Students across the school have been working hard at developing their Digital Technologies skills this term. We have been looking at how computers use information that is broken down into small, sequential steps in order to perform different functions.

In our lower primary classes, we have been learning this concept through digital sequencing tasks. Some classes have been taking everyday activities, such as getting ready for school, and sorting pictures of each step of the activity into the correct order. Some students have then used the media functions on the iPad to number the steps and record themselves talking through each step.

To complete the next stage of this process, students have used green screen technology to take photos of themselves performing the parts of the routine in the correct location. They have then used these to create their own digital sequence.

From there, students in some classes have started to investigate the concept of branching pathways, and how computers use this to follow procedures to perform multiple functions. We have used choose-your-own adventure stories as a way of learning this. Students have participated in these stories in book and video form, sequenced familiar stories using branching and some have started to write branching stories of their own. From here, we will be using some of the video production skills we have used in the past, such as green screen and stop motion, to bring these stories to life.

Rory Critchley

Science and Technologies Teacher

Maker Space & Coder Dojo Champion