The following area will guide you on how you can support your child in Digital Technology. If they are finding it difficult to access their Google Classroom, they can follow our guides which can be found here:
https://sites.google.com/hwbcymru.net/dcfybg/tutorials/google-classroom-pupils
Links to tutorials relating to the software we use in school:
The following links will show you the software that we use in year 7. Each link is a set of guided tutorials which can help to support your child in their Digital Technology work.
https://sites.google.com/hwbcymru.net/dcfybg/tutorials/adobe-express-website
Tasks you could do at home:
Encourage your child to work on their B.Smart tasks that have been placed in Google Classroom. These will help to further their knowledge on the 4 principles of Digital Technology.
Encourage your child to use the hour of code website to develop their computational thinking skills. The website holds hundreds of different activities and can be found at: https://hourofcode.com/uk/learn
Talk to your child about the different online platforms that they use. Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of these online platforms. Information about the most used platforms can be found at: https://hwb.gov.wales/keeping-safe-online/in-the-know/
Links to tutorials relating to the software we use in school:
The following links will show you the software that we use in year 8. Each link is a set of guided tutorials which can help to support your child in their Digital Technology work.
https://sites.google.com/hwbcymru.net/dcfybg/tutorials/canva-video-editing
Tasks you could do at home:
Help your child practice their cryptography skills be using the following interactive game created by National Geographic: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/games/action-adventure/article/crack-the-code-1
Links to tutorials relating to the software we use in school:
The following links will show you the software that we use in year 9. Each link is a set of guided tutorials which can help to support your child in their Digital Technology work.
https://sites.google.com/hwbcymru.net/dcfybg/tutorials/adobe-express-website
https://sites.google.com/hwbcymru.net/dcfybg/tutorials/adobe-animate-animation
https://sites.google.com/hwbcymru.net/dcfybg/tutorials/adobe-premier-rush-video-editing
Tasks you could do at home:
Encourage your child to practice their programming skills by playing Ozaria which promotes the use of the Python programming language to complete parts of a game: https://www.ozaria.com/play/chapter-1-sky-mountain?hour_of_code=true