ICT Scheme of Work

This is a list of the Units in the KS3 ICT Strategy. Schools are developing materials for these units and you can find these in the appropriate folders on the site. This list is to give you an overview. There is a Word version as well.

Unit 7.1 – Using ICT

1. Selecting and organising content for a presentation
2. Selecting and using appropriate images
3. Selecting and using appropriate fonts and colours
4. Selecting and using appropriate sounds
5. Modifying the style of a presentation for a different audience
6. Modifying the content of a presentation for a different audience

Unit 7.2 – Using data and information sources

1. Matching information to purpose
2. Selecting sources and finding relevant information
3. Assessing the reliability of information

Unit 7.3 – Making a leaflet

1. Corporate image
2. Designing a leaflet
3. Creating a logo
4. Capturing images fit for a purpose
5. Capturing images fit for a purpose
6. Creating a folded leaflet

Unit 7.4 – Introduction to modelling and presenting numeric data

1. Using a spreadsheet
2. Modelling using a spreadsheet
3. Using a spreadsheet to build a model
4. Refining and developing a model
5. Ways of presenting data from a spreadsheet

Unit 7.5 – Data Handling

1. Evaluating and interrogating an existing data set
2. Presenting information in different formats to test hypotheses
3. Designing a questionnaire to collect data
4. Creating a questionnaire and designing a data handling file structure to answer a key question
5. Entering, checking and testing data
6. Drawing conclusions and selecting data to support them

Unit 7.6 – Control and monitoring

1. Understanding control in everyday life
2. Using flowchart symbols and writing instructions
3. Using a sensor as a switch in a control model
4. Creating and testing control models
5. Creating an efficient system to monitor an event

Unit 7.7 – Measuring physical data

Unit 8.1 – Public information systems

1. Revising datalogging, sensors and data representation
2. Using a displaying live data
3. Planning and creating a simple public information system
4. Automating processes in a simple public information system
5. Meeting the needs of the user

Unit 8.2 – Publishing on the web

1. Introducing the unit and a text mark-up language, HTML
2. Comparing methods of producing web pages
3. Planning the website structure
4. Introducing web page creating, structure and appearance
5. Designing and creating a front page for a section
6. Designing web pages
7. Creating more web pages
8. Completing an devaluating the project

Unit 8.3 – Information: reliability, validity and bias

1. Criteria for evaluating information
2. Using searches
3. Extending and refining search methods
4. Independent application of new learning: searching and evaluating

Unit 8.4 – Models and presenting numeric data

1. Introducing the unit
2. Developing a new model
3. Using graphs to model with spreadsheets
4. Investigating models
5. Simulations and models

Unit 8.5 – Systems: integrating applications to find solutions

1. Introduction to the unit: Feasibility study for a system
2. Modelling the finances
3. Developing the financial model
4. Using control systems to automate a process
5. Programming and testing the solution
6. Extending the control system
7. Marketing the product
8. Developing a marketing package
9. Producing the project report and analysis of the result

Unit 9.1 – Developing ideas and making things happen

1. Introducing and planning the project
2. Devising the theme park ride
3. Controlling the ride
4. Designing and programming the ride
5. (5&6) Implementing and testing
6. (6&7) Completing the system
7. (10) Developing the presentation

Unit 9.2a – Finding things out

1. Introducing and planning the project
2. Developing a questionnaire
3. Refining and collating the questionnaire
4. Developing the project documentation
5. Planning the database structure
6. Entering data into the database and planning an enquiry
7. Carrying out the enquiry, developing and framing queries
8. Comparing findings, refining the enquiry and planning a presentation
9. Preparing a presentation
10. Presenting findings

Unit 9.2b - Finding things out

1. Gathering information
2. Planning the project
3. Deciding what information to collect
4. Designing an on-line form to collect information
5. Using an on-line form to collect the information
6. (6&7) Data-handling skills
7. (8) Importing data
8. (9) Analysing data and reporting on hypotheses
9. (10) Reporting back

Unit 9.3 - Developing ideas and making things happen

1. Planning the project
2. Input, process, output
3. Implementing the financial or seating plan
4. Random numbers, refining the financial or seating plan
5. Testing and refining the financial or seating plan
6. Further refinement and user documentation for the financial or seating plan
7. Common forms and convention (logos), creating tickets
8. Refining the financial or seating plan in light of user feedback, implementation of ticket design
9. Publicity for the production, mail-merge and personalised letters
10. Implementing publicity
11. Preparing a presentation for the user - features of a presentation
12. Preparing a presentation for the user
13. Presenting the solution to the user
14. Completing and compiling project documentation

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