Computer learning is not limited to older students as most people would suspect. Instead, teaching young students how to use a computer at an early age is very important and will help them in their future education. Many teachers, parents, and people in the community wonder at what age a student can learn to use the computer. For my future classroom, students as early as 5 years old will begin to use the computer. One way students will be able to use the computer is through a series of lesson plans that provide students with information on how the computer works. For example, preview this nicely put together lesson plan that teaches students step by step how to use the computer in an understanding way:
I found this lesson plan very helpful and plan to use it in the near future. The main thing I found useful was that it provided games for the students to play to help master their learning. One game that I tried myself and am positive young students can get the hang of is provided here:
http://www.typingmaster.com/games/bubbleapplet.asp?keys=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz&Submit=Start+Game
This particular game teaches students how to find letters on the keyboard and type them in, which is crucial for learning how to type and opens the doorway for future learning. Lessons such as these are helpful to teachers and students because it starts students on an early pathway to technology education which is much needed in today and will benefit students in the future.
I like how you have given an example of the technology you are blogging about. I agree that in the future, kids using technology are going to be very young(8yrs and younger). Teaching children, at that age, about such a complicated thing(technology)can be difficult and that's way becoming aware of programs, like you mentioned, is important.
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