an object that uses computer technology to work; it stores and processes information

Communicating digitally

Digital literacy

How people communicate

Pictures as messages

Sending messages

Kind messages

Choosing how to message

Pupils explore how people communicate, comparing face-to-face and digital methods. They use sounds, images, symbols and simple words to share messages, practise early phonics and learn how technology can send messages instantly or be responded to later in a more considered way.

Message makers

Digital communication does not use devices.

Digital communication uses devices to send messages.

Drawing on paper is digital communication.

Match the digital message type to what it uses.

The device is turned off or not being checked.

Why might a digital message be seen later?

You send a message using a digital device. Which of these could the message be?

Which of these is a way people can communicate?

Which of these ways of communicating uses a digital device?

Which of these could be used to send a digital message?

Which of these is **not** digital communication?

Communicating digitally

Lesson outcome