SHS3 Ict · Semester 2 Week 3: Connecting and Communicating Online

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 3.1.3.LI.2 - Discuss the Types of Websites and Digital Media on the Web (Graphics, Audio, Videos, Plug-ins)

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify and classify at least four different types of websites (informational, ecommerce, social networking, and multimedia-based) and give a Ghanaian example of each.
Explain the roles of graphics, audio files, videos, and plug-ins in enhancing online communication and user engagement.
Evaluate a given website and determine its type, purpose, and the digital media elements it uses.
Select appropriate digital media elements to improve the clarity and impact of a communication material (such as a school announcement or a small business post).

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Curriculum details

Strand: ICTs IN THE SOCIETY (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Connecting and Communicating Online (1.3)
Content standard: 3.1.3.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of Collaboration tools for Communication and synchronisation 3.1.3.LO.1 Utilize various collaboration tools for effective communication addresses, browsers, web apps and mobile platforms to and synchronization.
Indicator: 3.1.3.LI.2 - Discuss the Types of Websites and Digital Media on the Web (Graphics, Audio, Videos, Plug-ins)
Suggested placement: Semester 2, Week 3 (Week 23 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

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Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 77

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Discuss and analyse the different types of Websites, including informational, ecommerce, social networking, and multimedia-based Websites.
- Identify and evaluate various forms of digital media, such as graphics, audio files, videos, and plug-ins, and their roles in enhancing communication and user engagement.
- Practice utilising text, voice, and video communication in virtual meetings, email exchanges, instant messaging conversations, and screen-sharing activities to
effectively communicate information and ideas.
- Apply appropriate digital media elements to enhance the clarity and impact of communication materials.
Teaching and Learning Materials:
- * Notepad or exercise book * Pen * Smartphones * Laptops * Desktop computers
- * Tablets * TV and Radio * Productivity tools * Open Educational Resources (including YouTube, MOOCs -
- Udemy/Coursera, Khan
- Academy, TESSA)
- * The iBox (CENDLOS) * Subject-based application software * Instructional Laboratories (with multimedia equipment and smartboards) * Maintenance and repair workshops
Assessment (3.1.3.AS.2). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 3 Strategic reasoning.