Learn how to stay safe online and prevent cyber bullying. Learn how to treat other with respect online, keeping passwords a secret, if you don't want the world to know then do not post it! Never post personal information that can identify you in any way.
Social networking is a global revolution, enabling around a billion people worldwide to stay in touch with their friends, share experiences and photographs and exchange personal content. In many ways it has replaced the telephone and email. For many users, it has become a way of life. The nature of social networking – having such a massive base of users who are unknown to you – means that using it carries a degree of risk including becoming a target for cyber-criminals.
In this unit, you will improve your skills in Scratch and make new games. You will learn to make games like Snake, Space Invades and Pong. Your computing skills will be better after completing this unit.
Changing images and making your own pictures does not only make your learn new skills in paint packages like Fireworks and Photoshop, but is also fun to do!
Small Basic contains the concepts of some basic programming terms. The code here can be taken to new levels and can lead to ever more complex coding. Small Basic allows you for the first time to actual type in code and see instantly programs you have created.
A collection of different spreadsheets that teach advanced skills in Excel and work on some of the knowledge the students would have learnt in year 7. Each week is based around a different topic until at the end of the unit when a test is done to see what skills have been picked up.
This course will go over some of the basic office skills that you will more likely need in later life. Do you know how to correctly use email software? How to write a formal letter in Word? How a CV should be laid out? Well you will learn some of these things and more in this course.
Do you want to make a website, well in this unit you will make one from scratch. It will be on the topic of your own choosing. The program used in this unit is Serif Webplus.
Socrative assessments for year 8.