Do you know about Computers?

This page is about using computers to improve your key skills.

You have probably played games on a computer, but there are many other things that you can use a computer for.

Examples of computer programs you might have to use to perform the things below are:- Spreadsheets, Databases and Word Processors.

Do you know what these different kinds of programs do? Click here to find out.

To show how good you are at the levels below, you have to show that you can:

• Find some information, enter it into a computer program and then explore ways of using it.
• Show information, including text (words), images (pictures) and numbers, in different ways.
• Save the information that you entered into the program, so that you will not lose it. You can then use it again.

• Work out the best places to find information for each type of example program.
• Bring together, explore and improve the information, then create new information from it using your chosen program.
• Show jumbled up information, including text, images and numbers, in the best way you can.

• Using different places to look for information, find the most suitable ways to search for and choose information based on how useful and correct you think it is.
• Use programs already done for you to enter and bring together information. Use the right way to explore, change and exchange information with others.
• Plan the way you present the information, using others' views and information from different places to guide you.

Click on a level number to see more detailed information about the requirements for that level.