COMPUTER STUDIES -1ST TERM SCHEME OF WORK FOR JS1

JS1 (FIRST TERM COMPUTER STUDIES SCHEME OF WORK)

1. Basic Computer Concept: Meaning, Parts, categories, description of input and output devices

2. Technology of different Information Age- Stone Age, Iron Age,

Industrial Age, Electronic Age

3. Historical Development of Computer- Early counting Devices,

Mechanical, and electromechanical

4. Generation of Computers: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Generations

5.          Data and Information Transmission- Meaning, types, sources,

and qualities of a good information

6..Information Transmission- Meaning, methods, and modes

7. Mid - Term Break

  8.   Classification/Means of Transmitting  Information - Invention of    

printing, radio and television, computers and linking up   computers with information technology (IT)

9..           I.C.T Applications In Everyday Life

10.               Revision

11.               Examination

12.               Examination

13.               Vacation

PRACTICALS

1.   Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI)

·       Text to Speech

·       Animation

·       Embedded Characters

2.            Game Design and Development

·       Mine Craft

·       Kodu Game Lab

·       Gamestar Mechanic