Computer Applications Elements of Business Skills

Computer Applications/Elements of Business Skills

Mission - Computer Applications
To nurture all BBSSians to be self-directed learners who are fluent and creative in the use of ICT in their learning.

Mission - Elements of Business Skills
To prepare BBSSians to be successful self-directed learners with a passion for life-long learning by equipping with employability skills to stay relevant for the future

Programme Director	Mdm Tong Wee Onn, Mr Ajmal Khan
Coordinators	Computer Applications (CPA)	Ms Koh Caihua
	Elements of Business Study (EBS)	Ms Yee Pei Fan

CPA

Department Brief

All Normal Technical (NT) students will take Computer Applications (CPA) from Secondary one to four. From Secondary 2 onwards, students will need to come out with project that involved animation and game developments.

The general aims of this subject according to MOE are to enable students to:

(1) acquire skills in using a variety of application software and associated computer hardware to accomplish tasks, communicate, and facilitate activities;
(2) develop an awareness of how computing technology are used in the home, school, workplace and community;
(3) appreciate the role computers play in everyday life and recognize the impact computers have on society and people;
(4) develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Students will be taught 6 compulsory modules in the subject. These modules are as follows:

(1) Computer Fundamentals
(2) Media Elements
(3) Document Processing
(4) Spreadsheets
(5) Multimedia Communication
(6) Media Computing

Achievements

No	Year	Competition Title	Award / Achievement
1	2022	Animation and Game Making (AGM) Competition	Gold Award (Game Category) Nurul Adilah (3A1)
2	2021	Animation and Game Making (AGM) Competition	Bronze Award (Animation Category)Er Wei Tong (2A1) Bronze Award (Game Category)Wayne Lau Zheng Heng (3A1)
3	2020	Animation and Game Making (AGM) Competition	Gold & Platinum Award (Animation Category)Wayne Lau Zheng Heng (2A1) Silver Award (Game Category)Bryant Neo Chun Xiang (3A1)
4	2018	Media Computing Competition (Cat B - Game Making Programme Scratch File)	Gold & Platinum AwardJaven Koh Wei Yang (3T1)
5	2018	Media Computing Competition Animation Programme (Scratch File)	Bronze Award Andrew Lim Meng Whie (2T1)
6	2017	Media Computing Competition Animation Programme (Scratch file)	Gold Award (for Animation Programme (Scratch file) submitted to CPDD) Platinum Award Kang Jun Wei, Wayne (3T1)
7	2016	Media Computing Competition (Cat B - Game Making)	Gold AwardMohamad Haziq Irwan Bin Mohamad Kamal (3T1)
8	2015	Media Computing Competition (Cat B - Game Making)	Gold/Platinum Award (Top 10) Shawn Pheng Liang Kurnia (3T1)
9	2015	Media Computing Competition (Cat A - Animation)	Silver Award Abdur Rahman B Md Anwar (2T1)
10	2014	Media Computing Competition (Cat B - Game Making)	Silver Award Muhammad Asyraff (3T1)
11	2013	Media Computing Competition (Cat A - Animation)	Silver Award Brandon Hon (2T1)
12	2013	Media Computing Competition (Cat B - Game Making)	Silver Award Joven Lee (3T1)

EBS

Department Brief

Elements of Business Skills (EBS) is an elective subject offered to upper secondary Normal Technical stream. EBS provides many learning opportunities on concepts and skills that are relevant in further studies at higher learning institutes and careers in service industries.

The course provide introductory to basic business activities on:

Retail, hospitality, travel and tourism
Basic aspects of marketing
Ability to come up with simple business proposal and marketing plan

Through various field trips and coursework, it provides a reinforcement of the lesson concepts in real life example.

Key Department Programmes and Activities

No	Programme / Activity Title	Brief Description
1	S4: N Level Coursework	-
2	S3 and S4 2D1N Excursion	2 days field studies of hospitality, travel and tourism. 1 night stay at local hotel
3	S3 field trips	Local trips to retail mall and city heritage trails to understand retails practices and inbound tourism