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Learning Basic Computer Skills In Key Stage 1
This website seeks to provide input on the basics of using a computer. It covers the use of a mouse, the keyboard, icons and windows as well as uploading media files and printing. These are areas that will give children a flying start to using computers. There are a series of tutorials that children can watch and listen to, which could form the input for whole-class teaching. There are also games that can be accessed to develop their ability to single click, double click and drag as well as improve typing and speed in doing so.
The materials on the website support the National Curriculum programme of study for ICT as the basic skills underpin exchanging and sharing information, developing ideas and finding things out.
The website also provides information on other aspects of ICT. For example, what the internet and what words mean in web addresses. These could be useful in providing background information for children in relation to a use of ICT that is becoming increasingly a part of daily life.
