EAT SLEEP ICT REPEAT

UPPER
​KEY STAGE 2

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Welcome Upper Key Stage 2 teachers!
​Here are my recommendations for apps, websites, software and hardware for teaching Upper Key Stage 2 computing skills and objectives.

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Online Safety

  • Children can demonstrate 'web-savvy' awareness, from a range of given scenarios, including conduct, contact and content 'risks' and issues.
  • Children can discuss a range of privacy issues and know a range of ways to report concerns or inappropriate behaviour.
  • Children can communicate and collaborate online, demonstrating respectful and safe behaviours.
  • Children should learn about PEGI Ratings, consent and the dangers of viral challenges, phishing, scams and sexting. 
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Online Risks & Dangers
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Google Interland
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Kahoot!
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Word Wall
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Slido

Coding

  • Children can test, debug and edit a program that accomplishes a given goal, e.g. a simple computer game,  model or simulation, to solve a problem.
  • Children can create & develop programs, by planning, debugging and applying programming skills of​repetition (loops), selection (IF/ELSE) and variables, to accomplish specific goals.
  • Children can use logical reasoning to deconstruct programs, evaluate their effectiveness and make them more challenging or efficient.
  • Children can use different types of input options and output options such as through sensing and control 'kits' and/or software to solve a problem.
  • Children are developing and using a wider computing vocabulary in context of task. 
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Barefoot
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Scratch 3.0
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J2Code Logo
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Hopscotch
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Swift Playgrounds
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Hour of Code
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Rapid Router Levels 29 - 43
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Busy Things Coding Adventure
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EduBlocks
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Ohbot
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Micro-bit

Digital Creativity

Animation
  • Children can plan a multi-scene animation including characters, scenes, camera angles and special effects.
  • Children can use stop motion animation software with an external camera to shoot animation frames.
  • Children can adjust the number of photographs taken and the playback rate to improve the quality of the animation.
  • Children can publish their animation and use a movie editing package to edit/refine and add titles.
  • ​​Children can publish their animation and use a movie editing package to edit/refine and add titles.
Digital Design
  • Children can use software effectively to create, design and manipulate for purposeful outcomes.
  • Children can combine resources from different sources into a digital presentation, showing clear sense of intended purpose and 'audience'. 
Photo Editing
  • Children can acquire, store and combine images from cameras or the internet for a purpose.
  • Children can use the print screen/snipping tool function to capture an image.
  • Children can select certain areas of an image and resize, rotate and invert the image.
  • Children can edit pictures using a range of tools in a graphics program.
Sound Editing
  • Children can collect audio from a variety of resources including own recordings and internet clips.
  • Children can create a multi-track recording using effects.
  • Children can edit and refine their work to improve outcomes.
Video Editing
  • Children can storyboard and capture videos for a purpose.
  • Children can plan for the use of special effects and transitions.
  • Children can trim, arrange and edit audio levels to improve quality of their outcome.
  • Children can export their video.
Virtual Simulations
  • ​Children can use to create a 3D representation of an existing building.
  • Children can use the tools available to design their own fit for purpose building.
  • Children can change the style, colour and texture of the walls.
  • Children can change the viewpoint angle whilst designing the building to gain insight to its look from a variety of angles.
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Keynote: Digital Animation
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iMotion: Stop-Motion Animation
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J2e5: Digital Paper
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J2e J2Webby: Blogging
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Pages: Posters & E-Books
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Storyboard That: Digital Comic Strip
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AppMaker: App creator
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Google Sites: Website Creator
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Photos: Photo Editing
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Pic Collage: Photo Editing
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Snapseed: Photo Editing
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Pixomatic: Photo Editing
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Voice Memos: Voice Recorder
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Garageband: Music Creator
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Audacity: Music Editing
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BBC Sound Effects
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Anchor: Podcasting
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iMovie: Video Editing & Green Screen
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Clips: Video Editing
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DoInk: Green Screen
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BigVu: Vlogging & Autocue
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PicPostPlay: Video Collage
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Reverse Movie FX
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Action Movie FX: Special Effects
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Sketch Up: Virtual Environment Creator
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Co-Spaces: Virtual Environment Creator
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Key Plan 3D: Virtual Interior Design Creator
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Google Earth: Virtual Map
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Google Arts & Culture
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WWF Free Rivers: AR River Simulation
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BBC Civilisations: AR Historical Artefacts
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Insight Heart: AR Circulatory System
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AR Moon: Rocket Launch & Moon Exploration
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Dinosaurs Everywhere: AR Dinosaurs
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Trench Experience VR: Trench Simulation
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AR Makr: AR Creator

Core Skills

Typing and Mouse skills
  •  Can use shift key to insert characters
  • ​Can use some software to create / assemble digital content for clear purpose.
  • Can make straight-forward edits of their digital work using simple editing tools, to both correct and improve it.
  • ​Children can combine graphics and text
  • Children can insert, format and manipulate a table
  • Children can use spelling and grammar check
  • Children can use the find and replace tools
  • Children can insert headers, footers and page numbers
  • Children can change the layout of a word document
  • Children can insert bullet/number points. 
Presentation skills
  • ​Children can add and rearrange slides
  • Children can change a theme/layout
  • Children can add and format a text box
  • Children can add Background colours
  • Children can insert pictures, sound file, video, hyperlinks and slide transitions for effect.
  • Children can add animations and change animation order and timings for effect. 
Data skills
  • Children can enter labels and numbers into a spreadsheet
  • Children can insert and format a table
  • Children can understand the terms field, record, file, sort, classify and order
  • Children can use a spreadsheet to make various types of charts and graphs.
  • Children can use a database to sort and classify information and present their findings
  • Children can (collect), analyse, evaluate and draw conclusions from data, such as through survey, database or spreadsheet, etc.
  • Children can create data collection forms and enter data accurately from these.
  • Children can know how to check for and spot inaccurate data.
  • Children can enter formulae into a spreadsheet and know which formulas to use when I want to change my spreadsheet model.
  • Children can sort and filter information.
  • Children can use SUM to calculate the total set of numbers in  range of cells
  • Children can change data in a spreadsheet to answer ‘what if…?’ questions and check predictions.
  • Children can understand that changing the numerical data effects a calculation.
Internet & Computer Systems
  • ​Children can find specific and valid information using sensible key words / search terms, from (selected) online web content, as fits the task.
  • Children can use advance search functions in Google (quotations).
  • Children can understand websites such as Wikipedia are made by users (link to Online Safety).
  • Children can use strategies to check the reliability of information (cross check with another source such as books)
  • Children can use their knowledge of domain names to aid their judgement of the validity of websites.
  • Children can log into an e-mail account
  • Children can send, receive and reply to an e-mail
  • Children can use an address book to store and select e-mail addresses
  • Children can send an attachment via e-mail.
  • Children can download and save files from an email.
  • Children can e-mail more than one person and reply to all.
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Microsoft Word: Word Processing
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Apple Pages: Word Processing
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Google Docs: Word Processing
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J2e5: Digital Paper
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Microsoft PowerPoint: Presentation
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Apple Keynote: Presentation
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Google Slides: Presentation
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J2e J2Data: Charts & Databases
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Microsoft Excel: Spreadsheets
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Apple Numbers: Spreadsheets
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Google Sheets: Spreadsheets
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