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Computers & Digital Literacy · Pre-K

Choose and Use an Input Tool

Children meet three input tools (a finger on a touch screen, a mouse and a keyboard), learn to point and click with a mouse that slides on the table, and use a pretend keyboard to copy short words and make a gap with the space bar. A paper keyboard lets them practise away from the screen.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 22 minutes
  • Input tools check: 5 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs, put in order and arrange tiles
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What learners will discover

  • Name three ways to tell a device what to do: a finger on a touch screen, a mouse and a keyboard.
  • Use a mouse: slide it on the table to move the arrow, and click by pressing and letting go of the button.
  • Find and press letter keys to copy a short word, and use the space bar to make a gap between words.

Lessons

  1. Ways to tell a device what to do 3 steps2 practiceabout 7 min
  2. Point and click with a mouse 5 steps2 practiceabout 7 min
  3. A pretend keyboard 4 steps2 practiceabout 8 min
  4. Input tools check 5 questions at the end

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