Key Stage 2

Unit A - Presenting Information
This unit of work introduces pupils to the hardware and software available to them in the ICT Room before going onto developing a presentation of their own making.

• Topic 1 - Introduction
  • An explanation of the course - the course booklet
  • Passwords - "do's and don't's"
  • How to log on and off the school network
  • Using Mozilla Firefox to access the Internet
  • Diary page
• Topic 2 - The River
  • Cut and stick session
  • Computer folders
  • Diary page
• Topic 3 - Files, Folders and Passwords
  • More about passwords
  • MTSOC
  • Saving files - drag and drop
  • Adding text to a document
  • Diary Page
• Topic 4 - Descriptive Writing
  • Descriptive writing
  • MTSOC
  • Adding text to a document
  • Diary Page
• Topic 5 - Presentations
  • An introduction to presentations
  • An example presentation
  • Adding information to a presentation
  • Diary page
• Topic 6 - Presentations (Part 2)
  • An introduction to animating a presentation page
  • How to animate the elements of a presentation page
  • Linking pages together
  • Diary page
• Topic 7 - A Personal Presentation
  • Decide on a presentation to create
  • Setting up the basic presentation
  • Adding information to a page
  • Diary page
• Topic 8 - Searching the Internet
  • Getting it right when searching
  • An exercise in searching the Internet
  • Saving images
  • Inserting images into a presentation
  • Diary page
• Topic 9 - Completing the Presentation
  • Add text and images to the presentation
  • Animate your pages
  • Link the pages together
  • Produce your final presentation
  • Diary page
• Topic 10 - Assessment
  • A reminder of what we have done on the course
  • See each persons presentation
  • Assess each persons presentation
  • Diary page

Unit C
Unit C
Outline

Unit B - Communications
This unit introduces pupils to communicating. Initially pupils will look at how communicating has changed over the years before looking at how communications have changed in the electronic age. Once pupils have an understanding of the history of communications they will on to looking at the different ways we communicate nowadays through accessing the [Mount Tamar School] wall-gardened facilities.

• Topic 1 - Introduction
  • An explanation of the course - the course booklet
  • What is 'Communicating'?
  • Diary page
• Topic 2 - A history of Communications - Before the electronic age
  • Using the Internet to discover the answers to a set of questions
  • Record the answers on a worksheet
  • Diary Page
• Topic 3 - A history of Communications - in the electronic age
  • Using the Internet to discover the answers to a set of questions
  • Record the answers on a worksheet
  • Diary Page
• Topic 4 - Emailing
  • Accessing the email account
  • Sending an email
  • Replying to an email
  • Do's and Don't's of emailing
  • Diary Page
• Topic 5 - Social Networking
  • Accessing MTSocNet
  • Setting up a personal profile
  • Finding friends
  • Seeing what friends are doing
  • Diary Page
• Topic 6 - Blogging
  • Adding information to a blog
  • Do's and Don't's of blogging
  • Diary Page / Blog
• Topic 7 - Audio-Visual Communications
  • Accessing audio-visual communications
  • Sending and receiving information
  • Do's and Don't's of audio-visual communications
  • Diary Page / Blog
• Topic 8 - Assessment
  • Present to the group a Workbook
  • Present to the group a personal blog
  • Assess each others work

Unit D

Outline