What does the course cover? The programme of study and Cambridge Curriculum links
The Wolsey Hall Year 8 Digital Literacy course follows the Cambridge Lower Secondary Curriculum. Links to an external site.
We have ensured that all of the Cambridge Lower Secondary Curriculum outcomes are covered in the course and the table below provides an overview of how the Wolsey Hall course can be mapped to the Cambridge Lower Secondary Curriculum.
You may want to print out this overview Download this overview of the course and refer to it as you progress through the course. (Note that the course overview only contains the first two modules of the course so you may want to print it off once it has been updated). Do also bear in mind that:
- Before Module One, there is a Welcome call with your tutor.
Course introduction |
Read the Course Guide and Welcome Call with your tutor |
Module One: Communicating with Others Using Digital Tools |
Cambridge Curriculum Framework |
Resources |
Topic One (1.1): Types of Business Documents and Their Uses
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8DW.02 Understand the benefits and limitations of different methods of online communication, including video, audio and text. |
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Topic Two (1.2): What is AI and How Can It Increase Productivity?
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8DW.03 Describe how digital technology is changing the workplace. |
craiyon.com
raspberrypi.org
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Topic Three (1.3): AI Tools to Help Humans
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8TC.03 Create templates and master documents and understand the benefit of these. |
Gamma app
Taskade
ChatGPT
Gemini
OpenArt
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Topic Four (1.4): Art and AI
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8DW.02 Understand the benefits and limitations of different methods of online communication, including video, audio and text. |
hotpot.ai/art-generator
firefly.adobe.com
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ASSIGNMENT ONE |
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Module Two: Metadata - the Data Metaverse! |
Cambridge Curriculum Framework |
Resources |
Topic One (2.1): What is Metadata?
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8SW.04 Know that metadata can provide a detailed description of an online user and that each online action increases the detail of that description. |
Google Account |
Topic Two (2.2): The Significance of Metadata
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8SW.05 Understand that metadata can be sold as a product. |
Google Slides |
Topic Three (2.3): Metadata and Privacy
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8SW.06 Understand that they have personal responsibility for their digital activity, safety and wellbeing. |
Google Forms |
Topic Four (2.4): Data Harvesting
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8SW.05 Understand that metadata can be sold as a product. |
Google Docs |
ASSIGNMENT TWO |
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