The over-arching philosophy of the Ambrit Rome Technology
program is the use of the computer to aid the communication and
presentation of ideas and new knowledge. At all levels we
emphasise the importance of using the computers to allow our
students to express their ideas creatively and accurately with the
view to sharing and communicating what they are learning and what
they are interested in. The beauty of creating work on the
computer is that digital material is transferable across different
programs. Thus a word processing document can be converted to a
web page, text and images can be combined and reconfigured for
desktop publishing and most documents can be converted into a
slideshow format to be used for presentations. We would like to
pass on these skills to our students convinced that the computer
assists effective learning by empowering students with highly
sophisticated means of processing and presenting information.
The program for the Grade Levels:
Grade 6
Typing Practice
Assignments involving writing and inserting images
Creation of graphics using Photoshop Elements
Introduction to creating portfolio presentations using
Slide-Show formatting
Setting up HTML documents and making links between documents
Class website on Umbria trip
Grade 7
Typing Practice
Learn to present information in tabular and graphic form in
HTML
Learn to publish ideas and pose questions publicly using the
forum of the WWW.
Creation of graphics and animations using Photoshop Elements.
Spreadsheet Calculation Exercises
Setting up HTML documents and making links between documents
Class website on Verona trip
Grade 8
Typing Practice
Learn to research, analyse, publish and present intellectual
material
