Information Technology Skills

In order to develop their IT capability, children need to gain knowledge about a range of different IT applications, how they work and what they can be used for. Practice includes opportunities for simple text entry, editing, data entry, sorting and retrieving, control and modelling.

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The development of Information Technology (IT) capability plays a key part in the IT curriculum. In order to develop this capability children need to be given the oppportunity to gain knowledge about a range of different IT applications, how they work, and what they can be used for. It is only by the development of these skills that children will be able to use software effectively. This book introduces children to the way computers are used in the world around them as as well as learning about IT equipment. Practice includes opportunities for simple text entry, editing, data entry, sorting and retrieving, control and modelling. The activities introduce basic principles of word processing and functions of simple databases, as well as examining life and presenting simple Logo-type activities. These activities are designed for children at Key Stage 1/Scottish Levels A to B, and are based on the learning requirements of the Programme of Study for information technology.