PROGRAMME OF STUDY:  COMPUTING (ICT)

Primero de Secundaria (F2)

Knowledge, skills and understanding

Overview:

Pupils will begin to use modelling software and control software and understand its principles. They will be able to program within Logo and have a deeper understanding of the Internet, Networks, Control and

 Pupils to begin to

Computers effect on society.

 realize the

magnitude of ways

that they can use

INTRODUCTION TO MODELLING

ICT to help them.

q       Basic structure of a spreadsheet

q       Formatting cells

Once they

understand the

skills, they can use

them throughout

q       Basic F(x)

q       Simple Calculations

q       Formulaes: Max, Min, Average, Autosum, Count, Countif, etc.

their school life

CONTROL UNIT

and beyond.

From doing mostly

presentation work in Form 1, pupils

will begin to look at a variety of other

packages and

q       Write a sequence of instructions

q       Input/Output

q       How to control work in real world

q       Traffic light sequence

q       (NOTE we are severely restricted this year in equipment to teach

                         control and this is something that will have to figure in our

                         development plan for year 2003 – 2004)

applications

GRAPHICS CONTINUATION

including modelling

q       Pupils to be shown and experiment with other graphics applications

software.

             besides Paint.

FINAL PROJECT

q       Integration of all packages seen during the year in a problem solving exercise more complex than F1

THEORY BASE

q       Review of last year word processing, hardware and software, backup devices

q       Networks

q       Internet History

q       Spreadsheet Theory Introduction

q       Computers in Society

Curricular Links:

Breadth of Study

Links to English

Students through the use of  worksheets and projects will be able to

Layout Design

develop the abilities outlined above.

Links to math

Formula / Equation

INTRODUCTION TO MODELLING

Knowledge

q       Using a variety of spreadsheet worksheet examples developing skills throughout the year. The examples will try to focus on a wide variety of uses both on a real and imaginary data.

CONTROL UNIT

q       Use of Logo software to produce simple patterns and shapes by controlling and imaginary turtle

FINAL PROJECT

q       Integrated Survey Project

Important to note that this will differ from F1 project, as it will be a lot more open and available for extension, as pupils begin to realize the breadth of problems a computer can solve.