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Basic Computing Skills By Lianne Montgomery

Basic Computing Skills By Lianne Montgomery. Abstract. I found that in my year 3 and 4 class children were struggling with the basics when it came to publishing their work on the computer. Their typing skills and knowledge of Word was very limited and frustrating for everyone concerned.

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Basic Computing Skills By Lianne Montgomery

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  1. Basic Computing SkillsBy Lianne Montgomery

  2. Abstract I found that in my year 3 and 4 class children were struggling with the basics when it came to publishing their work on the computer. Their typing skills and knowledge of Word was very limited and frustrating for everyone concerned. I wanted to address their lack of basic word processing skills thinking that this was the major problem.

  3. Broad Aim Initially • To look at ways to improve children’s basic word processing skills How? • Collect baseline data by setting up a worksheet that the children could work through using Word and Powerpoint • Then, design a programme based on the results to improve their basic word processing skills

  4. Baseline Data - Word • Open the word processing program. • Change your font to Lucida Sans, size 14 • Type your full name using a capital letter where appropriate • Type your full address • Type your date of birth eg: • Insert ‘WordArt’ and type your name in any style you like. • Keep the size at 14 • Insert a star from ‘AutoShapes’ • Highlight your address and make it bold • Print your page • Save your document in ‘My Documents’ and call it ‘Test Sheet’

  5. Baseline Data - PowerPoint • Open a Powerpoint document • Create a title and set the font size to 36, call it Cats • Move the title to the top of the page • Type the following sentence …My cats name is Nelson • Insert a picture from ClipArt of a cat underneath and make it bigger • Create another page • Create a title, set the font size to 36, call it Dogs • Move the title to the top of the page • Repeat the steps but change the sentence to….My dogs name is Jasper • Print the powerpoint as a handout, 2 slides on 1 page • Finally save the document • Go to ‘My Documents’ open the folder called Test Samples and save it there. Call it PPsample 1

  6. Findings after collection • Children didn’t understand the language, menus, icons • How to work a touch pad and/or a mouse • Locate files, use drop down menus • Highlight text • Left and right clicking. • The data collection was to limited in that it focussed just on Word and PowerPoint ‘The lack of skills were far more generic than I had anticipated and not just application based as in word processing’

  7. A shift in my thinking To identify the generic skills that can be used to navigate through any application software.

  8. Transferable/Generic Skills • Using a mouse/touchpad – left and right click menus • Hold, drag and drop • File Management/Pathways • Scrolling • Menus and icons • Opening and closing • Erasing/Back/Undo • Highlighting • Saving/printing/inserting • Taskbar/Start menu • Shift key/shortcut keys/function keys/enter key • Hover and prompts • Desktop • Keyboard • Cameras, filming, email

  9. Ideas on how to teach these skills • Techie sessions (weekly) • Availability (computers) • Opportunity (to practise) • One to one or small group sessions with parent support • Checklist – I can…. • Use a variety of software applications • Incorporate ICT across the curriculum not just in Literacy This offers variety, creates opportunities, interest and enthusiasm • Modelling and peer teaching • Make use of experts (other staff/parents/ICT facilitators) • Encourages and builds confidence and risk taking

  10. Continuum – why does it matter? • The junior school http://sarataylor.wikispaces.com/Green-Blue+Screening • If kids can do this at junior level imagine what they could be doing by the time they get to the senior school • Implications for teachers are huge • Don’t confuse confidence for competence!

  11. My attempt at trying something new!

  12. ‘Schools should explore not only how ICT can supplement traditional ways of teaching but also how it can open up new and different ways of learning’ (NZ Curriculum)

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