Systems: Systems & Procedures - System review: server, file saving, computer centre rules, housekeeping, Design Cycle
Information: Spreadsheets - Parts of a spreadsheet, basic calculations, functions and formulae, relative and absolute cell reference, charts and models
Information: Typing - Type to Learn: position, speed and accuracy
Systems: Computer Issues 2 - Computer Applications (weather, traffic, airports), computers at school and work, how data is collected. Students choose the applications for a specific project.
M3
Systems: Systems & Procedures - Systems review: server, file saving, computer centre rules, housekeeping, Design Cycle.
Information: Databases - Parts of a database, Excel / Access, flat file database, relational database, tables, report, form, query, exporting data from an Excel spreadsheet, Spreadsheet as a database.
Information: HTML - Designs of websites
Materials / Systems: Timing Device - Students create a timing device using the design cycle.
Information: Typing - Type to Learn: position, speed and accuracy
Information: Computer Issues 3 - Applications: Gantt charts to manage a project, data logging, computer and the law. The Internet. Intellectual property of video / DVD copy right.
Culminating Activity: Students choose the applications for a specific project
Information: Word processing v desktop publishing - Word processing applications & desktop publishing applications
Information: Spreadsheet software
Materials: Spanning a gap - Students use the design cycle to span a gap using provided materials.
Information: Video editing - Students edit a video created for lifeskills class
Information: Theory - Communication and the Internet. Components of an information system. Input/output devices. Storing data. System analysis and design / design cycle (MYP). Theory associated with the software and hardware in units.
M1 Unit: What Influences Change?