Lesson 1: Computer parts
Identifying the purpose of different parts of a computer.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Before starting this unit, check that the children can recall:
Log in and log out means to begin and end a connection with a computer.
A computer mouse can be used to click, drag, fill and select.
Passwords are important for security.
Adding backgrounds, text, layers, shapes and clipart in a digital art program. (The basics of Sketchpad are covered again in this unit.)
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Sway Grantham (@SwayGrantham) is a Primary School Teacher, a CAS Master Teacher and Specialist Leader in Education for Primary ICT. She also has a BCS Certificate in Computer Science Teaching (Primary). She has written several curricula and conducted research into the impact of 1:1 iPads in the classroom. Sway was invited as a ‘lead learner’ to attend the first ever Picademy becoming a Raspberry Pi Certified Teacher. Sway has also completed the Google Innovator Academy and been a Google Coach and Mentor.
Sway has created a free KS1 lesson answering the question ‘What is a Network?’ as well as a music inspired project to make seascapes through programming among many other Computing lessons.
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