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Here is a sequence of learning that covers the core Key Stage 4 English national curriculum content in computing. The topics cover digital literacy including e-safety, generative artificial intelligence and computational thinking. The curriculum is delivered as microlessons during form times and assemblies in 10 minute sessions. The sessions can be delivered by non-specialists as videos can be used to give the demonstrations. Each session more or less stands on its own so there is no particular order the sessions need to be delivered in. The videos in their original PowerPoint format can be accessed for editing here.
Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy
Session 1 - Acceptable Use Policy of IT
Session 1 - Acceptable Use Policy of IT
Session 2 - Organising files and folders
Session 2 - Organising files and folders
At the start of the academic year pupils can organise their files and folders by suitably naming files and moving those files to appropriate folders as required.
Session 3 - Writing Formal Emails
Session 3 - Writing Formal Emails
Students write a formal email to one of their teachers with appropriate subject, salutation, message and valediction
Session 4 - Protecting Your Memories: Local and cloud storage and backups
Session 4 - Protecting Your Memories: Local and cloud storage and backups
Session 5 - File Types, File Size and Zipping Files
Session 5 - File Types, File Size and Zipping Files
Session 6 - Comparing Wi-Fi and Mobile Phone Network
Session 6 - Comparing Wi-Fi and Mobile Phone Network
Session 7 - Typing Practice
Session 7 - Typing Practice
Practice typing by playing online games here:
Students will need to Sign up
Session 8 - Practicing Keyboard Shortcuts
Session 8 - Practicing Keyboard Shortcuts
Practice with common keyboard shortcuts
Session 9 - Data and networking quiz
Session 9 - Data and networking quiz
Quiz covering the topics: cloud computing, data storage, wifi, mobile data, Bluetooth, file types and sizes
E-safety
E-safety
Session 10 - Safe Screen Time
Session 10 - Safe Screen Time
Session 11 - Mental Wellbeing and Social Media
Session 11 - Mental Wellbeing and Social Media
Session 12 - Your Digital Footprint
Session 12 - Your Digital Footprint
Session 13 - Fake News
Session 13 - Fake News
Session 14 - Cyberbullying
Session 14 - Cyberbullying
Session 15 - Sharing Explicit Images Online
Session 15 - Sharing Explicit Images Online
Session 16 - Protecting Your Data
Session 16 - Protecting Your Data
Session 17 - How to stay safe online
Session 17 - How to stay safe online
Session 18 - Online Influencers
Session 18 - Online Influencers
This is aimed at teenage boys and does need some context around what positive masculinity looks like and would need tutor discussion and input.
Session 19 - E-safety Quiz 1
Session 19 - E-safety Quiz 1
E-safety quiz on fake news, safe screen time, staying safe online are covered
Microsoft Forms E-safety Quiz 1
Session 20 - E-safety Quiz 2
Session 20 - E-safety Quiz 2
E-safety quiz on the topics of password management, scams, malware, sharing information and explicit images
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Session 21 - What is AI?
Session 21 - What is AI?
Session 22 - Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Session 22 - Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Session 24 - LLM Prompts for Learning and Remembering More
Session 24 - LLM Prompts for Learning and Remembering More
Students can modify a range of pre-written LLM prompts that they can access here. These prompts can help student use AI as a tutor or generate questions to help them with revision.
Session 25 - How to write a good prompt
Session 25 - How to write a good prompt
Session 26 - AI Hallucinations
Session 26 - AI Hallucinations
Session 27 - Identifying AI generated images
Session 27 - Identifying AI generated images
Exercise identifying fake or real pictures: bit.ly/AI_img
Session 28 - Generating AI images
Session 28 - Generating AI images
Generate AI images using Adobe's Firefly AI app
Computational Thinking
Computational Thinking
Session 30 - Computational Thinking
Session 30 - Computational Thinking
Session 31 - Tower of Hanoi
Session 31 - Tower of Hanoi
Session 32 - Functional Programming
Session 32 - Functional Programming
A basic introduction to functional programming, explaining how to apply composite functions.
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/Ak5-GF8QTPw
Complete the quiz: https://bit.ly/func_quiz
Use the following App to help: https://mango-learning.github.io/functional/
The quiz can be duplicated here: Composite Function Quiz KS4
Session 33 - GCHQ Christmas Challenge
Session 33 - GCHQ Christmas Challenge
The annual GCQH code breaking challenge is an engaging activity that supports students computational thinking.
Session 34 - Bebras Challenge
Session 34 - Bebras Challenge
The annual Bebras challenge is an engaging activity that supports students computational thinking. There are many previous exercises students can practice on
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