The document provides an overview of teaching ICT (Information and Communication Technology) skills to children. It discusses how children should be confident and competent users of technology who recognize both opportunities and risks. The document also notes that teaching only how to use software, without insight into how it is made, risks creating "digital illiterates". It suggests businesses want people who can create programs, not just use technology. The rest of the document lists various ICT-related topics and questions, including decomposing problems, pattern recognition, algorithms, reasons for teaching ICT, using interactive whiteboards, podcasting, and painting representations of the internet.

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4. “ Children use and apply their ICT knowledge, skills and understanding confidently and competently in their learning and in everyday contexts. They become independent and discerning users of technology, recognising opportunities and risks and using strategies to stay safe. ” (QCDA, 2009)

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10. Creative challenge – illustrate ‘The Internet’ through a painting. Post it up to BlogFolio and add a reflective comment.

11. Your IT curriculum focuses on teaching how to use software, but gives no insight into how it’s made. One of the things you hear from the businesses is that 'I don’t just want people who are literate in technology, I want people who can create programs.’ I think that is a real wake up call for us in terms of our education system and we are acting on that.” The narrowness of how we teach children about computers risks creating a generation of digital illiterates

12. Decomposition Pattern recognition Abstraction Algorithms

20. Why teach ICT? Sugata Mitra SMART Notebook page How would you use an IWB? Reading video An idea for video work in school Language memory Podcasting in an English lesson Painting of the Internet Playing with computers