Oxford International Primary Computing: Student Book 2 (2nd Edition)
Author/s: Alison Page, Karl Held, Diane Levine and Howard Lincoln
Format: Print
A complete six-year primary computing course that takes a real-life, project-based approach to teaching young learners the vital computing skills they will need for the digital world.
Each unit builds a series of skills towards the creation of a final project, with topics ranging from designing your own robot to programming simple games and designing and creating web pages.
Within each stage, key concepts are covered to give learners not only the skills they need to use technology effectively, but also the knowledge in how to do so creatively, safely and collaboratively:
- Understand how modern technology works
- Use a wide range of computer hardware and software for analytical and creative tasks
- Use the internet safely, respectfully, and selectively
- Write computer programs and develop computational thinking
Features:
- A project based approach to primary computing using real life examples
- Assists students with important everyday computing skills, such as how to use the internet safely, responsible social media usage, and how to assess trustworthy and credible sources
- Focusses on key computing skills, such as working with text and data, image editing, logic and programming
- All project materials are available for download as editable files for teachers to adapt to their own needs
- Projects include: how to plan and run a computer program, create a computer game (Scratch), building web pages, how to make a formula on a spreadsheet.
