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Year 8

Year 8 ICT Content Overview

Unit

Tasks

Term
Introduction Network/ File management/ Review of Year 7/Internet Safety review/ Skills Checklist 1
Unit 1: Public information systems  Create a simple information system for a town/city 1
Unit 2: Publishing on the Web Create homepage in MS Frontpage and an online e-portfolio (google sites) 1
Unit 3: Information, Reliability, Validity and Bias Using the internet as a research tool, refining search methods 2
Unit 4: Models and presenting numeric data Spreadsheets: Mobile phone model/ School party finances model 2
Unit 5: An ICT system – Integrating applications to find solutions The Travel agency: Using ICT to manage and organise a travel agency (word processing, mail merge, database and presentation). 3
Review: Class wiki Creation of class wiki site to review work/ skills checklist / extra material 3


Brief summary of the syllabus:

The course aims to ensure that pupils are confident users of ICT to at least National Curriculum level 5. Pupils will be developing skills to ensure they are confident, creative and productive users of ICT. They will be mastering technical skills and techniques and understanding how to apply these skills purposefully, safely and responsibly. They will be finding, developing, analysing and presenting information, modelling situations and solving problems. The concepts that pupils will need to understand in order to deepen and broaden their knowledge, skills and understanding include capability, communication and collaboration, exploring ideas and manipulating information, impact of technology and critical evaluation.

What can parents expect to see in class work and homework specifically?

Pupils will be using ICT to design websites, collect and analyse data, perform financial modelling, marketing and using information management systems. Pupils will use a range of software including word processor, desktop publisher, spreadsheet, database, control, web design, email and audio manipulation software. Pupils will be devising solutions to problems using a range of ICT skills and will be evaluating their work by annotating and reporting on the quality of the work.

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What can parents do to help in this subject at this stage?

Encourage your child to practice their ICT skills so that they are able to apply them to familiar and unfamiliar situations. Encourage the production of a high standard of work through the consideration of layout, formatting and audience. Encourage them to proofread their work, checking the content and layout before printing and submitting. Encourage your child to submit all work on time and catch up on all work missed as a result of absence. Ensure that your child keeps a backup of their ICT work by saving it to a home computer, the school computer and a memory device, such as a memory stick.

Discourage your child from breaching copyright and plagiarising. All work they complete must be their own and there are stiff penalties for those who copy other peoples’ work. Encourage safe working practices by ensuring your child takes breaks from using the computer and avoids long periods of repetitive game playing which can lead to RSI. Check that your child is using their time on the computer wisely as it is very easy to become distracted by other activities when using a computer. It is highly recommended that the computer is kept in a communal area where the pupil can be easily monitored.

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Testing and levels:

Pupils will be assessed in a variety of ways, including class work, homework, written tests, skills checklists and assignments. All assessment will identify the National Curriculum level that the pupil is working towards.

 

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