Myths about teaching can hold you back
- Year 2
Benefits of information technology
I can explain how information technology helps us.
- Year 2
Benefits of information technology
I can explain how information technology helps us.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- IT devices can work together.
- We use IT because it makes tasks safer, easier and more accurate.
Keywords
Barcode - a line pattern that gives information to a computer
QR code - a square pattern that gives information to a computer
Common misconception
The only benefit of IT is that it allows us to complete what we need to do in less time.
IT has many other benefits, including making tasks more accurate, safer and easier to complete. Examples of this might be organising schedules or automating repetitive work.
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Explore more key stage 1 computing lessons from the Information technology in the world beyond school unit, dive into the full primary computing curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
Equipment
Pupils could be shown a selection of QR codes and barcodes to compare the difference.
Licence
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