Starter Award in ICT: Initial Steps is one of three titles focusing on ICT for primary school children. Initial Steps introduces children to the basic concepts of ICT and will help them to develop skills in this area. It is designed for use in the classroom and at home, and includes guidance for parents and helpers so that they can assist children who wish to practise their new skills on their home computers. All the activities in the book use the BlackCat Supertool CD-ROM, produced by Granada, as well as the readily available Microsoft encyclopaedia Encarta.

 

There are 66 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Cambridge University Press .

Jill Jesson is an experienced teacher working at a primary school in Rotherham. She has written books for children and teachers on science, design and ICT. She was, for many years, a regular contributor to art and design magazines and has had several of her poems included in anthologies for children. Graham Peacock is a principal lecturer in science education at Sheffield Hallam University. He was a deputy head teacher in a primary school and has taught at a number of schools both in Britain and the Far East. He has written books for children, university students and teachers. Graham Peacock is an experienced teacher, a well-published author of primary science texts including the 'Oxford Primary Science Dictionary' and an Inset Co-ordinator for Primary Science

This book has the following chapters: Introduction. STARTING STORIES: 1. Letters and words; 2. Capital letters; 3. Word bank sentences; 4. More about word bank; 5. Writing poems; 6. Changing a story; 7. Words and pictures; 8. PawPrints pictures; 9. Placing pictures; 10. Selecting and changing; 11. Changing stories; CREATING PICTURES: 12. Stretching and shrinking pictures; 13. Lines and shapes; 14. Mazes; 15. Pictures from shapes; 16. A space scene; 17. Airbrush; 18. Filling shapes; 19. Drawing faces; 20. More graphics; 21. Layering pictures; FINDING INFORMATION: 22. Countries of the world; 23. Animals; ACTION INSTRUCTIONS: 24. Meeting the screen turtle; 25. Turning; 26. Practice; STARTING GRAPHS: 27. Simple charts; 28. Writing about graphs; EXPLORING SIMULATIONS: 29. Choices; 30. Branch games; 31. More simulations