Digital devices are all around us and they’ll play a huge part in our future, from helping to diagnose and treat illnesses, to assisting referees in sports, to recording and transmitting the latest information and news.
This course enables you to understand computing devices and apply, change and develop information systems of your own. You will also have the chance to research and discuss the major effects that digital technology is having on all of our lives.
Some highlights include:-
- Taking your own photos and videos and creating pictures and sounds and learning how they’re stored.
- Creating a variety of interactive digital media such as animations, websites and multimedia applications.
- Designing and creating a range of new software such as quizzes, games and simulations.
Understanding computer security and keeping yourself safe online. - Investigating and building intelligent systems such as robots which can help and support us.
- Taking apart a computer to explore its inner workings and looking at how computers can be connected together to send instant messages or files around the world.
- Designing and creating databases which store vast amounts of data. These applications help police to solve crimes and catch criminals and make websites such as Google, Facebook and YouTube possible.
Current S2 Topics
- Databases 1
- Systems Hardware 2
- Animation 1 with Draw Plus
- The Green Machine?
- Basic Web Design
- Scratch Games Programming
- Graphics 2- Image Editing
- Animation 2 with Flash
Current S3 Topics
- Intelligent Machines
- Mobile Applications Development
- Database Applications Development
- Web Technologies
- Digital Media Revolution
