IT/Digital Literacy & Online Safety
IT/Digital Literacy & E-Safety is...
A key part of the new Computing Programmes of Study is the development of digital literacy skills to enable our pupils to become effective users of new technologies. Workshops that fall under this category will include skills in: movie making, graphics and animation as well as using and learning about new technologies.
E-Safety is an important strand in the new Computing Programmes of Study as well as schools' safeguarding strategies. Workshops are currently in development that effectively and creatively teach students to become responsible users of technology.
20 resources tagged with IT/Digital Literacy & Online Safety.
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App in a Day: An Apps for Good Taster Workshop
Discover what an app is and how initial ideas are developed, including building a user profile and reviewing existing apps....
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Big Data
This workshop explains how and why companies make money from our data. Students begin by learning about the difference between data and i...
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Crazy Graphics
This workshop enables pupils to lift the lid of computer graphics and explore how computers deal with the visually rich world around us. ...
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Crazy Mazes
What makes a maze crazy? This workshop will inspire pupils to rise to the challenge to discover the answer for themselves. Developed at t...
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Cryptography: Secrets, Secrets, Secrets. Everyone has them!
This workshop teaches pupils how to use advanced spreadsheet functionality covered at Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 in a fun and exciting w...
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Cyber Safe
Developed around the popular iDEA award, this workshop is designed to give students a strong grounding in esafety by introducing them to ...
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Databases Unplugged
This workshop uses a series of unplugged activities to introduce pupils to the fundamental concepts of databases. The skills and concepts...
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Digital Footprint
This workshop introduces pupils to the concept that their online activity leaves in effect a ‘digital footprint’ that can be used to iden...
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Eco Gamer: Packaged for the Planet
In this workshop you will be using SEGA’s packaging template to plan, design and then promote your own packaging for Planet Simulator, a ...
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Get Smart About P.L.A.Y.
These Get Smart About P.L.A.Y. resources have been developed in collaboration with Ask About Games, to raise learners' understanding of s...
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Let's Doodle: What will you create?
In this workshop, students develop their Computational Thinking skills by building simple models with Playdough before manipulating them ...
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Lloyds Bank’s SHIELD code: Playing Safely Online
This standalone lesson and its accompanying assembly have been designed around the Lloyds Bank ‘SHIELD’ campaign, an easy-to-remember acr...
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Loopy Games: An Iterative Games Design Workshop
Loopy Games aims to help pupils design and create their own game using methodology that reflects the processes followed in the UK Games I...
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Oddventurous Gaming: Play the Game, Be the Game!
This workshop aims to teach pupils key concepts of games design. Developed in collaboration with Disney and Playniac the Digital Schoolho...
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Part-Baked Games
Part-Baked Games provides the learner with the opportunity to create five different games using Construct 3 that are inspired by the BAFT...
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Pitch Perfect
This workshop teaches students about designing and then presenting a publisher pitch. This workshop can be delivered as a follow up to an...
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Street Smart: Step, Safe, Repeat.
Developed by Kucheza Gaming, this workshop provides learners with an understanding of physical safety, giving directions as a means of wr...
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Switched on Sound
This workshop gives students the opportunity to explore some of the history of computerised music, including automation, punch cards and ...
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True or False?
This workshop introduces and reinforces the idea that not all news found online is trustworthy and reliable. The aim is to gets the pupil...
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Ultimate Games Careers Lesson Pack
The Ultimate Games Careers Lesson Pack is the definitive videogames careers resource for schools. Developed in collaboration with Into Ga...
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