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Cambridge ICT Starters

Next Steps Stage 1

Jill Jesson and Graham Peacock

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Introduction

Cambridge ICT Starters: Next Steps, Stage 1 has been written to support learners who are following the Cambridge ICT Starters syllabus. It follows the syllabus closely and provides full coverage of all the modules. The sections of the book correspond to the modules and follow the order in which the modules appear in the syllabus. The book builds on creating, amending and refining documents; designing cards and posters; producing, amending and interpreting spreadsheets and graphs; and exploring, modifying and interpreting databases.

The book provides learners and their helpers with:

• examplesofactivitiestodo

• exercisesforpractice

• instructioninusingtheircomputers

• optionalextensionandchallengeactivities

It is designed for use in the classroom with coaching from trained teachers. Where possible the work has been set in real situations where the computer will be of direct use. The activities are fairly sophisticated yet simple enough to be followed by adults as well as children!

Some exercises require the learners to open prepared files for editing. These files are available to teachers on www.cambridgeindia.org website. The website provides useful graphics and templates for creating pictograms. Some pictures and text files are also included to help young learners so that they can learn editing without first creating the files required.

The activities in this book use Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2007 software and Paint. However, the syllabus does not specify any particular type of software in order to meet the learning objectives.

Please note that when learners view the screen shots contained in this book on their computer screens, all the type will be clearly legible.






NEXT STEPS: Stage 1

Module 1 Exploring Documents1.1 New document …………………………………………………………………21.2 Selecting and changing …………………………………………………….…31.3 Cut and paste ………………………….………………………………………41.4 Spellchecker ……………………………………………………………………51.5 Long documents ……………………………………………………………….61.6 Amend text for a specifi c audience …………………………………………..81.7 Inserting images ………………………………………………………………91.8 WordArt …………………………………………………….…………………111.9 Refi ne and organise ………………………………………………………….121.10 Project ………………………………………………………………………….16 Optional extension and challenge activities ………..……………………..18

Module 2 Exploring Images2.1 Paint ………..…………………………………………………………………212.2 Creating patterns ……………………………………………………………..222.3 Symmetry ……………………..………………………………………………242.4 Designing a card ……………………………………………………………...252.5 Poster ………………………………………………………………………….27 Optional extension and challenge activities ………..……………………..29

Module 3 Exploring Spreadsheets3.1 What is a spreadsheet? ……………………………..………………………313.2 Autosum ……………………………………………………………………….323.3 Autofi t …………………………………………………………………………..333.4 Typing formulas ………………………………………………………………343.5 More formulas …………………………………………………………………353.6 Survey ………………………………………………………………………….373.7 Drawing graphs ……………………………………………………………….383.8 More graphs …………………………………………………………………..423.9 Completing data ………………………………………………………………433.10 What if…? ………..………………………………………………………..... 443.11 Evidence ………………………………………………………………………45 Optional extension and challenge activities ………..……………………..47

Module 4 Exploring Databases4.1 Exploring databases …………………………………………………………494.2 Database basic ……………………………………………………………….504.3 Tables ………………………………………………………………………….514.4 Evidence of work done ………………………..…………………………….534.5 Records ………………………………………………………………………..544.6 Query …………………………………………………………………………..564.7 Queries and search …………………………………………………………..584.8 Search and sorting …………………………………………………………...604.9 More sorting …………………………………………………………………..614.10 Interpretation of data …………………………………………………………62 Optional extension and challenge activities ………..……………………..63

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