During your first year at Cardinal Newman High School you will be using your research skills to find ideas for your own meal that can be prepared in one dish. A variety of software packages will be used to design, research and plan your one pot meal. You will also be using Adobe Fireworks to create your own graphics on a computer. Fireworks will also be used to create a stop motion animation that might be put on the school twitter.
During the course of the year you will be learning about and using computational thinking to solve many problems and become a better programmer using the Scratch software environment.
As the year progresses, you will become more confident in the use of computer technology in many aspects. This also involves becoming more aware of the dangers of using the internet and how to keep yourself safe online.
You will also become more proficient on the use of various Microsoft packages that includes Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word.