Introduction Instructions An Outcomes Approach Suggested Skills and Experiences Example Activities Credits
Suggested Skills and Experiences - Year 7 (...assuming all from Levels 1-6)
Computer and Operating Systems
  • format a floppy disk
  • copy, delete, move files on a floppy disk
  • select and manipulate multiple files
Peripherals and Multimedia
  • Use digital video camera to make simple movies which require basic editing on the computer.
  • Scan images into the computer to edit and add to their work.
Word Processing
  • Produce documents formatted for a purpose with appropriate font styles, with simple tables, bulleted lists, text boxes, text wrap on images and photos, using drawing tools and word art to enhance the presentation.
Publishing
  • Produce a brochure which includes text and picture frames with photos, clip art, text with fonts suited to purpose.
Spreadsheet
  • Create simple spreadsheets which include text boxes, clip art and basic calculations.
  • Produce a simple graph from spreadsheet, suited to a particular purpose.
Database
  • Create a simple database to record data from school investigation, with text and number fields.
  • Interact with a database to add, find, edit and extract information.
Drawing/Painting
  • Saving drawings and imported/changed images in different formats for particular purposes.
  • Aligning, layering and manipulating objects including text boxes to combine into a single image.
Problem Solving
  • Use a mind-mapping program independently to map out an issue or project.
  • Use open-ended software package combination to prepare and produce a solution to a problem.
Presentation
  • Produce an individual project as a slide show or interactive presentation which includes, sound, voice recording, photos, animations and movies.
Web Publishing
  • Create a simple web page or a series of simple pages for a purpose and audience.
  • Use a photo editing package to prepare images for the web.
  • Web pages include photos, animations, simple tables and own style of background.
Internet/Communication
  • Conduct an independent, safe search for a useful web materials - bookmark page, download items.
  • Follow the requirements of observing copyright with materials accessed from the web.
  • Send an email attachment, reply to a message, organise email in folders.
  • Take part as an individual in a collaborative email project with other schools.
  • Undertake a curriculum-related web quest independently. 

These are suggestions of possibilities only and not 'prescriptive' for all situations. Skills and experiences should be aligned to activities associated with units of work in the schools' curriculum plan. Some schools may have as part of their mission a focus on developing computer skills - for which these lists may be used as a guide to what students may achieve.

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