Jan 17 2007

Curriculum

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Curriculum is based on a 2 year cycle. Classes include a mix of 6th and 7th grade students.

Year One:

  • Writing a handbook: An introduction to technical writing and how to write instructions for use.
  • Pixels and Photoshop
  • The Digital Collage – techniques and meaning
  • Introduction to Dancing Turtles (Microworlds and LOGO programming)
  • What defines a successful computer game?
  • Creating a game using Microworlds.
  • DigitalPortfolios using iWeb

Year Two:

  • My Life Story: a history and timeline of computers
  • Animation – an introduction
  • Photoshop frame-by-frame animations
  • StopMotion using iStopMotion
  • Scratch Animations and Programming
  • Creating animations using Flash
  • HTML and using Dreamweaver to create websites
  • Designing your Digital Portfolio