Term 1: Digital Literacy iDEA
Exploring digital literacy and completing the iDEA qualification. The Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award, known as iDEA is an international programme that helps you develop digital, enterprise and employability skills for free.
Through our series of online challenges, you can win career-enhancing badges, unlock new opportunities and, ultimately, gain industry-recognised Awards that help you stand out from the crowd.
Completion of a practical task and an online assessment
Develop the individual:
As students develop their skills in a range of software they are challenged to work in groups to find solutions whilst developing respect for the ideas and opinions of others in their team.
Create a supportive community:
Computational thinking encourages students to develop and explore their problem solving skills. Computing Empowers students to apply their ICT and computing skills
Term2: App Building
The aim of this unit is to teach the pupils how to build their own apps using a web-based app builder. It will give them all the tools and resources to build a working web app which can be used on any HTML5 compatible device. In the unit they will evaluate existing apps, mock up their own designs and build, test and evaluate their own apps. By the end of this unit they will have an understanding of a good user interface, know the difference between web apps and native apps, and be able to find and create resources such as icons and backgrounds.
Final Task and an on screen assessment
Develop the individual:
As part of the computing curriculum students are taught to think and produce work that reflects the needs of diverse audiences within our community and the wider community.
Create a supportive community:
Term 3: Introduction to Text Based Programming
This is an introduction to Python, a powerful but easy-to-use high-level programming language. The focus is on getting pupils to understand the process of developing programs, the importance of writing correct syntax, being able to formulate algorithms for simple programs and debugging their programs. Pupils will look at If statements and While loops whilst covering concepts such as validation and searching.
Practical application and a written summative assessment
Develop the individual:
Computational thinking encourages students to develop and explore their problem solving skills.
Create a supportive community:
Term 4: Vector Graphics - Inkcape
This unit offers learners the opportunity to design graphics using vector graphic editing software. By the end of the unit learners will have produced an illustration, a logo, or some icons using vector graphics. The lessons are tailored to Inkscape (inkscape.org), which is open source and cross-platform. Vector graphics can be used to design anything from logos and icons to posters, board games, and complex illustrations. Through this unit, learners will be able to better understand the processes involved in creating such graphics and will be provided with the knowledge and tools to create their own.
As part of the computing curriculum students are taught to think and produce work that reflects the needs of diverse audiences within our community and the wider community.
Develop the individual:
Create a supportive community:
Term 5: Control Systems and Algorithms: Flowol
Students learn about control systems and develop an understanding of why and how technology is used all around us. The main focus is learning about input, process and outputs involved in developing controls systems and students investigate the importance of systems design and the consequences of system failure. Students will use Flowol to develop their logical reasoning and problem solving talents, develop programming skills and explore the world of automatic, autonomous systems and robots. Flowol supports many programming elements including sequences of instructions, branching using decisions, loops (infinite, or based on a condition or count), variables and simple variable manipulation and sub-procedures
Students will be assessed practically and will produce a report demonstrating their understanding of the algorithm.
Develop the individual:
As students develop their skills in a range of software they are challenged to work in groups to find solutions whilst developing respect for the ideas and opinions of others in their team.
Create a supportive community:
Term 6: Web Design - using RocketCake
Undertake creative projects that involve selecting, using, and combining multiple applications. Students learn about editing, drawing and animating images using graphics software and find out why we have different image formats. They will create, re-use, revise and re-purpose digital artefacts for a given audience, with attention to trustworthiness, design and usability.
Practical task and summative written assessment
hyperlink
A hyperlink is a link in a document or webpage that connects to another location.
Internet
The Internet is a computer network that connects computers worldwide
Develop the individual:
Demonstrate creativity and individuality -As part of the computing curriculum students are taught to think and produce work that reflects the needs of diverse audiences within our community and the wider community.
Create a supportive community:
Understanding Audience & Purpose