Course overview - Study Periods 5 and 6
During the first half term, study period 5, learners will experience a basic programming platform Kodu. Kodu Game Lab is a 3D game development environment that is designed to teach learners basic programming principles. Kodu allows creators to build the world’s terrain, populate it with characters and props, and then program their behaviours and game rules in a bespoke visual programming language.
During study period 6, after half-term, learners start looking at Unit 6 - Microsoft Excel to improve their digital numeracy. This unit of work allows learners to experience spreadsheets whilst understanding how to write and input basic calculations as well as being able to collect and manipulate data.
Key Concept:
Systems, Ethics, Security
Assessment Points:
Week 31 (8th May) - End of Unit Summative Assessment (Kodu)
Week 40 (17th July) - End of Unit Summative Assessment (Microsoft Excel)
Guidance:
Learners will receive guidance in a variety of ways. These include marked assessments, reports, feedback in their exercise books and verbal feedback, 1:1 interaction, Google Classroom.
Key Vocabulary:
Page
Rule
Tile
Condition
Parameter
Indent
Conflict
Priority
Action
Transition
Node
Terminal State
Spreadsheet
Calculation
Formula
Search
Index
Cell