8 Digital Technologies
21 Things for Students
Advanced Computer Technology
Audio Recording and Podcasting
In this course students will learn how to use audio recorders and editing software. They will create audio segments which later will be included in a class created podcast.
Basic Scratch
This course was created by and is designed for students aged 11-12 years old. There are a series of tutorials to follow, leading to a good grounding, not only in how to use Scratch, but a number of specific programming concepts as well.
Computer Animation
Unit 26: Computer Animation
Computer Animation is used for the web, games and other software. 3D graphics are used more and more but only 2D are required for this unit.
As with all computer applications you must first identify the need, specific requirements and constraints before building the solution.
We plan to use Macromedia Flash as our main development tool but we will also experiment with Blender and other design packages.
On completion of this you should:
1 Understand the origins and types of animation
2 Be able to use software techniques used in animation
3 Be able to plan, create and review an animation using digital methods.
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Computer Technology
Cybersafety
Online Internet safety course for students in grades 5-12.
Digital Citizenship Moodle Course by Kristina A. Campea and Erin Herberg is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Flash Animation
This course is aimed at any age group (although Y8 and below might find it quite challenging) and is designed to provide a basic introduction to animation techniques in Flash - including stop-frame, shape tweens and motion tweens.
Feel free to download any of the resources provided here, all of which are CC licensed (BY-NC-SA).
Internet Safety, Acceptable Use, Research and Copyright
This a course under construction which will be provided to the GEOSS project for other teachers to utilize. The course is designed with two goals in mind 1. to provide sample resources about acceptable use and internet safety that could be utilized in the classroom, and 2. to provide additional resources for teachers looking to teach better research practices to their students. For more info just shoot an email.
Introduction to Spreadsheets
This 2 week course will focus on creating understanding of computer based spreadsheets. The course will focus on using spreadsheets for business applications and to create efficiencies and better organization by using these simple (and freely available) tools.
Module 1, Concepts of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
This course gives you a general understanding of the basic all-round concepts of computers and everyday software commonly in use, as well as some of the main security issues, health issues and legal issues relating to Information Technology.
Photoshop CS5 for Adobe Certified Associate Certification
This class will prepare you for the Adobe Certified Associate exam, an important addition to your resume.This class is for students who already have a deep knowledge of Photoshop and want to get certified.
PHP/MySQL Course
Power Publishing Gimp, Inkscape, Scribus
These three open source graphics and desktop publishing tools are free to use and redistribute. Learn to use them in this self-guided set of tutorials.
Programming - Alice
Self-Hosting a Website with Wordpress
Welcome to Self-Hosting a Website with Wordpress!
In this course you will purchase a domain name, set up your computer as a server, set up and style a Wordpress blog, create posts on your blog, and comment on other students' posts.
Blogging is a way to connect with people all over the world who share the same ideas you do.
Upon completion of this class, you will be able to help others get started with their Wordpress blogs, and maybe even discover a new career path!
Tech Literacy for Teachers/Staff
Technology Applications
Year 8 Databases
We will look at a large database in Excel and then import it into Access to see the different types of searching and sorting that can be done there.
This unit will not cover relational aspects of the Access database but will look at queries and form design.