Year 9 ICT Strand - 2021
Aims of Class
The purpose of the ICT Strand is to cover the DDDO aspects of the curriculum - how to use a computer safety and efficiently - file management, data entry skills, cybersafety and health and safety, introduction to software available (Word, Excel, Publisher, Powerpoint)
Two periods per week
Each course runs for two terms
Set Up Considerations
Logins and access for students
Printing options
Keyboarding Skills - typing.com - Set up a class account
Term 1,
Week 2 and 3
Course Overview - Digital Technologies Curriculum (DDDO and CT)
Logging in - check student pool access
File Management - files, folders, file naming
www.typing.com - development of safe and efficient data entry skills
Use this link to join the class:https://www.typing.com/join#601DAC8551432
Cybersafety - www.beinternetawesomewithgoogle.com
Kahoot - Cybersafety
“About Me” - share in Google Drive
Blogs
Week 4
Basic Document Layout - using WORD
Headings
Copy/Paste
Year 9 - Windsurfing
On network - “Glitters” Pronto P32, “Brown Kiwi” P35 - copy/paste, spellcheck, headings
On network - Proverbs - copying and pasting bet files Pronto P23
On network - Search/Replace “Liam Jackson” Task Pronto P34
Week 5
File Management
Pronto P44-46 - Practice setting up, moving between files and folders
Week 6
Bullets/Symbols
Year 9 - Handouts - Using symbols to replace words
Tasks in Tempo p61, 62
Week 7 & 8
Drawing
Year 9 - boat, TV, Flowers
Week 9
Easter Recipes - numbered instructions
Week 10 & 11
Basic Design
Year 9 - Kids Eat Free, Disney
Term 2,
Week 1 & 2
Tables
Pronto and Bravo
Diagrams/Text Boxes
Bravo P113, 153, 149, 155, 164
Week 3
Columns
Network tasks - Goldfish, Bonsai, Handouts
Week 4 & 5
Publisher
Greetings Cards, Calanders, Certificates
Week 6-8
Excel
Yellow Book - basic formulae, graphs
Weeks 9-10
Photoshop
Photos on the network - basic tools and skills