Year7Unit3TheNumber+Zero

**Year 7 Unit 3 The Number Zero **

The third Unit for year 7 is also an enjoyable Unit. It involves a look at presentation software and how it can be used in different ways There are a number of different objectives behind this Unit, they include
 * An greater understanding of how to use power point correctly depending on audience
 * An appreciation of how human ingenuity can spread and how it can evolve in parts of the world at the same
 * Through pesenting their work students will gain confidence in speaking in front of their peers.
 * This will present both individually and as part of a group
 * We will be specifically designing inclusion based tasksto engage all students in the learning.

The specific tasks they will need to be able to do to complete this unit are
 * To mange their ICT folder (folder and subfolders)
 * To research from the internet where the number series we use can from and to save this for later use
 * To save from the internet a number of pictures that they will need in preparing their powerpoint
 * To learn specific skills in power point mainly custom animation (entry, onscreen and exit)
 * To learn slide transition
 * How to insert and image in to power point
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">To learn the differnet ways in which power point can be used
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">To learn new Vocabulary
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Presentation Software
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Slide
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ppt extension
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Slide Heading placeholder
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Slide Sub heading place holder
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Text placeholder
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Custom Animation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Entry
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Exit
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Onscreen
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">All together
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">On click
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Timing (extension work)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Slide Transistion
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">All slides
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Individual slides

What to see on your childs Wiki page
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Your child should have uploaded 5 files to their wiki in order to fully complete this Unit
 * 1) A word file answering 5 questions out of 10based on their initial investigation of the Number 0. (Criteria F)
 * 2) A word file in their own language (not copied and pasted) on the rules of power point. (Criteria A Rubric)
 * 3) A presentation file based on the above rules about the number Zero. Power Point Instructions. (Criteria D)
 * 4) In groups of 3 or 4 they must produce an evaluation of what they have learned (Criteria E)
 * They must evaluate what they have learned in power point especially new technical vocabulary (on wall in classroom) and the rules of power point. This group work will be uploaded onto the Wiki as evidence for completion of task 4 (Criteria E).
 * You can present this evaluation in any format. Sing it, rap it,news report, poems, tv show, interview, put it in word, football match use their own power points to show what they have learned, anything is allowed. Use your imagination!! More marks for being imaginative!
 * 1) They must address any 5 of the following questions in relation to Human ingenuityon the number Zero. (Criteria F)

The Assessmnet for the Unit will follow MYP Criteria A,B, E and F. All will be marked out of 6 as from the table below.
 * = Criteria ||= A Investigation ||= D Create ||= E Evaluate ||= F Attitudes in technology ||
 * = Possible Mark ||= 6 ||= 6 ||= 6 ||= 6 ||
 * =  ||= Tasks ||= Task ||= Task ||= Task ||
 * =  ||= 2 ||= 3 ||= 4 ||= 1 5 ||