Target Audience: Year 5-6 Students
Resource Type: Assessment task and accompanying collection of teaching materials
Curriculum Areas Addressed: Digital Technologies, English
General Capabilities: Literacy, ICT, Critical and Creative Thinking
Project Delivery Timeframe: variable
Developer(s): Ellie Croft
Project Description:
Children are placed in a scenario some will find familiar – having to explain things about a computer to their grandparents. They are to develop a newsletter/pamphlet that covers details about the different parts of a computer, how they work and how they transmit data. After observing some of the behaviours typical of someone unfamiliar with computers, they’ll then work together to identify components and use this new found knowledge to produce a piece of informative writing.
Downloadable Resources – the zip file contains both PDF and Word versions of the resources.