S.1 ICT FOR NEW CURRICULUM

TERM 1

TOPIC 1: INTRODUCTION TO ICT                                          24Periods

THEME: COMPUTER SYSTEMS

Competency: The learner understands the concept of ICT and the related terminologies, its benefits and the required safety precautions.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The learner should be able to:

1. Explain the concept of “ICT” and the related terminologies. (k) know the common ICT tools and their use in various fields. (k, u, v).
2. Use various ICT tools. (s, v)
3. Appreciate the Safety precautions for the different ICT tools. (u, v)

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Brainstorm the term “ICT”.
• Name the ICT Technologies they know of and how they are used in the everyday life.

Use ICT equipment, and in pairs or in
groups, ask them to:

• Identify and name each of the ICT tools, and describe how they are used.
• Research on specialised applications of ICTs in various fields; health, industry, transport, banks, communication, education, security and allow them to discuss in groups.

• Work in pairs to study user manuals for a variety of ICT tools, summarise and present the safety precautions in a whole class discussion.

• Operate available ICT tools to produce a product i.e. taking a photograph using a camera, typing a text, texting…project using a projector.
• Describe, in a discovery session, the information processing cycle using a simple diagram to illustrate how data is
processed into information and stored for future use.
• Identify, in a guided discussion, possible threats to computers
• Prepare, in groups, and present rules to govern the use of the computer laboratory.
• In a tutoring session in class or computer laboratory to identify some security and safety concerns of ICT tools

TERM II

TOPIC 2: COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SYSTEM STARTUP                 12Periods                          

THEME: COMPUTER SYSTEMS

Competency: The learner understands the importance of the physical devices of a computer system and uses them in everyday life.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The learner should be able to

1. Know the physical devices of a computer system and how each operates. (k, s, u, v).
2. assemble a computer system. (s, v).
3. Safely start and shut down a computer system. (s, v).
4. Use computer peripheral tools. (k, u, s, v)

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• classify in pairs, a list of hardware devices as Input, output, storage, communication and processing tools into their respective categories.
• brainstorm, in a think pair session, and report on the importance of each of the hardware tools.
• Identify by name and use, the physical devices of a computer system (not assembled).
• Work in pairs, to follow a given step- by- step procedure to connect parts of a computer, power, start and shut down a computer system.
• Individually prepare texts, take picture and use peripheral tools such as printer, scanner and projector to get an output.

TOPIC 3: FILE AND FOLDER MANAGEMENT                                          12Periods

THEME: DATA MANAGEMENT AND SHARING

Competency : The learner understands the different types of storage media to store information following the structure of files, folders and directories.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The learner should be able to:

1. Use the different types of storage media to create, save and transfer files. (u, s, v).
2. Convert units for data storage. (k, u)

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Discuss and Identify different types of storage media.
• Create and save a simple file.
• Transfer files between different storage media.
• Work in pairs and use a simple program (e.g. paint, WordPad) to add some information on a file (e.g. shapes, simple drawings)
• Work in pairs and create, name and rename folders/files on a variety of storage media.
• Match different storage devices to their respective names and storage capacities.

work in pairs or in groups, and: –
save files on a variety of storage media. – –

• Store files/folders in a desired location (file path); online/offline. convert from one storage measurement unit to another (B, KB,MB, etc.). In pairs, learners classify physical storage media according to methods of storage and move files/ folders from one storage device to another.
• Work in pairs, to compare the different types of storage media in terms of speed of access, portability, storage capacity and method.

TERM III

TOPIC 4: WORD PROCESSING I                                         24Periods

THEME: DATA MANAGEMENT AND SHARING

Competency : The learner uses a Word processing software (e.g. MS Word) to create, edit and print documents.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The learner should be able to:

1. Use the word processor interface. (k, u, s, v)
2. Use a word processing software to create, format, edit and print a document. (k, u, s, v)

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

• Open a word processing Application software.
• Study the word processor interface and take note of the various features and their effects on text.
• Study a hard copy document (prepared by the teacher) and identifying the range of formats used.
• Use tools and features of a word processor to format and edit documents (s).
• Format a Word document (page orientation, margins, size, fonts, paragraphing, etc.).
• Insert objects in a word document (tables, images, shapes, header and footer).
• Print part or the whole document.