Year 9 ICT Skills

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Year 9 ICT Skills

• John Harris - Head of Geography - Radley College
• mjh_at_radley.org.uk

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What do they know?

• more than us?!
• less than they think..!

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General principles?

• ICT is a tool - not an end in itself
• content is crucial not cosmetics
• transferable skills
• platform/software irrelevant

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When is ICT appropriate?

• extended writing
• if text needs revision
• legibility, grammar spell checking
• complexity and calculations
• repetitive tasks

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When is ICT not appropriate?

• quicker method
• better method
• originality
• eg maps

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Key Geographical ICT skills?

• literacy - writing skills
• numeracy - dealing with numbers
• graphicacy - using graphs
• research and information retrieval
• communication - email, projects
• digital image handling and multimedia

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Word processing basics?

• format - left justification
• no indents
• tabs or justification not spacebar
• fonts - simple, consistent
• integrate text and diagrams

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Spreadsheets

• text format
• number format
• listing
• sorting
• simple formulae
• sum
• mean, max, min

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Graphs

• line
• bar
• pie
• titles
• scales
• units
• auto scaling!

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Maps

• scale
• north, key
• annotation
• selection
• copying
• customising

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Photos

• relevant
• labelled
• scale
• caption
• source

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Information Search?

• Web is not the only source of information
• effective searching
• critical awareness and discrimination
• copying, editing and pasting
• referencing and captions
• resist printing!

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Communication?

• appropriate language
• brevity and clarity
• responsibility
• attachments
• viruses, hoaxes
• accountability

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File organisation?

• file names
• folders
• hierarchies
• back ups
• servers

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It will change!

• mobiles will do all
• wireless networks
• blue tooth technology
• more!

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How will we cope?

• training
• support
• technology
• flexibility
• time

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But remember..
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Websites

• Google
• geography.radley.org.uk
• metlink.org
• Met Office
• BBC
• NOAA
• NASA Earth Observatory
• IAPS Geography eGroup