Information Technology (Computer Studies) New Scheme of Work for Lagos Junior Secondary Schools (JSS 1) 2021 Edition

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (BST)

LAGOS STATE SCHEME UNIFIED SCHEMES OF WORK

JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (JSS 1)

FIRST TERM, SECOND TERM AND THIRD TERM 

 

 

FIRST TERM SCHEME OF WORK

WEEK 1

TOPIC – BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPT

LEARNING AREA 

1. Meaning of Computer

2. Different Parts of Computer

3. Input and Output Devices

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. describe what a computer is.

2. identify various parts of a computer system.

3. categorize different parts of computer into input and output devices.

4. describe computer as an input-process-output device.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students as a class describe what they know about computer

2. Students as a class identify and name the parts of a computer system

3. Students as a class categorize the parts into input, process and output devices.

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership, Digital Literacy and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Functional computer system.

 

 

WEEK 2

TOPIC – TECHNOLOGY OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION AGE

LEARNING AREA 

1. Definition of Information Age

2. Tools and Items Associated with Information and Age

3. Present Information Age

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. itemize the different information ages.

2. identify the tools associated with each age.

3. state the present information age.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students in small groups describe their early counting objects

2. Students as a class discuss the historical development of computers.

3. Students as a class present with slides of the various technologies used in different times by humans.

4. Having observe the technologies used in different ages, students in small groups state the present information age – digital age/computer age.

5. Analysis of the past knowledge of different information ages.

Communication in describing ideas.

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership, Digital Literacy and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Stones, Feathers, Pen and ink, Cutlasses and hoe’s, Pictures and  charts

 

 

WEEK 3

TOPIC – HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTERS

LEARNING AREA

1. Early Counting Devices

2. Problems in Counting Large. Number with Early Devices

3. Mechanical Counting and Calculating Devices

4. Electro Mechanical Counting Devices and Modern Computer

5. Names of Contributors

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. list early counting devices.

2..state the problems in counting large numbers with those devices.

3. identify mechanical counting and calculating devices.

4. mention electro-mechanical counting devices.

5. compare electronic counting devices with modern computer.

6. state the contributions of named inventors

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES – Teacher shall divide the students into groups and appoint a leader to perform the following activities:

1. Students in pairs identify various objects of counting presented by the teacher.

2. Students as a class use the objects of counting to count numbers up to 1000 and state the problems in counting large number with those objects of counting.

3. Students as a class watch the displayed (either via projector or flash cards) various counting and calculating devices with their specific features and categorize them into:

• mechanical counting and calculating devices

•  electro-mechanical counting devices.

• electronic counting devices and modern computers

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership, Digital Literacy and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Flash cards, Pebbles and stones, Sticks (e.g. broom stick, match stick), Cowries, Grains, Chart showing the early and modern counting devices and Video demonstrating the uses and importance of early and modern devices.

 

 

WEEK 4

TOPIC – GENERATIONS OF COMPUTERS

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction to Computer Generations

2. Computer Generations with Year of Development, Uses and Requirements

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. identify the various computer generations with examples.

2. describe the generations with respect to the following –

• Year of development,

• Technology used, and

• Environmental requirement

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES – Students are asked to study and predict the environmental requirement of each one.

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership, Digital Literacy and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Charts showing different computer generations with year of development, technology used and their requirements.

 

 

WEEK 5

TOPIC – DATA AND INFORMATION

LEARNING AREA

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. explain the relationship between data and information.

2. identify sources of data and information.

3. list qualities of good information.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Teacher organizes the students in groups or pairs depends on the size of class to guide them collect basic information about themselves and general public to enable –

1. students to find the mode, range and possibly the mean age of the class.

2. students comment about the data on the board.

3. students participate in gathering facts by counting, weighing, measuring, etc.

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Counter, Scale, Weighing cylinder, Measuring cylinder, Jugs, Liquid (water),  Tapes/meter Rule, Charts, Pictures and Video

 

 

WEEK 6

TOPIC – INFORMATION TRANMISSION 

LEARNING AREA

1. Definition of Information Transmission

2. Methods of Transmitting Information (Ancient and Modern)

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. explain information transmission.

2. classify methods of transmitting information into ancient methods and modern methods.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES 

1. Students as a class state what they know about olden day’s method of passing information

2. Students state the modern day methods of passing information in the present time.

3. Students as a class describe the various ways of getting the information across to the parents

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Learning Resources: Charts, drums, whistles or pictures depicting ancient methods of information transmission. GSM, Radio, Television, Computer, Letters, Magazine, Newspapers, etc. or pictures/charts of these objects for modern transmission.

 

 

WEEK 7 – MID TERM CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT AND BREAK 

 

 

WEEK 8

TOPIC – CLASSIFICATION OF MEANS OF TRANSMITTING INFORMATION

LEARNING AREA 

1. Electronic and Non – Electronic Means

2. Linking up computers with information technology

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. discuss printing as a means of information transfer.

2. discuss the uses of computer and radio in information transfer.

3. differentiate between television and computer.

4. describe how information is transferred using the computer and mobile phone.

5. describe how information is transferred using the computer and mobile phone.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES 

1. Students in small groups discuss what they understand by the word “Invention”

2. Students in pairs analyze the features of each stages of information evolution and state some notable inventions

• Invention of printing

• Invention of telephone

• Invention of radio

• Invention of television

• Invention of the computer

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Newspaper, Magazines, Radio, Television, Computer, Pictures and Charts

 

 

WEEK 9

TOPIC – ICT APPLICATION IN EVERYDAY LIFE

LEARNING AREA 

1. Description of ICT

2. Uses of ICT

3. ICT and the Society

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – At the end of the lesson, students should be able to analyze the uses of computer in:

1. Schools

2. Hospitals

3. Government offices.

4. Banks, etc.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES 

Students in small groups perform the following tasks on excel,

1. a students’ register and also state other uses of computer in the school,

2. a hospital patient records, state other uses of computer in the hospital, and

3. a bank account statement

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Functional Computer and Mobile Devices

Web Resources – https://codescracker.com/computer-fundamental/basic-applications-of-computer.htm, https://www.tutorialspoint.com/computer fundamentals/computer applications html and https://byte-notes.com/uses-computers-various-fields/

 

 

WEEK 10 – Revision 

WEEK 11 – Revision 

WEEK 12 – First Term Examination 

 

 

SECOND TERM SCHEME OF WORK

WEEK 1

TOPIC – REVISION OF FIRST TERM’S WORK AND WELCOME TEST 

LEARNING AREA

1. Revision of First Term’s Work

2. Welcome Back Test

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. revise and discuss the first terms learning.

2. participate in welcome back test.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students in small groups, each group is given topics from last term’s scheme of work for each of them to discuss and work together as a team for some minutes and make a presentation on their topics.

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Posters, Banners, Pictures and Other Learning Resources.

Web Resources – classbasic.ng

 

 

WEEK 2

TOPIC – INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER MONITOR

LEARNING AREA

1. Description of Computer monitor.

2. Description of a monitor as an output device.

3. Types of Monitor

6. Identification of the Prompt and Cursor

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. describe what a monitor is.

2. describe the different types of computer monitor and its components.

3. justify briefly the role computer monitor plays in making a computer works effectively.

4. identify and differentiate between computer monitor and television.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students as a class observe pictures/real object of TV and computer monitor.

2. Students in pairs distinguish between TV set and computer monitor.

3. Students as a class state the uses of computer monitor.

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Functional computer monitor, Pictures, Television, and Mobile Phones

Web Resources – youtube.com/watch?v=uyLDA9QT8EY

 

 

WEEK 3

TOPIC – THE SYSTEM UNIT

LEARNING AREA

1. Internal Features of the System Unit and Their Uses

2. External features of the system unit and Their Uses

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. identify the CPU as system unit.

2. identify the internal parts of an open system unit.

3. identify the external parts of system unit.

4. describe how the system unit works main memory.

5. identify and explain functions of some external features.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students connect and power on a complete computer system.

2. Students in small groups, each group should be given an open system unit, see what the internal parts are and possibly label them.

3. Students as a class identify and label the external parts of the system unit.

4. Each group should also be given a complete desktop system to connect and power.

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Functional computer system, Charts/pictures and video.

Web Resources – youtube.com/watch?v=hWB2UHCT0dw

 

 

WEEK 4

TOPIC – COMPUTER ETHICS 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Understand Computer Ethics

2. Computer Room Management Ethics

3. Laboratory Rules and Regulations

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. describe ethics in human relations.

2. state how they take care of the electronics at home with respect to positioning and maintenance.

3. describe how to take care of a computer.

4. apply the rules and regulations of the computer laboratory.

5. describe the ways of making good use of the computer.

6. describe the effects of computers misuse/abuse.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students as a class are presented with pictures/videos of different computer room settings.

2. Students are divided into groups to demonstrate computer room management ethic and work on it.

3. Some groups work on arrangement of chairs, tables and ventilation while others work on arrangement of computers, cables on the floor and other devices/peripherals to make the computer room safe and neat.

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Pictures/charts of different types of computer labs and School computer laboratory with computer systems.

Web Resources – youtube.com/watch?v=asnL_EHcRzY

 

 

WEEK 5 

TOPIC – WORD PROCESSING

LEARNING AREA

1. Overview of Word Processing

2. Analysis of Word Processor

3. Application of Word Processor

4. Examples of Word Processors

5. Loading and Exiting Word Processor

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. describe what word processing use is for.

2. analyse the uses of word processors.

3. identify the different ways of locating word processor on the system.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students in groups are given an A4 paper to analyses what is used for.

2. Students as a class locate and open a word processor on a system.

3. Students as a class type on a blank word processor.

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES –Functional computer system, word processing software, mobile phones and tablets.

Web Resources –youtube.com/watch?v=oin9QoJb9WU

 

 

WEEK 6

TOPIC – WORD PROCESSING

LEARNING AREA 

1. Load and Exit Word Processor

2. Creating, Saving and Retrieving Files.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. load and exit word processor.

2. create, save and retrieve files.

3. apply features of word processing as cut, copy and paste.

4. identify word tools.

5. navigate the Pages menu bar to save documents.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students as a class open a new document type and save a text such as Parents Forum Invite, close the file.

2. Reopen an existing word documents, edit and duplicate like 5 places

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Functional computer system with word processing software.

Web Resources – youtube.com/watch?v=ruhlWjLRX8Q

 

 

WEEK 7 – MID TERM CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT AND MID TERM BREAK

 

 

WEEK 8

TOPIC – DATA PROCESSING

LEARNING AREA 

1. Overview of Data Processing

2. Data processing cycle.

3. Stages of Data Processing – Data Gathering, Data Collation and Input Stage

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. locate and describe information and data.

2. interpret data processing.

3. describe and apply the data processing cycle to everyday life.

4. explain the need for managing/sharing data.

5. organize the stages of data processing.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students in small groups’ sets up a team to collect data on each student’s geopolitical zone based on their state of origin in Nigeria.

2. Students work on collecting, recording, and analyzing data.

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Charts and Functional computer system.

Web Resources – youtube.com/watch?v=8xoOLerFOwg

 

 

WEEK 9

TOPIC – FEATURES OF A COMPUTER

LEARNING AREA 

1. Classify the features of a computer that makes it an excellent tool for data processing:

i. Accuracy.

ii. Speed.

iii. Storage etc.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to demonstrate clearly the difference between tasks done manually and tasks done with the aid of computers.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students as a class copy and paste exercise to due. plicate texts within a document (repetitive task)

2. Students give a complex mathematical expression such that the students will interpret differently and get different results while a computer can also be used to solve the same equation (accuracy).

3. Teacher lets the students see the many files stored on a system and also a heap of paper files in a store (efficient storage and access).

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Charts, Pictures, Functional computer system, Tablet and Mobile phone.

Web Resources – youtube.com/watch?v=qfjAVW6J-PM

 

 

WEEK 10

TOPIC – TYPES OF KEYBOARD 

LEARNING AREA

1. Standard (Basic) Keyboard

2. Enhanced Keyboard

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1.  describe computer keyboard and its uses.

2. compare the two types of keyboard.

3. learn and perform touch keyboarding.

4. practice basic keyboarding skills.

5. use the keyboard to complete tasks on the computer.

6. identify the different groups of keys on the computer.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students as a class attempt state what keyboard device is and what it’s used for.

2. Students mention the two types of keyboards be presented to the students and let them state the observed differences.

3. Students in small group’s types to differentiate categories of keys on the keyboard.

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Functional computer system and other devices with with different of types keyboard.

Web Resources – youtube.com/watch?v=ee9elsUzEOM

 

WEEK 11 – Revision 

WEEK 12 – Second Term Examination

 

 

THIRD TERM SCHEME OF WORK

WEEK 1

TOPIC – REVISION OF SECOND TERM’S WORK AND WELCOME BACK TEST 

LEARNING AREA – Word Processing 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. understand what computer processing is.

2. demonstrate its use in areas such as schools, hospitals, shops, banks, etc.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students in small groups carry out a project that involves using computers to automate activities in a specific area.

2. Students make a presentation their work.

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – A complete set of functional computer system, A projector to show different images of computer processed data and Charts that shows students performance in a class.

 

 

WEEK 2

TOPIC – IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTER AS A TOOL FOR PROCESSING DATA

CONTENT – Increase accuracy, Efficient storage facility, Fast access to information, Handles Repetitive task etc.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to demonstrate clearly the difference between tasks done manually and tasks done with the aid of computers.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES 

1. Students in small groups copy and paste exercise to duplicate texts within a document (repetitive task).

2. Students give a complex mathematical expression such that the students will interpret differently and

3. Students get different results while a computer can also be used to solve the same equation(accuracy)

4. Teacher let the students see the many files stored on a system and also a heap of paper files in a store (efficient storage and access).

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Heap of paper files in store (could be a physical store or an image of same displayed with a projector), A computer with MS word to show copy and paste, A calculator/phone and Pictures/Charts.

 

 

WEEK 3

TOPIC – A DEVICE

LEARNING AREA

1. Definition of Device

2. Classes of Device (Mechanical, Electrical and Electronic Devices)

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. describe what a device is.

2. identify and explain each of the device – mechanical, electrical and electronic as scientific terms.

3. classify devices with reason(s) and examples into mechanical, electrical or electronic.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students as a class access the internet and study the scientific terms (mechanical, electrical and electronic).

2. Students in small groups list all the devices in their homes and classify them with reasons into mechanical, electrical and electronics.

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – A display of different devices via a projector, list all the visible devices such as computers, generators, printers, fans, UPS/Stabilizer, etc.

 

 

WEEK 4

TOPIC – TYPES OF COMPUTER

LEARNING AREA 

1. Digital Computer and Examples

2. Analog Computer and Examples

3. Hybrid Computer and Examples

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. describe a digital computer with appropriate examples.

2. describe analog computers with appropriate examples.

3. describe hybrid computers with appropriate examples.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students in small groups present with either one live or image each of digital, hybrid and analog computers.

2. Teacher let the students discuss the operational and usage differences of the devices.

 

EMBEDED CORE SKILLS –  Critical thinking and Problem Solving, Creativity and Imagination, Communication and Collaboration and Leadership and Personal Development

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – A functional computer system, Calculator, Thermometer, Measuring scale, etc. Pictures and Charts.

Web Resources – turbofuture.com/computers/categories-of-computers-analog-digital-and-hybrid-computers and thewindowsclub.com/difference-between-analog-digital-and-hybrid-computers/

 

 

WEEK 5

TOPIC – USES AND APPLICATION OF COMPUTER 

CONTENTS – Computer are used in schools, hospital, government offices, etc.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to demonstrate the uses of computer in schools, hospitals, government offices, banks, etc.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES – Students in small groups perform the following tasks excel on

1. a student’s register and also state other uses of computer in the school.

2. a hospital patient records, state other uses of computer in the hospital.

3. a bank account statement.

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – A functional computer system, Calculator, Thermometer, Measuring scale, etc. Pictures and Charts.

Web Resources – codescracker.com/computer-fundamental/basic-applications-of-computer.htm, tutorialspoint.com/computer fundamentals/computer applications html and byte-notes.com/uses-computers-various-fields/

 

 

WEEK 6

TOPIC – ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF COMPUTER 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to observe case studies to justify good and bad use of computers and their consequences respectively.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES – Students state the advantages and disadvantages of computer.

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Pictures, Charts and Possibly videos showing different uses of computer.

Web Resources – easypacelearning.com/computers/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-computers/1367-advantages-disadvantages-of-computers

 

 

WEEK 7 – MID TERM CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT AND MID TERM BREAK

 

 

WEEK 8

TOPIC – MASTERY OF THE KEYBOARD

LEARNING AREA 

1. Description and Types of Keyboard

2. Sections of the keyboard.

3. Correct Sitting Position

4. Using a Keyboard to Type Names, Letters, etc.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. identify and state what keyboard is used for.

2. state the differences between standard and enhanced keyboards.

3. identify and demonstrate the use of the different sections of the keyboard.

4. discuss the correct sitting position,

5. type names, letters etc.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Students as a class attempt to state what keyboard device is and what it is used for.

2. Students state types of keyboards (either live or images) be presented to the students and let them state the observed differences.

3. Students perform some typing tasks should be given to the students that will prompt them to use the different categories of keys on the keyboard.

4. Students, where possible, present three different tables with systems with three different sized chairs.

Table 1 – for the students to look up to the screen.

Table 2 – for the students to look down to the screen.

Table 3 – for the students at the same level with the monitor.

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Keyboards (standard and enhanced), Systems set up to demonstrate correct sitting posture/position, Display screen that shows various sitting positions and their long term effects.

 

 

WEEK 9

TOPIC – SCREEN POINTING DEVICES 

LEARNING AREA

1. Description of Screen Pointing Devices

2. Types of Screen Pointing Devices (Mouse, Track ball, Pointing stick, Touch pad, Joystick and Light pen.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. look at the screen of a device and use whatever is available and appropriate to point to and control icons on the screen.

2. discuss basic screen pointing devices.

3. demonstrate the use and appropriate handling of mouse.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1 Student are presented with systems with and without external pointing device (mouse).

2. Student are presented with systems with and without external pointing device (mouse).

3. Students make a presentation slides with slides remote control can also be used to demonstrate pointing.

4. Students demonstrate the usage of the different pointing devices and how it is done.

5. Students demonstrate how handle mouse appropriately.

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Mouses, Projector, Smart phones, Desktop systems and Laptops.

 

 

WEEK 10

TOPIC – MOUSE TECHNIQUES 

LEARNING AREA 

1. Clicking

2. Double Clicking

3. Right and Left Clicking

4. Scroll (Control) Wheel

5. Drag and Drop

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES – By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. demonstrate different mouse techniques.

2. explain each mouse technique.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. present a screen with many icons.

2. let students point at and left click an icon and observe the changes on the icon (clicking).

3. let students move all or some specific icons into a folder (drag and drop).

4. let students point an icon and state their observations (pointing).

5. let students click an icon twice in quick successions and state observation (double clicking).

6. let students place the pointer on an icon, then press the right button of the mouse and state their observations (right clicking).

 

LEARNING RESOURCES – Laptops, Desktops, Keyboards, Mouse, and A projected screen for demonstration.

 

 

WEEK 11 – Revision

WEEK 12 – Third Term Examination