COMPUTER STUDIES JS III
SECOND TERM
SUB-THEME: BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Note: This scheme contains performance objective, content, teacher and students activities as well as teaching resources.

Week 1. Digital Divide I
Objective: Students should be able to:
1. explain the meaning of digital divide.
2. differentiate between old and new
economy.
Content:

1. Concept of digital divide
2. Features of old new economy:

– Time consuming
– Labour based
– Mechanical – Constrained by space, time & distance, etc.
Teacher: 1. Explains the concept of digital divide and its benefit, 2. Guides class discussion on the features of old and new economy.
Students: 1. Listen to teacher’s explanations, 2. Ask and answer questions
Resources: Relevant text books

Week 2. Digital Divide II
Objective: Students should be able to state features of new economy
Content: Feature of new economy:

– Digital – Time, space & distance is
irrelevant – Technology driven
– knowledge based, etc.
Teacher: 1. Give students assignments to visit the some educational websites:
2. Download information or digital
divide from the websites.
Students: Participate in class discussion
Website addresses Students to:
state three features of new
economy

Week 3. Digital Divide III
Objective: Students should be able to:
1. explain the limitation of the old
economy
2. state the benefits of new economy
Contents: 1. Limitations of the old economy.
2. Benefits of new economy: e.g

– low capital to start business
– create new jobs, etc.
Teacher: 1. Guides class
discussion on the limitation of the oldeconomy. 2. Guide class discussion on the benefits of the new economy
Students: 1. Visit the given website
addresses and downloads relevant
information. 2. Identify the
benefits of new economy
Resources: Computer system
connected to the internet

Week 4. Database I

Objective: Students should be able to Explain the following database
terminologies (fields, record, file, and key)
Content: Database Terminologies:

– fields
– records
– file
– database
– key, etc.
Teacher: Explains the meaning of fields, records, file, database and keys
Students: Listen to teacher’s explanation
Record books, result sheets, pack
of library cards, etc.

Week 5. Database II

Objective: Students should be
able to:
1. identify various forms of database.
2. start and open an existing database.
3. input, store and retrieve information from a database
application
Content: Forms of Database: – Flat file
– Hierarchical – Relational, etc.
Teacher: 1. Explain the forms of database. 2. Displays a chart to show forms of database. 3. Writes notes on a chalkboard for the students to copy
Students: Copy chalkboard summary into their notebooks.
Resources: Charts showing found of database.

Week 6. Spreadsheet packages I
Objective: Students should be able to name some spreadsheet application package
Content: Examples of spreadsheet package (Excel, LOTUS 123, STATVIEW, etc)
Teacher: 1. Leads students to the
computer lab. 2. Guides students to name various spreadsheet packages
Students: Watch teacher’s demonstrations.
Resources: Computer system

Week 7. Spreadsheet packages II
Objective: Students should be able to state the uses of the spreadsheet
packages
Content: Uses of spreadsheet packages: such as – preparation of daily; sales; – budget; – examination results etc.
Teacher: Guides students through an
examination/test result sheet
Students: Participate in class discussion
Resources: Spreadsheets packages
Students to: state two uses of the
spreadsheet packages

Week 8. Spreadsheet packages III
Objective: Students should be able to describe the general features of spreadsheets packages
Spreadsheet features and terminologies:

– Row
– Column
– Cell – Worksheets
– Chart – Data range, etc.
Teacher: Guides students to describe the general features of the packages.
Students: Practice loading exiting from a spreadsheets packages.
Resources: System unit

Week 9. Spreadsheet packages IV
Objective: Students should be able to load and exit with spreadsheet packages
Content: Loading and exiting spreadsheet packages
Teacher: Guides students to load and exist spreadsheet packages
Students: Practice loading exiting from a spreadsheet package
Resources: Spreadsheets packages

Week 10. Practical

Objective: Students should be able to load and exit spreadsheet packages
Practical work: use spreadsheet packages to load and exit.
Teacher: Leads students to use the spreadsheet packages to load and exit
Students: Practice how to use spreadsheet package to load and exit
Resources: Spreadsheet packages

11 & 12 REVISION / EXAMINATION

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