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

Technology, Engineering, and Design

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Student Name: Alysha Franklin

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.

Information and communication systems allow information to be transferred from human
to human, human to machine, machine to human, and machine to machine.
Information can be transferred in a variety of ways. It can be transferred from
human to human, which is just people having a conversation. From human to machine, this
is like putting in the temperature on the thermostat. From machine to human, this is like a
fire alarm going off in the presence of smoke. And from machine to machine, which is like
the air conditioner coming on when the thermostat says the building is getting too hot.
What type of information transfer is going on depends on the situation. In most companies
it is all of them. The computers send info to all the other computers, the people telling the
machines what to do. Even the alarms going off at the end of a shift and people just calling
the people in other departments are types of communication.