferred by human to human,
human to machine, and machine to machine. Human to human would be
communicating to another organism sharing ideas or just simply talking.
Human to machine would be me (Malik) talking into my phone (Siri). When I
tell Siri to do something thats human to machine because thats a human
telling and mechanical object to do something. Machine to machine would be
sending text messages to another phone.