ICT at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 1)
Unit 1A: An introduction to modelling
Section 6: INTEGRATED TASK
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Objectives |
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- to create a representation of a real or a fantasy situation
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- Discuss with the children the different ways the computer was used to represent real or fantasy situations. Tell them that they are going to create their own representations and they can choose what they would like to represent and how they will do it using appropriate software. This might be linked to topic work, eg a story or nursery rhyme, designing a new classroom or school, concocting a new set of meals for school dinners, visualising places to go on holiday, fantasy creatures from out-of-space or new modes of transport for the next century.
- Children should decide on the environment or representation that they wish to create. They should think about what it will look like and what sorts of decisions or choices they will have to make.
- Some children will be able to use a text tool or a word processor to produce a caption for their representation.
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- describe their scenario
- explain why they made their decisions or choices
- explain how their representations differ from real life
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Points to note |
This activity could be done with either a painting package or an object-based graphics package. The choice of scenario is best linked to other activities going on in the classroom. More-able children will be able to produce alternative choices and talk about the differences. The use of models and patterns as a means of supporting children's writing links with The National Literacy Strategy: Framework for teaching objectives in all three terms of year 1.
Writing labels and captions is identified in The National Literacy Strategy: Framework for teaching as an objective in each term at year 1.
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