Head of Department | Mr C Mills | |||||
Teachers | Mr C Mills, Mr C Cotter, Mr Z Zacharia | |||||
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Year 7 | Term 1 Introduction to computing – Code of conduct – E-Safety – Cyber crime – Web quests – Viruses | Term 2 Control -turtle academy – Maze creation in Logo – Flowol | Term 3 Kodu game lab | Term 4 Computer Architecture -Operation of PCs | Term 5 Scratch -Basic controls | Term 6 Spreadsheets -Formatting |
Year 8 | Term 1 Scratch* -Basic controls *this will change for the current year 7 when they move into year 8. | Term 2 Photoshop -cropping, rotating – Masks – Image effects – Layers Selection | Term 3 Flash animation – Layers – Tweens -Text, – sound | Term 4 Databases -Fields, rows, columns | Term 5 Web design -Research techniques | Term 6 Business Enterprise Business project |
Year 9 | Term 1 and 2 Mobile Technologies Investigations into mobile technology | Term 3 Online Commerce Click vs brick | Term 4 Networks Home networks | Term5 Business Documents Word advanced skills | Term 6 Internet and Security Hacking | |
KS3 Resources | Teach-ICT.com www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize | |||||
KS4 Exam Board and spec | Year 10 Peason CiDA Certificate in Digital Applications https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/digital-applications-cida-dida/cida-2012.html Students complete 2 units of study: Unit 1 – Developing Web Products. This is a practical exam unit based on web technologies where students have a series of practical tasks to complete on a given scenario. Unit 3 – Artwork and Imaging. This is an assignment based unit giving the learner the skills to design and create their own digital imagery.
Year 11 OCR Cambridge Nationals in ICT http://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/82572-specification.pdf Students complete 4 units of study: Unit 1: Understanding computer systems – Examination Unit Unit 2: Using ICT to create business solutions – Core assignment based unit Unit 3: Handling data in spreadsheets – Assignment based unit Unit 5: Creating an interactive product using multimedia components. | |||||
KS4 Resources
| Year 10 Aho K, Dharkar, A and Miller G – Digital Design Curriculum Guide (Course Technology, 2003) ISBN: 9780619055165 Burden K, Kuechel T Smith A – Edexcel DiDA: Multimedia (Longman, 2005) ISBN: 978184690110 2 Chapman N and J – Digital Multimedia (John Wiley & Sons, 2004) ISBN: 9780470858905
Clip art Creative Commons – www.creativecommons.org.uk Graphic design Year 11 OCR Cambridge Nationals in ICT Student Book Paperback – 28 Sep 2012 ISBN: 978-1444176537
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