January
Grade 8 – Teacher’s Guide
Hissa Al Zaabi
Moe curriculum committee 2010
10
Grade 8
Strand:
Indicators:
Topic
Social and ethical
issues
Data Privacy &
security
ICT Careers
Assessment Activity
Issues
15 %
Weight
By the end of the grade, students will be able to:
Describe issues related to ICT in the work environment and the responsibilities that come with their use.
Content
Learning Activity Suggested Software
Skills
 Identify workplace hazards and health risks for
people working in the information technology
industry, and discuss solutions
 Identify the responsibilities associated with
collecting and presenting data
 Use responsible behaviors in the areas of file
security, network use, printing and shared
resources.
 Compare and contrast basic security methods
used to protect data
 Explore career opportunities and pathways for
people in the information technology field and
relate these to their own skills
Identify
Discuss
Solve
Apply
Test
Evaluate
Use
Respect
Define
Compare
Apply
Explore
Relate
Choose
compare
Self Assessment Based on Activity 2 Or Created by teacher
Additional Resources :
Activity
2,3,5
Activity 4
http://www.softwaregeek.com
/secure-data/p1.html
Activity 1
-
Grade 8
ICT Careers :
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Explore_job_sectors/Information_technology/job_roles/p!elkbFp
http://blacksgonegeek.org/ITRoles.aspx
http://www.learn4good.com/jobs/
http://web.fccj.org/~damorris/IT_advising.pdf
http://www.elearners.com/programs/computers.htm ( give an idea about different certificate in ICT careers)
Erognomics:
http://www.saudipt.net/a/
http://www.ergonomics.ucla.edu/
http://www.humanics-es.com/def-erg.htm
http://ergonomics.about.com/
Rights & Responsibilities:
http://www.thegrid.org.nz/
Data Privacy & security:
http://www.qcert.org/tips/index.html
http://www.us-cert.gov
http://www.blict.com/
http://www.connectsafely.org/
http://www.cert.org/homeusers/HomeComputerSecurity/
Strand:
Indicators :
Content
 Understand the purpose of Internet
subject directories for deeper
searching
 Apply Boolean operators for advanced
searching, including truncation
 Use technology tools to organize and
record information for a given problem
Synthesis of
Information
Assessment Activity
15%
By the end of the grade, students will be able to:
Demonstrate an ability to adapt and extend existing knowledge to find and locate information.
Topic
Information seeking
strategies
Weight
Enquiring
Learning
Skills
activity
Understand
Apply
8&9
10
Suggested Software
http://directory.google.com
Use
Record
Organize
6&7
http://www.smartdraw.com
http://www.inspiration.com
http://bubbl.us
http://www.mindmeister.com
http://www2.smarttech.com
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph
Boolean Operators – design a pamphlet based on activity 10 Or Created by teacher
Additional Resources:
http://www.googleguide.com/category/query-input/
http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html
http://www.academicinfo.net/refdirectories.html
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/
http://websearch.about.com/
Strand:
Indicators :
20%
By the end of the grade, students will be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of network and software capabilities.
Topic
Content
 Develop an appreciation of common
software configuration
Software capabilities  Research and construct automated
procedures, such as macros for
software and hardware management
 Investigate storage, security and
recovery techniques that apply to
Networks capabilities
networks
Assessment Activity
Weight
Core Operations
Learning
Skills
Activity
Suggested Software
Develop
Research
Activity 11
Activity 15
Use any suitable applications and
utilities commonly used in classrooms
Investigate
Activity12
Activity13
Activity14
Storage, security and recovery techniques – based on Activity 12
Or created by teacher
Additional Resources:
Network administrator or IT specialist
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/
http://eu.dummies.com/WileyCDA/how-to/content/responding-to-a-network-security-breach.html
Map network drive
Share folders
Backup & restore
Hiren’s boot CD
Strand:
Indicators:
Weight
COMUNICATING AND PRODUCING
50
By the end of the grade, students will be able to:
Use existing knowledge and understanding of ICT tools to create solutions, exchange ideas and
provide feedback.
Topic
Content
Learning
Skills
Web 2.0 &
Communication
Tools
 Provide meaningful feedback on other
students’ learning
Share
Provide
 Use animation software to create
simple computer animations
Use
Create
Activity 19
Access
Discuss
Develop
Activity 17
Develop
Activity 20
Extend
Review
Edit
Reflect
-
http://mahara.org/
Microsoft publisher
Design
Activity 18
excel
Graphics &
animation
Multimedia
( Podcasting &
vodcasting)
Web design
E portfolio
Spreadsheets
Assessment
Activity
 Access podcasts and vodcasts and
discuss their purpose and structure
 Develop a podcast or vodcast, using
appropriate software
 Develop a presentation using a web
interface.
 Extend the range of work samples in
their digital portfolio by following a
process of reviewing, editing and
reflection on their learning activities
 Design a spreadsheet for a given task
and use it to make predictions
Activity
Suggested Software
Activity 16
Workspace.office.live.com
Produce a podcast – based on activity 17 - Or created by teacher
Comic life
Pixton.com
Goanimate.com
Ulead Gif Animator
Audacity
cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com
camstudio
Vegas
Premiere
Corel Video Studio
Dream weaver
http://www.webs.com
Grade 8
Additional Resources :
E-Portfolio :
http://electronicportfolios.com/categories.html ( Dr Helen site around portfolio )
http://www.nheon.org/ictliteracy/kit4.html
http://www.ettc.net/resources/digitalportfolios.htm
Online tools covers different categories:
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
http://indispensibletools.pbworks.com/
Podcasting & Vodcasting:
Guides From University of Massachusetts Amherst:
http://www.oit.umass.edu/academic/workshops/podcast_win.html
http://www.oit.umass.edu/workshops/tutorials/index.html
introducing podcasting & Examples:
http://www.podcastfaq.com
http://recap.ltd.uk/podcasting/index.php