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We are a tightly-knit and committed team of Computing specialists - three of whom have had at least 10 years working together. We pride ourselves on the high quality teaching materials we are constantly developing and refining in-house to support the teaching and learning within the department. We also have a very strong homework policy from the Standard Grade courses upwards. We see it as an invaluable means of supporting the learning and understanding of our pupils.

We have two well resourced computing suites in each campus. The department has an excellent range of facilities to support digital media including;

Hardware: class sets of digital cameras, digital video cameras, midi keyboards, scanners, class sets of microphones.
Software: Microsoft Office, FrontPage and Publisher, Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Flash 8 and Fireworks 8, Serif PhotoPlus X5, Drawplus X4, PagePlus 10 and MoviePlus X3.

The technology outcomes in Curriculum for Excellence offer great opportunities to embrace new technologies in digital media, and take them forward in the wide range of courses we provide.

As well as the practical skills needed to be able to use modern Information and Communications Technology, we encourage the development of Problem Solving and Analysis, to enable students to have a creative role in a modern technological society.

Being skilled in using ICT is essential if children and young people are to be effective contributors able to communicate and interact on a global scale.

In today’s digital world, computers are used in every kind of business and organization. New technology is advancing at a rapid rate and developing computer technologies like the Internet, email, DVD, digital cameras and personal music players are converging into our lives – a good example of this being the current crop of mobile phones available today.

The use of computers has now moved on from the traditional office style applications such as word processing, spreadsheets and databases and has become a tool for creativity in a media rich society. Notable uses of computers include graphic design and illustration, publishing, web design, digital photography, TV and video production, animation, music creation, programming and games design. There is a growing demand for specialists in these areas.

All of these technologies rely on Computing Science to store, transmit and manipulate information which is useful to us, and have had enourmous impact on the way we live, socialise and do business.