Creative iMedia
Year 10 OCR National IMedia
Units Taught
R081: Pre-production skills
- Understand the purpose and content of pre-production
- Be able to plan pre-production
- Be able to produce pre-production documents
- Be able to review pre-production documents
R082: Creating digital graphics
- Understand the purpose and properties of digital graphics
- Be able to plan the creation of a digital graphic
- Be able to create a digital graphic
- Be able to review a digital graphic
Main Skills Developed
We will provide students with essential knowledge, transferable skills and tools to improve their
learning in other subjects with the aims of enhancing their employability when they leave
education, contributing to their personal development and future economic well-being. The
qualifications will encourage independence, creativity and awareness of the digital media sector.
The Cambridge Nationals in Creative iMedia will equip students with a range of creative media
skills and provide opportunities to develop, in context, desirable, transferable skills such as
research, planning, and review, working with others and communicating creative concepts
effectively. Through the use of these skills, students will ultimately be creating fit-for-purpose
creative media products.
How can parents help to support learning?
Where possible students will benefit from having adequate ICT access at home so that they can practice and develop the skills taught in the classroom. Encourage students to take a closer look at the media around them and to consider how the concepts and images were developed. Students should also be encouraged to view a wide range of media sources so that they can reference a range of materials when producing their work.
Useful Websites
http://www.ictteacher.co.uk/ocr-imedia
Extra-Curricular opportunities
Yr10 students have the opportunity to join the ‘ICT club’ to not only further their own studies but take part in regional and national business related competitions.
SMSC & British Values
Pupils will learn about the world around them and how to ensure that they stay safe and are able to communicate effectively in the digital world. Creating resources suitable for all effectively. Pupils will give opinions and justify their ideas about their own lives and those from different countries on how technology is used in a positive way. Discussions will take place about different moral and ethical issues of using digital technologies. They will use a range of social skills within the classroom when working with others and will hopefully be given the opportunity to use a multitude of pieces of software effectively. They will learn to consider different cultures and the use of technology in those countries, some with less use and others who are at the forefront of this use of technology. They will understand how these cultures use the technology to provide appropriate media. Students will also consider the impact of new technology and the media on issues such as racism, poverty, equity and the rule of law.
Year 11 OCR National IMedia
Units Taught
Unit R091: Designing a game concept
- Understand digital game types and platforms
- Be able to plan a digital game concept
- Be able to design a digital game proposal
- Be able to review a digital game proposal
R092: Developing digital games
- Understand game creation hardware, software and peripherals
- Be able to plan the creation of a digital game
- Be able to create a digital game
- Be able to review the creation of a digital game
Main Skills Developed
We will provide students with essential knowledge, transferable skills and tools to improve their
learning in other subjects with the aims of enhancing their employability when they leave
education, contributing to their personal development and future economic well-being. The
qualifications will encourage independence, creativity and awareness of the digital media sector.
The Cambridge Nationals in Creative iMedia will equip students with a range of creative media
skills and provide opportunities to develop, in context, desirable, transferable skills such as
research, planning, and review, working with others and communicating creative concepts
effectively. Through the use of these skills, students will ultimately be creating fit-for-purpose
creative media products.
How can parents help to support learning?
Where possible students will benefit from having adequate ICT access at home so that they can practice and develop the skills taught in the classroom. Encourage students to take a closer look at the media around them and to consider how the concepts and images were developed. Students should also be encouraged to view a wide range of media sources so that they can reference a range of materials when producing their work.
Useful Websites
http://www.ictteacher.co.uk/ocr-imedia
Extra-Curricular opportunities
Yr11 students have the opportunity to join the ‘ICT club’ to not only further their own studies but take part in regional and national business related competitions.
SMSC & British Values
Pupils will learn about the world around them and how to ensure that they stay safe and are able to communicate effectively in the digital world. Creating resources suitable for all effectively. Pupils will give opinions and justify their ideas about their own lives and those from different countries on how technology is used in a positive way. Discussions will take place about different moral and ethical issues of using digital technologies. They will use a range of social skills within the classroom when working with others and will hopefully be given the opportunity to use a multitude of pieces of software effectively. They will learn to consider different cultures and the use of technology in those countries, some with less use and others who are at the forefront of this use of technology. They will understand how these cultures use the technology to provide appropriate media. Students will also consider the impact of new technology and the media on issues such as racism, poverty, equity and the rule of law.