International Lower Secondary Computing Students Book Stage 8

Deliver an exciting computing course for ages 11-14, providing full coverage of Digital Literacy, Computer Science and Information and Communications Technology objectives. The course covers the requirements of the national curriculum for England and is mapped to the Level 2 CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards and the Cambridge Assessment International Education Digital Literacy Framework for Stages 7-9. - Ensure progression, with a clear pathway of skill steps building on previous experience and knowledge. - Recap and activate students' prior knowledge and skills with Do you remember? panels. - Demonstrate and practise new concepts and skills with Learn and Practice activities. - Broaden knowledge and understanding with Go further activities that apply skills and concepts in different contexts. - Introduce more challenging skills and activities with Challenge yourself! tasks. - Allow students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills creatively with engaging end of unit projects. - Develop computational thinking with panels throughout the activities. - Provide clear guidance on e-safety with a strong focus throughout. - Clear progression for students going on to study IGCSE Computer Science and IGCSE Information Technology. Available in the series: Stage 7 Student's Book: 9781510481985 Stage 8 Student's Book: 9781510481992 Stage 9 Student's Book: 9781510482005

The project-based activities nurture creative skills and give learners the opportunity to make decisions and develop projects that matter to them. Stage 8 projects focus on everything from using Python, to creating an advertisement for a product, giving children the tools to build key computing and ICT skills, linking the five strands of theory to the practice of computing, and showing learners how computers work. Collins International Lower Secondary Computing series provides in-depth coverage of the Cambridge curriculum frameworks for Lower Secondary Computing (0860) and Lower Secondary Digital Literacy (0082) as well as the UK national curriculum for Computing at secondary level. Each chapter enables students to develop their computing and digital literacy skills through a fun, practical and relatable project. Stage 8 helps learners to create an advertisement for a product, use Python, design and program algorithms using AND, OR and NOT logic, create a troubleshooter to find and resolve a wide range of computer problems and use sound, video, images and text to create a virtual tour. Learners will build their understanding throughout the stage, using a rich variety of sources with an international focus to support their learning. With regular opportunities for discussion, group work, investigation and design, the Student’s Book and Workbook encourage active learning throughout. This includes ‘unplugged’ learning to explore concepts and foster computational thinking skills. Each chapter concludes with an opportunity for learners to build and showcase their own work, consolidating their learning through self or peer assessment and reflection. Clear explanations, visually engaging activities and ‘Key terms’ features are designed to support young learners, especially those with English as a second or additional language. The course includes the latest hardware and software information, additionally exploring Artificial Intelligence and AI images and empowers learners to navigate the online world safely by equipping them with crucial digital safety skills. Written by Laura Sach – a female expert with a breadth of computing experience across industry, education and research, and her culturally responsive approach provides teachers with an accessible and inclusive learning experience for all ages and inspires greater participation and tech career pathways for all. Will prepare students for a seamless transition to Lower Secondary Computing Stage 9.

Deliver an exciting computing course for ages 11-14, providing full coverage of Digital Literacy, Computer Science and Information and Communications Technology objectives. The course covers the requirements of the national curriculum for England and is mapped to the Level 2 CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards and the Cambridge Assessment International Education Digital Literacy Framework for Stages 7-9. - Ensure progression, with a clear pathway of skill steps building on previous experience and knowledge. - Recap and activate students' prior knowledge and skills with Do you remember? panels. - Demonstrate and practise new concepts and skills with Learn and Practice activities. - Broaden knowledge and understanding with Go further activities that apply skills and concepts in different contexts. - Introduce more challenging skills and activities with Challenge yourself! tasks. - Allow students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills creatively with engaging end of unit projects. - Develop computational thinking with panels throughout the activities. - Provide clear guidance on e-safety with a strong focus throughout. - Clear progression for students going on to study IGCSE Computer Science and IGCSE Information Technology. Available in the series: Stage 7 Student's Book: 9781510481985 Stage 8 Student's Book: 9781510481992 Stage 9 Student's Book: 9781510482005

Deliver an exciting computing course for ages 11-14, providing full coverage of Digital Literacy, Computer Science and Information and Communications Technology objectives. The course covers the requirements of the national curriculum for England and is mapped to the Level 2 CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards and the Cambridge Assessment International Education Digital Literacy Framework for Stages 7-9. - Ensure progression, with a clear pathway of skill steps building on previous experience and knowledge. - Recap and activate students' prior knowledge and skills with Do you remember? panels. - Demonstrate and practise new concepts and skills with Learn and Practice activities. - Broaden knowledge and understanding with Go further activities that apply skills and concepts in different contexts. - Introduce more challenging skills and activities with Challenge yourself! tasks. - Allow students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills creatively with engaging end of unit projects. - Develop computational thinking with panels throughout the activities. - Provide clear guidance on e-safety with a strong focus throughout. - Clear progression for students going on to study IGCSE Computer Science and IGCSE Information Technology. Available in the series: Stage 7 Student's Book: 9781510481985 Stage 8 Student's Book: 9781510481992 Stage 9 Student's Book: 9781510482005

A complete three-year lower secondary 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 towards the creation of a final project, with topics ranging from to programming simple games to creating web pages.

This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Deliver an exciting computing course for ages 11-14, building on students' existing computing skills and experience whilst demonstrating new concepts, with practice opportunities to ensure progression. - Recap and activate students' prior knowledge with 'Do you remember?' panels and introduce more advanced skills with 'Challenge yourself!' tasks. - Allow students to demonstrate their knowledge creatively with engaging end of unit projects that apply skills and concepts in a range of different contexts. - Develop computational thinking with an emphasis on broadening understanding throughout the activities. - Provide clear guidance on e-safety with a strong focus throughout. Contents Introduction 1 TeenTech: Network structure and security 2 It's all in the planning: Pseudocode and algorithms 3 Let's talk technology: What's going on inside 4 Testing conditions: Developing games 5 Click and collect: Data collection and validation 6 Iterating through a solution: software design and development Glossary Index

The Stage 8 Teacher's Guide offers comprehensive teacher support, providing everything needed to teach with confidence using the Collins International Lower Secondary Computing Stage 8 Student's Book and Workbook. Collins International Lower Secondary Computing series provides in-depth coverage of the Cambridge curriculum frameworks Lower Secondary Computing (0860) and Lower Secondary Digital Literacy (0082), as well as the UK national curriculum for Computing at secondary level. The course is organised around six themes relating to computing and digital literacy - Our digital world; Content creation; Create with code; How computers work; Connect the world; The power of data. The chapter overviews and lesson summaries show how these themes are developed in Stage 8, helping teachers to plan their course. The Teacher's Guide offers a detailed lesson plan for every unit, giving guidance on how to run the session, including lesson objectives, reference to key pedagogies, mapping grids, worksheets, resource sheets, answers, support for assessing end-of-chapter projects and 'Build on this' extension activities. The lesson plans and introduction provide valuable subject knowledge and support for non-specialists. This includes summaries of the key computing pedagogies used in the resources, and references to further reading to develop teachers' own practice. Built around an internationally sound pedagogy, this framework for teaching provides real-life contexts and culturally responsive examples into a project-based approach and incorporates all learners' knowledge, ways of learning, and heritage; where learners are given more of an opportunity to choose appropriate contexts for themselves. The accompanying downloads, available on the Collins site, includes PDF and editable Word versions of all the resources in the Teacher's Guide, to print and adapt, as well as source files, mapping grids, worksheets, resource sheets and recommended sites to support practical tasks with a host of resources to supplement teaching. Written by Laura Sach, a female expert, who has a breadth of computing experience across industry, education and research, and her culturally responsive approach provides teachers with an accessible and inclusive learning experience for all ages and inspires greater participation and tech career pathways for all. Supports teachers to prepare learners for a seamless transition to Lower Secondary Computing Stage 9. This resource is not endorsed by Cambridge International Education.