Computing
This half term we are going to be exploring what makes a computer a computer?
Key Knowledge
- To know the difference between a desktop and laptop computer.
- To know that people control technology.
- To know some input devices that give a computer an instruction about what to do (output).
- To know that computers often work together.
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Name some computer peripherals and their function.
- Recognise that buttons cause effects.
- Explain that technology follows instructions.
- Recognise different forms of technology.
- Design an invention which includes inputs and outputs.
- Explain the role of computers in the world around them.
Key Skills
- Understanding what a computer is and that it’s made up of different components.
- Recognising that buttons cause effects and that technology follows instructions.
- Learning how we know that technology is doing what we want it to do via its output.
- Using greater control when taking photos with cameras, tablets or computers.
- Developing word processing skills, including altering text, copying and pasting and using keyboard shortcuts.
- Using word processing software to type and reformat text.
- Creating and labelling images.
- Learning how computers are used in the wider world
Key Vocabulary
Battery
Buttons
Camera
Computer
Desktop
Device
Digital
Digital recorder
Electricity
Function
Input
Invention
Keyboard
Laptop
Monitor
Mouse
Output
Paying till
Scanner
Screen
System
Tablet
Technology
Video
Wires
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