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Computers & Digital Literacy · Every grade
A hands-on start for anyone new to computers, tablets or PlayOwl. Children really point, click, tap, drag, scroll, zoom and type, open and close tabs and windows, search on a pretend web, and take a tour of PlayOwl, all inside safe practice screens. It works with a mouse, a touch screen or a keyboard.
Computers & Digital Literacy · Grade 1
Learners discover that a computing system is hardware (the parts you can touch) working with software (the instructions that tell the hardware what to do). They meet two hidden parts, the processor and storage, and then find tiny computers inside everyday things such as microwaves, traffic lights and toys.
Computers & Digital Literacy · Grade 1
Learners learn what the main keyboard keys do (letters, numbers, space bar, backspace, enter and shift for capitals), put their hands on the home row by feeling for the bumps on F and J, and practise pointer skills: click, double-click, drag-and-drop and selecting words by dragging across them.
Computers & Digital Literacy · Grade 1
Using Story Writer, a pretend writing app, learners type sentences that start with a capital letter, have one space between words and end with a period, make a page clear with a big bold title and a captioned picture, and use a plan-make-check-fix routine to find and fix mistakes before sharing.
Computers & Digital Literacy · Grade 1
Learners find out that a file is one saved piece of work with a name, made with an app and kept in storage. They practise choosing file names that tell what is inside, group files into folders like papers in drawers, and find a file by opening the right folder or searching for its name.
Computers & Digital Literacy · Grade 1
Learners use a traffic-light model to decide what to do online: go ahead with approved apps, slow down and ask before downloading or tapping pop-ups, and stop and tell when something is scary, asks for private information or wants money. They spot private information in messages, keep passwords with a parent or carer, ask before sharing photos of others, and practise kind responses to unkind messages.
Computers & Digital Literacy · Grade 1
Learners find and extend repeating patterns and see that computers use patterns to repeat things. They collect data by sorting and counting objects carefully, record it in a table, and read picture and bar graphs to find the most, the least and how many more, finishing with a graph about getting to school.
