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Objectives
- Understanding the idea of programming and computing
- Understanding the power of digital ICTs
- Understanding that ICTs are more than only computers
- Understanding that data is of different kinds and can be edited, processed, combined in multiple formats which is what makes it possible to do many things with ICT - Creating with ICT
- Understanding that there are different devices for reading, representing, communicating data. Understanding of the computer as an ICT device which communicates with data and can connect with other computers - Connecting with ICT
Digital Skills
- Introduction to a range of ICT devices, and specifically the computer
- Handling ICT equipment safely
- Getting familiar with using an operating system for organizing the data on your computer through files and folders; we will work on the Ubuntu GNU/Linux free and open source operating system
- Using input devices for entering data
- Exploring multiple applications for understanding different things ICT can do
- Introduction to the internet, through the world wide web as a method of accessing information
Your learning outputs
- Mind maps representing your understanding of ICT (hand drawn and digitized)
- Logs of lessons using applications for keyboard input (typed in a text editor document)
- Images created using Tux Paint
- A simple text document using a text editor
Activities
- Activity 1 - How is a computer different from a fridge
- Activity 2 - What all can you do with a computer