MICROSOFT CERTIFIED EDUCATOR UPDATED
EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
A+
✔✔multi-modal communication - ✔✔Includes more than one type of communication
mode or tool used to communicate a coherent message. The communication is
considered multi-modal only if the elements work together to produce a stronger
message than any one element alone.
✔✔multi-modal communication opportunity - ✔✔The learning activity offers students the
opportunity to choose the tool or tools they will use to communicate.
✔✔extended communication - ✔✔Student must produce communication that represents
a set of connected ideas, not a single simple thought.
written work: one or more complete paragraphs rather than a sentence or phrase.
electronic or visual media, a sequence of videos, a podcast, or a page of a presentation
that connects or illustrates several ideas.
A single text message or tweet is NOT extended communication. If students are
engaged in electronic communication, this is ONLY considered extended
communication if it produces an outcome that requires students to connect the ideas
they discussed (for example, producing documentation of what they learned or next
, steps for resolving an issue that arose). The duration of an electronic chat is not
considered in evaluating extended communication.
✔✔supporting evidence - ✔✔Students must explain their ideas or support their thesis
(claim, hypothesis, or conclusion) with facts or examples.
✔✔communication for a particular audience - ✔✔Students must ensure that their
communication is appropriate to the specific readers, listeners, viewers, or others with
whom they are communicating (not a general audience).
✔✔4 - ✔✔How many levels in Skilled Communication rubric
✔✔Skilled Communication Code 1 - ✔✔Students are not required to produce extended
or multi-modal communication
✔✔Skilled Communication Code 2 - ✔✔Students are required to produce extended
communication or multi-modal communication but they are not required to provide
supporting evidence or design their work for a particular audience
✔✔Skilled Communication Code 3 - ✔✔Students are required to produce extended
communication or multi-modal communication AND required to provide supporting
evidence OR design their work for a particular audience
but not both
✔✔Skilled Communication Code 4 - ✔✔Students are required to produce extended
communication or multi-modal communication AND required to provide supporting
evidence AND design their work for a particular audience
✔✔knowledge construction - ✔✔Students generate ideas and understandings, that are
new to them through interpretation, analysis, synthesis, or evaluation.
✔✔strong knowledge construction activities - ✔✔Allows students to apply the
knowledge they constructed in new context to deepen their understanding and connect
information/ideas from more than one academic content.
✔✔interpretation - ✔✔drawing inferences beyond literal meaning.
✔✔analysis - ✔✔Identifying parts of the whole and how they relate to each other
✔✔synthesis - ✔✔Identifying the relationships between two or more ideas
✔✔evaluation - ✔✔Judging the quality, credibility, or importance of data, ideas or
events
EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
A+
✔✔multi-modal communication - ✔✔Includes more than one type of communication
mode or tool used to communicate a coherent message. The communication is
considered multi-modal only if the elements work together to produce a stronger
message than any one element alone.
✔✔multi-modal communication opportunity - ✔✔The learning activity offers students the
opportunity to choose the tool or tools they will use to communicate.
✔✔extended communication - ✔✔Student must produce communication that represents
a set of connected ideas, not a single simple thought.
written work: one or more complete paragraphs rather than a sentence or phrase.
electronic or visual media, a sequence of videos, a podcast, or a page of a presentation
that connects or illustrates several ideas.
A single text message or tweet is NOT extended communication. If students are
engaged in electronic communication, this is ONLY considered extended
communication if it produces an outcome that requires students to connect the ideas
they discussed (for example, producing documentation of what they learned or next
, steps for resolving an issue that arose). The duration of an electronic chat is not
considered in evaluating extended communication.
✔✔supporting evidence - ✔✔Students must explain their ideas or support their thesis
(claim, hypothesis, or conclusion) with facts or examples.
✔✔communication for a particular audience - ✔✔Students must ensure that their
communication is appropriate to the specific readers, listeners, viewers, or others with
whom they are communicating (not a general audience).
✔✔4 - ✔✔How many levels in Skilled Communication rubric
✔✔Skilled Communication Code 1 - ✔✔Students are not required to produce extended
or multi-modal communication
✔✔Skilled Communication Code 2 - ✔✔Students are required to produce extended
communication or multi-modal communication but they are not required to provide
supporting evidence or design their work for a particular audience
✔✔Skilled Communication Code 3 - ✔✔Students are required to produce extended
communication or multi-modal communication AND required to provide supporting
evidence OR design their work for a particular audience
but not both
✔✔Skilled Communication Code 4 - ✔✔Students are required to produce extended
communication or multi-modal communication AND required to provide supporting
evidence AND design their work for a particular audience
✔✔knowledge construction - ✔✔Students generate ideas and understandings, that are
new to them through interpretation, analysis, synthesis, or evaluation.
✔✔strong knowledge construction activities - ✔✔Allows students to apply the
knowledge they constructed in new context to deepen their understanding and connect
information/ideas from more than one academic content.
✔✔interpretation - ✔✔drawing inferences beyond literal meaning.
✔✔analysis - ✔✔Identifying parts of the whole and how they relate to each other
✔✔synthesis - ✔✔Identifying the relationships between two or more ideas
✔✔evaluation - ✔✔Judging the quality, credibility, or importance of data, ideas or
events
