Teachers' notes; Module 1. Computer awareness: Recent history of computer development
How a computer works
Computer hardware: The development of technology
Computer software: Operating systems
The graphical user interface
Storage and memory: ROM - read-only memory
RAM - random-access memory
Permanent storage
Basic units of stored data - bits
bytes
What are files?
What are folders?
Managing files and folders
Computer security: Backup data
Passwords
Computer viruses
Computer crime: Hackers
Malicious damage
Computer theft and fraud
Computers as criminal tools
Communication - internet and email: Internal and external networks
The development of the internet
Who uses the internet?
The future - where do we go now?
Advantages and disadvantages of the internet
Hardware and software requirements
Internet features and services: The world wide web
Email
Mailing lists
Bulletin boards
Internet relay chat
Using an address to open a website
Moving around a website
Using search engines: Searching the internet
Advanced searches
Bookmarks or Favorites
Sending and receiving email: Creating a new message
Message etiquette
Replying to a message
Attachments
Internet project; Module 2. Word Processing: What is word processing?
Keyboard technique: The home keys
The other keys
Special keys
Correct posture
Entering a document
Formatting text
Copying and pasting text
Inserting page breaks and moving text
Tab stops
Page margins and indents: Page margins
Setting page margins
Combining tabs and indents
Further tabs and indents
Bulleted and numbered lists
Page formats
Inserting graphics
Multiple page documents
Word processing projects: Investigating the problem
Designing the solution
Producing the solution
Evaluating the solution
Possible projects; Module 3. Microsoft drawing tools: The drawing tool bar
Using the standard tools
Editing objects
Using ClipArt
The Text Box tool
Aligning objects
Enhancing objects
Using WordArt
WordArt enhancements
AutoShapes
Drawing tools projects; Module 4. Multimedia: What is multimedia?
Creating a new presentation
Entering text
Formatting text
Inserting graphics
Starting from scratch
Slide transitions
Animating slides for a slide show
Building bullets
Multimedia projects; Module 5. Computer graphics: The different types of graphics programs: Bit-mapped or pixel-based programs
Object-oriented or vector-based programs
Creating a painting
Making a more detailed sketch
Copying graphics
Editing graphics
Creating borders
Creating a poster
Computer graphics project; Module 6. Spreadsheets: What is a spreadsheet?
Spreadsheet structure
Data entry
Formulas and calculations
Formatting
Charts: Chart types
Spreadsheet projects
Mathematics and spreadsheets; Module 7. Databases: Data and information: What is data?
What is information?
What is a database?
Database terms: Fields
Records
Files
Creating a database
Editing a database
Creating reports
Calculation fields
Creating different reports
Sorting data
Finding data
Database projects: Investigate the problem
Design the solution
Produce the solution
Evaluate the solution.
