Course Overview Year 9 ICT Understanding how ICT tools work & using them for complex tasks

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Overview of the years ICT syllabus; overview of the schools computer system; checking everyone can logon; organizing your ICT work - creating a filing system; health & safety points Review Windows Explorer; icons, shortcuts; personal and shared folders; file and folder management; using USB drives; transferring files to/from school/home; review sending and receiving email, including attachments; using Help and finding things out Learning the basics of computer programming with Scratch Creating animations with movement and sounds More advanced features of Scratch Review earlier skills, including spell checker; add headers, footers, page numbering, etc. Further formatting of text and images; bullets, numbering, tabs, indents, cropping, etc. Introduction to Google Sketchup; viewing tutorials; downloading models More tutorials; designing your own room or home or vehicle or anything! Completing your models Using computer-based modelling and simulations; trying some simulations; consider advantages and disadvantages Creating a model (e.g. of a shop); investigate and modify formulae used; review spreadsheet features especially fill and absolute cell referencing Making predictions; evaluate models, discuss limitations, accuracy, improvements, etc. Using a digital camera and scanner; editing images (e.g. cropping, rotating, colours) More advanced editing: layers, transparency, fine editing tools Creating an amazing image to enter in our competition Digital imaging competition! Types of computing devices; operating systems and applications; input, output and storage devices Types of networks; the Internet; analogue and digital communications; how email is transmitted; webpages (HTML) and web browsers Introduction to Control Systems: using computers to control equipment. Using flowcharts to plan a process; using the CoCo control system. Continue development of control system Continue development of control system Finish and present control systems Review database concepts and terminology; creating a database; entering, editing and displaying data Using the database to answer questions using filters, sorting and queries. Preventing invalid data from being entered; creating data entry forms and reports How to make a short video tips and techniques; working in teams. Planning your video storyboarding. Filming your video. Editing your video. Finish your video titles, audio, etc Showing and evaluating your video Overview of Data Logging; sensors and features of data loggers An experiment with a Data Logger; importing data into a spreadsheet and document

Review of the Schools Computer System Computer programming 1 Computer programming 2 Computer programming 3 Further word processing skills 1 Further word processing skills 2 Computer Aided 3D Design 1 Computer Aided 3D Design 2 Computer Aided 3D Design 3 Modelling and Simulations Modelling using spreadsheets 1 Modelling using spreadsheets 2 Digital Imaging 1 Digital Imaging 2 Digital Imaging 3 Digital Imaging 4 Hardware and Software Computer networks, the Internet and communications Introduction to Control Systems Flowcharts and the CoCo software Planning and Building a Control System Building and Testing a Control System Presenting your Control System Designing and building a database Querying a database Data validation, Forms and Reports Making a video 1 Making a video 2 Making a video 3 Making a video 4 Making a video 5 Making a video 6 Data Logging 1 Data Logging 2

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