Year 7 - Computing
Promoting a cause
Using media to gain support for a cause
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Unit Summary
During this unit, pupils develop their understanding of information technology and digital literacy skills. They will use the skills learnt across the unit to create a blog post about a real-world cause that they would like to gain support for.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create a blog that uses success citeria and self-evaluation to support the writing.
Key Notes
- Blog content should be designed and created using success criteria.
- Self-evaluation is used to evaluate content
Vocabulary To Learn
- subjective: something that is influenced by individual feelings, tastes, or opinions
- self-evaluation: assessing your own work, judging how well you did
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Success criteria are only for the teacher to use when marking work. They don't help me.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Describe the system or process from this lesson in clear steps.
Blog content should be designed and created using success criteria. Self-evaluation is used to evaluate content.
2. Define this computing term and give one practical example. 'subjective'
something that is influenced by individual feelings, tastes, or opinions. Add one real device or system example to prove understanding.
3. Correct this common computing misconception.
Mistake: Success criteria are only for the teacher to use when marking work. They don't help me. Correction: They're not just for marking. Think of them like a checklist or a guide to help you create your best work. They tell you exactly what you need to do to succeed.
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