IT for Kids
Lesson plans and activities for developing computer skills
by Jo Stewart & Lew Cochrane
Books 3 & 4 available Nov 2008
Books 1, 2, 5 & 6 available 2009
A 6-book series covering all the primary school years, providing teachers and students with a whole school IT teaching and learning program.
The books address key IT skills in accordance with seven technology competencies:
- computer operations
- graphics
- word processing
- the internet
- spreadsheets
- multimedia
Each unit is comprised of activities that either introduce or reinforce a skill, and which can also act as a springboard for further lessons.
Because student ability levels may differ significantly — affected by variables such as computer access, staff expertise and socioeconomic circumstances — the books can be used either prescriptively, as a grade-based program of teaching and learning activities, or flexibly by combining one or more books to provide remediation or extension as required.
Each book contains:
- a SKILLS SCOPE AND SEQUENCE CHART, which is central to the series and serves as a foundation for a developmental whole-school IT program, a programming guide and assessment checklist for teachers, and a self-assessment checklist for students
- TEACHER FOCUS pages that specify essential background information, skills to be taught, vocabulary applicable to the lesson, tips and tricks, and a suggested lesson procedure
- photocopiable STUDENT ACTIVITY WORKSHEETS, both theoretical and practical, with accompanying extension activities
- a double-paged ASSESSMENT ― based on Bloom’s revised taxonomy, and including appropriate higher order thinking tasks.
The authors each have over 20 years’ teaching experience, including long periods as IT co-ordinators and regional IT facilitators.
| Book 1 | 978-1-921454-75-2 | available mid 2009 | |||
| Book 2 | 978-1-921454-76-9 | available mid 2009 | |||
| Book 3 | 978-1-921454-77-6 | available Nov 2008 | |||
| Book 4 | 978-1-921454-78-3 | available Nov 2008 | |||
| Book 5 | 978-1-921454-79-0 | available Feb 2009 | $39.95 each | ||
| Book 6 | 978-1-921454-80-6 | available Feb 2009 | |||
