Sunbury Downs CollegeVCE Information Technology Unit 1 2004

Course outline

TR – teacher referenceCD – Activity on ITalive CD-ROM

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Content descriptions

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Homework

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Assessment Tasks

Intro to course

Course outline Unit 1 – student copy

Summary of course – units 1 and 2 – TR
Teaching ideas from ITalive authors - TR / ch1 / Class discussion after homework completed / Small groups do survey of parents on one of act 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, IT & entertainment, IT & education (p.9)

Introduction to computer use

Lesson 1 OH&S / Essentials (E) p.146-148 / safe use of computer systems / worksheet / CD 1.1

How does IT affect you?

Why people use IT? / ch 3 / Start building Powerpoint show defining these terms in the concept map: inform, persuade, entertain, educate

Unit 1 conceptmap

Unit 1 concept map instructions
information purposes / map from study advice. Students copy to own folder
worksheet task to distinguish how info is presented for different purposes / CD 2.3, 2.4, 3.2, 3.3,3.4,

Skills – IP steps

focus on acquire, input, store, retrieve, dispose / E161-176 / Add definitions of the ipsteps to the concept map

How does IT affect people?

/ ch3 / 3.7, 3.11, 3.13, 3.14, / How IT has changed how and what we do / 3.12

The effect of the Internet

(Preparation for outcome 3)
Evaluating search strategies
Quality information / ch2 / 2.28, 2.29, 2.30,2.31, 2.32, 2.33
2.34, 2.35,
2.38 / What the internet is.
Using search engines
Assessing the value of information from the net / 2.2

Practice Outcome 3

/ 2.34 / 2.36, CD2.8,2.9,

Outcome 3 assessment task

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Research and report on Internet

Sample response - ppt
Evaluating the project plan / Task sheet
A sample response presented in Powerpoint

How can IT be used to solve problems?

/ ch2 / 2.1, 2.2,
2.5 / CD 2.1
2.6,
CD2.2

Skills – problem solving method

/ ch2
and E152-161 / 2.7,2.8, 2.9

Review information purposes

/ ch2 p.23-28

Form and content

/ ch2 / 2.11 / CD2.5,2.16

Skills for Practice outcome 1

/ 2.15 use Powerpoint or web page

Creating solutions with Powerpoint

SlideShow template
Adding sound and movies / Instructions for creating a ppt slide show explaining how a computer system works. Students to choose their information purpose ie inform, persuade, educate, entertain
a basic template for the slide show

Accessibility to mm products

/ ch2 / 2.17, 2.18 / CD2.6, CD2.7

Is the solution working?

Evaluating your product / ch2 / 2.24, 2.25, 2.26, 2.27

Outcome 1 assessment task

/ Design a web page or slide show / Based on the TAC road safety campaign

How do computer systems work?

/ ch4 / 4.1,4.2, 4.3 (then choose another item to describe) / Fabulous site for this topic. / 4.9, 4.11, 4.12

Practice for Outcome 2

/ 4.21, 4.23, 4.25, 4.26

Outcome 2 assessment task

/ – Design a computer system / Case study: Sue's computer -a case study, example of an annotated diagram, tables to be filled in to satisfy the requirements of the outcome
(several files)