JSS 1 Digital Technology

This term plan follows the supplied First-Term weekly sequence. Each week carries its own objectives, vocabulary, misconceptions and practical task. Adapt period length, learner readiness and available devices to the approved school calendar. Where computers are few, use the offline route under Resources and preparation and keep the same learning outcome.

1. 01Introduction to ICT and Information Ages
2. 02History, Evolution and Generations of Computers
3. 03What Is a Computer and Its Parts
4. 04Functions of Parts, Hardware and Software
5. + 8 more weeks

This term follows First Term and adds the laboratory and keyboard foundation, data processing work, advanced word processing skills and an introduction to graphics. By the end of this term a learner should understand how a computer system is built from parts inside the system unit, describe the roles of the keyboard sections, create larger formatted documents with paragraphs, tables and styles, introduce simple graphics images and name the main ICT gadgets used outside school.

1. 01Computer Ethics and Laboratory Safety
2. 02The System Unit in Depth
3. 03Data Processing
4. 04The Keyboard: Sections and Types
5. + 7 more weeks

This term follows First and Second Terms and closes the JSS1 course with consolidation work in spreadsheets, presentation software, typing improvement and project work. By the end of this term a learner should create simple spreadsheet formulas and functions, design and present a short presentation, increase typing speed reliably, recognise the main impacts of computers on society, and submit a small applied project built from the skills developed across all three terms.

1. 01Computer Ethics and Digital Citizenship
2. 02Data Processing: Consolidation and Application
3. 03Introduction to Spreadsheets
4. 04Simple Spreadsheet Formulas and Functions
5. + 6 more weeks