A simple children's guide to using Windows Explorer, covering My Computer, My Documents, opening and saving documents, and creating files and folders.

A powerpoint point designed to be printed out

A PowerPoint to introduce the topic of robots and machines. What are robots, what do they do, what are they made of and design your own robot of the future. Text content thanks to Idaho Public Television Dialogue 4 Kids.

6 PowerPoint lesson plans based on the CEOP Lee and Kim story Animal Magic. Cross curricular activities to learn about being safe when using the internet. 1. What is the internet and how do we use it 2. Personal information 3. Internet safety rules 4. Create a Internet safety story 5. Internet usage and behaviour 6. SID's song You can find the resources on the CEOP website under teachers or KS1. Hope this is useful - please rate it!

This is a short introductory presentation to the mouse. It is designed for EYFS/KS1 children, although may be appropriate for older newcomers. Introduces how to click, drag and drop. I had planned to use the BBC WebWise Computer Basics website for children to then practise these skills. Please see my other tutorials on how to use Word, PowerPoint, Publisher and Windows Explorer for kids. MS Paint tutorial is on the way... Thanks to mouseprogram.com for some of the content.

Independent/adult-assisted research activity (I used as a week's homework) to use a non-fiction text or internet to research a dinosaur. Using a non-fiction text to locate and use contents page, page numbers and information

Introduction to the control buttons on cassette/video/DVD recorders. Play, record, stop, pause, fast forward and rewind. Used in conjunction with a real CD player to understand what the buttons do

A MTP to introduce children to the QWERTY keyboard and beginning word processing skills.

Tutorial designed for EYFS and KS1 kids on the basic of using MS Paint. Drawing straight and free lines, inserting shapes, erasing mistakes, using the fill tool and inserting a text box. Please see the rest of my MS Office tutorials for Word, PowerPoint, Publisher and Windows Explorer. If you like this resource, please rate it xx

Resources to teach unit 1.2 from Switched on Computing We are TV chefs. Unit plan amended from originals.

A set of Year 1 and Year 2 computing report statements, split up into Computer Science, Digital Literacy and Information Technology.

Short ppt on what technology is and how different appliances are controlled - buttons, dials, switches and remote controls

Different patterned beebot (15x15cm) cards.

Instructions to insert space-themed clipart in Word.

iPod/iPad themed activity for transition day. Children to design their own iPod/iPad apps to describe themselves as a person. Could then be used as a first display in the class, ready before they start in September. Differentiated so suitable from EYFS up to upper KS2. Idea taken from Pinterest, but updated to include differentiation across the primary age.

3 differentiated instructional writing templates. All templates in Word and pdf version.

A PowerPoint tutorial to teach young children some of the basics of using MS Publisher. Relies on the notion that children are experienced in using MS Word and similar programs. How to create a document based on a template, creating a new document, inserting text boxes, clipart, aligning images/objects, changing the background and saving

A PowerPoint written for Infant age children to begin to use Word software. Learning how to use the Microsoft icons to make changes to the document (New doc, Open, Save, Print, Print Preview, Spellcheck), as well as using the Insert and Page Layout tabs for additional changes.

A PowerPoint written for Infant age children to begin to use PowerPoint software. Learning how to: 1. Insert slides 2. Change the layout of slides 3. Insert images 4. Save the document Can be used for story-writing or non-fiction