ICT /computing /digital literacy

[Knitwit101]

I have no idea what the right term for this subject is any more but you get the picture.

I don't HE but have been tempted over the years. My ds is in s1 (Scotland) and has no teacher for ICT. He is not likely to have a teacher any time soon due to staff shortages across the area, probably the country. Maths is heading in the same direction, I feel all of this might well push us over the edge into HE but one step at a time.

I feel anything tech related is too important to just miss out so I will have to teach him myself. He is keen to do this with me because this is a subject he is interested in.

Where on earth do I start? Can anyone point me in the right direction for some sort of curriculum or course to follow? A quick Google throws up over 2 million hits which scares me.

The schools hands are tied, they can't find a replacement teacher, they are madly shuffling classes around to keep their exam classes on track. So that route is a dead end.

If I shouldn't be on this board because I'm not properly home educating please tell me to go away. I just thought if anyone would know where to begin it would be you guys.

Thank you

Sorry, we're under the English system... but do you have a National Curriculum in Scotland? Is it possible to download the specifications for S1 ICT/computing? Or does his school website perhaps have details of the curriculum they cover each year?
Our school published on their website each subject, for each year, so you have an idea of topics covered etc

Have a look on this wiki: he-exams.wikia.com/wiki/IT

Much of the content on that page won't be relevant to you, as it is about the practicalities of sitting exams as an external candidate. But it does give an overview of qualifications.

I know that ECDL is a well respected route which many home ed teens do.

Is ICT compulsory for your son at his school? If so, then maybe you need to find materials to support the curriculum he will be made to do, rather than doing a separate one in parallel, which would be extra work. Perhaps a forum for Scottish teachers?

Just trying to be sure before answering...
Is he 'studying' it at school just without a qualified teacher? With the exam planned at school. So you are looking for resources to support?
It is there no lessons/exam being offered through the school so you are looking to arrange something outside school?

He will not have any time with a qualified teacher at all. Instead he will be having extra lessons in personal and social education led by teaching assistants. So he will not be receiving any ICT education at all and I think this is a fairly major gap. I would like to find ways to fill it.
I did ECDL many moons ago, I didn't realise it was still a thing. I will look into this. I just want him to have some exposure to ICT other than Xbox but not being very technically minded myself I have no idea where to begin really. He doesn't need to be doing any sort of qualification, he wouldn't be doing that for a few years at school even if he had a teacher

Computer science is probably most useful as it teaches coding. We use Learntec who do live online lessons or downloadable courses. There is a key stage 3 course which might suit you. My son did that before moving on to the gcse.

www.learntec.co.uk

If you aren't looking for a qualification then I would look at coding. Python is a good starting point (or Scratch if you want to go even more basic) there are lots of books about it or look on line at CodeAcademy or KhanAcademy.
Someone said LearnTec for computer science which we use. My son did KS3 and is now on IGCSE.