Rhetorical Knowledge

• Understand how each genre helps to shape writing and how readers respond to it
• Use appropriate technologies to organize, present, and communicate information to address a range of audiences, purposes, and genres

Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing

• Understand the relationships among language, knowledge, and power including social, cultural, historical, and economic issues related to information, writing, and technology
• Recognize, understand, and analyze the context within which language, information, and knowledge are produced, managed, organized, and disseminated
• Integrate previously held beliefs, assumptions, and knowledge with new information and the ideas of others

Processes

• Learn to balance the advantages of relying on others with the responsibility of doing their part

Knowledge of Conventions:

• Learn and apply appropriate standards, laws, policies, and accepted practices for the use of a variety of technologies
• Understand and apply legal and ethical uses of information and technology including copyright and intellectual property
• Understand and apply appropriate standards for use of technology including accessibility