Year 4
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New Digital Skills for Year 4
New Digital Skills for Year 4
Text Skills
Text Skills
Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum
Select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information
- Insert a table into a word processing document
- Insert & delete rows, columns, & merge cells in a table
- Insert/format page numbers
- Use & modify templates
Image Skills
Image Skills
Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum
Select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information
Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content
- Transfer images taken with a digital device to a computer
- Use a fill tool to fill areas with colour
- Annotate image & PDF files
Video & Audio Skills
Video & Audio Skills
Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum
Select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information
Understand computer networks including the internet; how they can provide multiple services, such as the world wide web; and the opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration
- Create a screencast
- Transfer files to a computer from a mobile device
- Trim and split video clips
- Import & edit video using video editing application
- Record & trim audio using a computer
- Create a video presentation
- Capture a screen recording using a computer
- Insert video into a web page
- Create an animation from still images (eg, stop motion)
- Add voiceover to a recording
- Import recorded audio into a video editing application
- Add text to video (titles & subtitles)
- Add transitions to video/audio
- Select & add music to a video presentation
- Create an audio composition using multiple audio files
Multimedia Presentations
Multimedia Presentations
Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum
Select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information
- Add effective transitions to slides
- Create a series of screens with buttons for navigation
- Add video/music to enhance a presentation
Communications
Communications
Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum
Understand computer networks including the internet; how they can provide multiple services, such as the world wide web; and the opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration
- Comment appropriately on the postings of others
- Edit, delete, & move website pages
- Compose, send & respond appropriately to instant messages (Chat)
- Attach a file of appropriate size (< 5 MB) to an email
Information Systems & the Internet
Information Systems & the Internet
Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum
Use search technologies effectively, appreciate how results are selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content
- Use History to return to a previously visited page
- Find information in an online database
- Identify key words, names, & phrases for a search
- Understand & carry out a multiple field search
- Save sites (bookmark/favourites)
Spreadsheet & Data Handling
Spreadsheet & Data Handling
Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum
Select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information
- Organise and present data in a data handling application
- Enter & use simple formulae (eg A2+B2)
Skills & Qualities
Skills & Qualities
Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum
Use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; recognise acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact.
- Change & create secure passwords
- Securely maintain a record of passwords
- Understand copyright & plagiarism
Tech Awareness
Tech Awareness
Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum
Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content
Understand computer networks including the internet; how they can provide multiple services, such as the world wide web; and the opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration
- Use multi-touch gestures on a touchscreen device, eg pinch zoom, rotate
- Troubleshoot basic internet connectivity issues
- Save a copy of a file (Save As or Duplicate)
- Save a file on USB drive, external media or network drive (eg Google drive)
Coding Skills
Coding Skills
Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum
Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts
Use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output
- Design and prototype and App
- Understand coordinate grid
- Understand and use the For and While Loops
- Understand variables
- Understand how to use variables in a coding program
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