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SESSION 20:MAKING AND EDITING VIDEOS

We are going to create videos that show our school life.

In pairs or groups of three students, choose ONE of these topics:

- The school building and facilities 

-Sport facilities in our school

-ICT facilities in our school

-The labs

-The students  ( number, age...)

Your video must have a narration and a short interview with a teacher or student.

PROCESS:

1. Prepare a script
2. Record
3. Edit
4. Post in your blog

You can use this video editor https://www.wevideo.com/

SESSION 19 - IMAGE FORMATS, STORING, PUBLISHING AND SHARING

DOCUMENT WITH INSTRUCTIONS

A RADIO BROADCAST: THREE ESO2 GIRLS RECORD THEIR OWN RADIO PROGRAMME

Helena, Lena and Georgina recorded their own radio programme. They interview a popular singer, play her hit and after it, prepare an amazing interview. They really succeeded in their sound edition practice!

Three ESO 2 students made this wonderful and funny "radio programme" using Audacity and Goear.

 

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ABOUT THIS COURSE

This course is taught at Icaria Secondary-High School in Barcelona, Spain to 12 to 14 year-old students whose mother tongue is Catalan or Spanish with the aim of making them more competent in computer science and in English. You can start with the Introductory Unit, and go on with the numbered sessions, or take the sessions at random. The materials are printable and downloadable. Download teacher's instructions and assessment sheets. Learn more about me and the school here. Enjoy the course!

SESSION 17 (1): ELECTRONIC FILES

In this practice we are going to learn how to use an application that allows you to transform your files into electronic files and work in collaboration with others. 
To upload a document to GOOGLE DRIVE  first you have to create it. Create a Word Document (1 or 2 pages) about SOMEONE YOU ADMIRE (description, photos...) and then upload it to GOOGLE DRIVE .
In Google  Drive , share the document with your teacher (Aske her for her email).

SESSION 16: CHATS

I bet you spend a lot of time chatting with your friends! Learn how to be safe when you "meet" people in the web.

(Click on the top-righthand box of the document to enlarge)

SESSION 15: HOW TO MAKE A WEBSITE

In this practice you are going to create your own WEBSITE
Search for GOOGLE SITES
Choose the option " classic Sites" at the bottom left side of the page
Create your own website about the topic you want.

Share the link in your blog

SESSION 13: INTERNET SAFETY

Learn about internet safety by clicking here

TASK:  Write 5 rules for internet and mobile phone safety on a new post in your blog. You can add pictures.

ICT: TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!

Which of these applications do you know? Which ones do you use? What do you use them for?

And the ones you don't know or don't use, what are they for? Find out in the web,

discuss with your class and with your teacher.

EXTRA ACTIVITY: WATCH THIS VIDEO AND THINK....

SESSION 12:TRANSFORMING FILES INTO HTML CODE

CREATE A WORD DOCUMENT ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL. INCLUDE PICTURES.UPLOAD IT TO SCRIBD. 

Scribd is an application that will transform your documents , giving you the html code. -Register in Scribd - Upload the document about the school that you have written. -Get the code ( click on "embed" next to the document -Paste the code in a NEW POST in your blog. REMEMBER TO PUT THE POST IN "HTML" MODE!.

ASSESSMENT OF PROCESS

Click to view the document of assessment of your blog. Make sure you fullfill all the requirements before handing it to your teacher.

SESSION 11: CREATE AN AVATAR

Listen to the instructions:






Go to the avatar page www.voki.com
Pay attention! Use a FREE avatar! 

SESSION 10: HOW TO EDIT HTML CODE & BLOGGING

How are Internet files, from websites to blogs, written? Meet HyperText Markup Language and it will open up a whole new range of editing possibilities for you!

READ THE INFORMATION ON THIS LINK TO UNDERSTAND HOW WEBS ARE WRITTEN
here .

PRACTICE: Open the NOTEPAD in your computer and write a text which is similar to the one in the example.

Then view your text with a browser and paste it here.

EXTRA ACTIVITY: IMPROVE YOUR TYPING SKILLS

EXTRA ACTIVITY: IMPROVE YOUR TYPING SKILLS!
Load this URL and do the activity Practice, to improve your typing speed

and skills. Then compete with your partner.

SESSION 9: ELECTRONIC MAIL

In this sequence you are going to deal with electronic mail: the fastest way of communicating.

Session 9

Publish at Scribd or explore others:

SEARCH TIPS: FIND MUSIC AND VIDEOS MUCH EASIER

Watch the video and do the quiz. Then read the transcript. You'll learn a lot about narrowing your search to find music and videos much easier.

SESSION 8: URL'S, INTERNET SEARCH AND SITE CLASSIFICATION

This material looks at the way web addresses are read, then at how to improve and refine your search for information or data in the web and finally, we are going to look at some of the criteria that make a user friendly web site.

Session 8  

SESSION 7: MORE INTERNET TERMS

Learn more computer terms by doing the activities.

SESSION 6: COMPUTER TERMS

This session deals with computer related vocabulary, mainly with word processing terms. They are words we use all the time... do you know them in English? Do the activity and you'll be able to use this terminology easily and confidently! View the document below or view it here

SESSION 5: A VIDEO ABOUT THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS

A short video about the history of computers. It is presented here as a historical look at how computers used to be in the 1960's when PC's and Macs were over 10 years away.

SESSION 4: THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNET AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB

What is the relationship between a small Russian satellite and the Internet? Read the text and you will find out this and much more!

SESSION 3: GETTING STARTED

How do we set up a computer? Read this simplified manual and answer the questions in your blog.

Computer manual

Read the instructions and put them in the correct order:

1.     The operating system is successfully installed, you can install your computer programs and other software

2.     You will then need to restart and your computer should boot automatically from the hard disk

3.     After you have connected the hardware (computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer etc), you will need to install the system software on to your hard disk from a system disk or CD

CORRECT PARAGRAPH ORDER: ………………………………………………..

Activity:

Complete these definitions. Use a search engine if necessary.

Hardware is…………………………………………..

Software is……………………………………………

A mouse is……………………………………………

Boot means……………………………………………

SESSION 2: PRINTERS AND DISK DRIVES

Session 2 is devoted to printers and disk drives. Do the activities in order to learn the terms related to these two appliances.

SESSION 1: TYPES OF COMPUTERS

How many types of computers are there? What are their advantages and disadvantages? Learn about all this and more in this session.

Session 1: types of computers

INTRODUCTION: COMPUTER USE SURVEY

Please fill in this computer survey

WHY THIS COURSE?

Why the need to teach computing to kids, and on top of that, in English?

Watch this video and you'll find out why we feel it's important that our students become computer literate.