Strand 3 - Producing
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Target audience: Learners in progression step 3
Description: In this video explore skills in Adobe Express to draw a Christmas wreath such as: Draw tools, Colouring Mode on/off and learn how to layering your drawings
Video duration: 9 minutes
Target audience: Learners in progression step 3
Description: In this video Kyle from Adobe will show how to use Adobe Express to create a drawing of a snowman.
Video duration: 6 minutes
Target audience: Learners in progression step 3
Description: In this video we'll show how to create a Christams greetings video for family and friends The video will include text,video, anmimations , music and a voiceover.
Video duration: 25 minutes
Additional resources: Example
Target audience: Learners in progression step 3
Description: In this video we will show how using Adobe Express to create a video about how to celebrate 'Green Christmas'.
Video duration: 25 minutes
Additional resources: Click on the link below to access a list of facts and ideas to help you create your video.
An example of a 'Green Christmas' video
An example of a 'Green Christmas' video
Target audience: Learners at thelower end of progression step 3
Description: An activity where pupils will create an animation of a character/ characters using Jit5.
Video duration: 9 minutes
Additional resources:
Creating a poster using Adobe Express (Bilingual video)
Target audience: Learners in progression step 3
Description: An activity where pupils create a poster to advertise a Christmas Show/ Christmas fair etc. using Adobe Express.
Video duration: 20 minutes
Extra resources: Video showing how to animate your poster https://youtu.be/YTDrn6Hnp3g
How to create a 'Green Christmas' infographic using Adobe Express - to follow
How to create a 'Green Christmas' infographic using Adobe Express - to follow
Target audience: Learners in progression step 3
Description: In this video we will show how to use Adobe Express to create an infographic about how to celebrate a 'Green Christmas'.
Video duration: 28 minutes
Additional resources: Click on the link below to access a list of facts and ideas to help you create your video.
Christmas infographic.pdfA 'green' Christmas infographic
A 'green' Christmas infographic
Strand 4 - Data and computational thinking
**💡 As the Excel spreadsheets are saved in 'Google drive' they will open up as a 'Google Sheets' spreadsheet when you click on the link. In order to convert them to Excel you have to go to 'File' and then go to 'Download' and then select Microsoft Excel.
Cracking the code - Christmas
Cracking the code - Christmas
Target audience: Learners at the lower end of progression step 3
Description: An activity in order to familiarize learners with cell names in Excel. They will have to search for the specific cells to find letters which when put together will create festive words.
Spreadsheet
Answers
Additional resources: Video introducing the main features of a spreadsheet
Creating a Christmas Pixel art picture in Excel
Creating a Christmas Pixel art picture in Excel
Target audience: Learners at the lower end of progression step 3
Description: An activity in order to familiarise learners with cell formatting (by adding colour to them) in order to create a festive picture.
Uncoloured spreadsheet
Completed spreadsheet
Additional resources: Video introducing how to format a spreadsheet
Target audience: Learners at the lower end of Progression Step 3
Description: An activity where pupils look and record the different notes in the song 'Jingle Bells' .Then they create a bar graph of the data in Excel.
Video length: 5 minutes
Additional resources: Recording sheet (Word)
Recording sheet (PDF)
Christmas tree spreadsheet ( Fideo in Welsh only)
Christmas tree spreadsheet ( Fideo in Welsh only)
Cynulleidfa darged Learners at the top end of progression step 3
Disgrifiad: Gweithgaredd lle fydd y disgyblion yn cwblhau taenlen Excel a chyfrifo costau a chyfanswm y coed Nadolig gwahanol mae Nerys wedi gwerthu gan ddefnyddio fformiwlâu.
Video duration: 6 minutes
Additional resources:Excel spreadsheet (Excel)
Excel formula activity which can be done as a practice activity before the Christmas tree activity. https://youtu.be/DrgzXZ84MqM
Red activity (Lower)
Green activity (Medium)
Blue activity (Highest)
Target audience: Learners at the top end of progression step 3
Description: In this session Mr Luke Clement from Technocamps shows how to create a Christmas themed game using Scratch.
Video length: 29 minutes
Scratch Learn Live session 2022
Scratch Learn Live session 2022
Target audience: Learners at the top end of progression step 3
Description: In this session Mr Luke Clement from Technocamps shows how to create a Christmas themed game using Scratch.
Video length: 36 minutes
Target audience: Learners at the top end of progression step 3
Description: An activity where pupils create a database about the weight , packaging etc of different boxes of chocolates to see which is the most environmentally friendly.
Video duration: 7 minutes
Additional resources: Information cards (PDF)
Christmas Microbit design.pdfPlanning sheet to plan a Christmas decoration on the Micro:bit
Planning sheet to plan a Christmas decoration on the Micro:bit
Changing your Micro:bit into a Christmas decoration
Changing your Micro:bit into a Christmas decoration
Target audience: Learners at the lower end of progression step 3
Description: An activity where pupils will create a festive pattern or animation that can be shown on the Micro:bit.
Video duration: 9 minutes
Target audience: Learners at the lower end of progression step 3
Description: An activity where pupils will create a snow globe that can be shwon on the Micro:bit
Video duration: 14 minutes
Christmas decoration that comes on when it's dark - Introduction video
Christmas decoration that comes on when it's dark - Introduction video
How to create a Christmas decoration that comes on when it's dark (Video by the Micro:bit foundation)
How to create a Christmas decoration that comes on when it's dark (Video by the Micro:bit foundation)
Target audience: Learners in progression step 3
Description: An activity where pupils code the Micro:bit to show a Christmas animation when it gets dark.
Video duration: 4 minutes
Additional resources: Planning sheet
Target audience: Learners at the top of progression step 3
Description: An activity where pupils create an algorithm to warn the driver of a car that it is freezing outside.
Video duration: 8 minutes
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