Introduction and Aims

In Year 8 students build on the skills acquired in Year 7 and will be expected to start producing some high quality projects using a variety of different applications.  Not only will students start to learn how to improve their graphic design skills, they will apply this knowledge and start to enter the exciting world of web design

ICT offers opportunities for pupils to:

• prepare themselves for participation in a rapidly changing world where activities are increasingly transformed to ICT;
• develop initiative and independent learning skills;
• gain rapid access to ideas and experiences from a wide range of people, communities and cultures.

Term 1

UNIT 1 - PUBLISHING ON THE WEB

Students will learn how to produce basic web sites.  Starting with HTML and moving on to Macromedia Dreamweaver - professional web design software. They will work in pairs to produce a new school web site.

UNIT 2 -  GAMESHOW DESIGNER

In this unit students will produce a game show based around the popular 'Who wants to be a Millionaire?' model.  They will need to use the internet to research their gameshow and produce an interactive, standalone application using Microsoft Powerpoint.

Term 2

UNIT 3 - GLOBAL FILMS

Students take on the role of marketing and advertising executive for Global Film Productions and undertake a variety of tasks in this consolidation project.  Students will be expected to produce everything from the televeision advertisement to the invites to the film's premiere.

Students will use all of the Microsoft and Macromedia suite of products to complete the 10 tasks

Term 3

UNIT 4 - PERSONAL WEBSITE

Students develop the skills learnt in Unit 1 and the graphic design skills acquired in Unit 3 to produce a website on a topic of their choice.

Students will be expected to produce planning documentation to support their designs and will use Macromedia Fireworks and Macromedia Dreamweaver to complete this unit.

Assessment Information

Students are continually assessed by the classroom teacher. After every unit students are required to performe a self assessment and are encouraged to critically evaluate their own work - thinking of areas in which they have performed very well and areas where they could make improvements.

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