Meaning and Components of Digital Skills | Importance of Digital Skills Primary 5 (Basic 5) Term 3 Week 5 Information Technology

INFORMATION

COMPUTER STUDIES 

THIRD TERM

WEEK 5

PRIMARY 5

THEME –  BASIC CONCEPTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

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TOPIC – DIGITAL SKILLS 

LEARNING AREA

1. Introduction

2. Meaning and Components of Digital Skills

3. Importance of Digital Skills

4. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. explain the meaning of digital skills.

2. describe the components of digital skills.

3. state the importance of digital skills.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can describe the concept of digital literacy.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

CONTENT OF THE LESSON

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTION 

Digital skills is the ability to use digital devices such as computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices 0to access and manage data.

COMPONENTS OF DIGITAL SKILLS

The components of digital skills are as follows:

1. Social Media Skills

2. Search Engine Marketing Skills

3. Content Marketing Skills

4. Email Marketing Skills

5. Mobile Marketing Skills

6. Data Analytics Skills

7. Strategy and Planning Skills

1. SOCIAL MEDIA SKILLS 

Social media skills are the abilities to devise and implement marketing ideas on the social media platforms such as facebook, twitter, instagram, linkedin, etc. to drive business or achieve business goal.

2. SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING SKILLS 

Search Engine Marketing are the digital skills that increase the visibility of a product, content or service in search engine results.

3. CONTENT MARKETING SKILLS 

Content marketing skills are the digital skills that focus on creating and exposing a content to the potential users.

LESSON 2 – COMPONENTS OF DIGITAL SKILLS 

4. Email Marketing Skills

5. Mobile Marketing Skills

6. Data Analytics Skills

7. Strategy and Planning Skills

4. EMAIL MARKETING SKILLS 

Email marketing skills are the required digital skills needed to create awareness of new projects, products, sales, discounts, etc. through the provided email list.

5. MOBILE MARKETING SKILLS 

Mobile marketing skills are the digital skills that communicate products or  services to all mobile users through SMS, email, ads or mobile apps.

6. DATA ANALYTIC SKILLS 

Data analytic skills are the digital skills that collect and analyze data for the purpose of solving problems and make important decisions.

7. STRATEGY AND PLANNING SKILLS 

Strategy and planning skills are professional skills that strengthen other digital skills in any organization for purpose of setting goals and devise means of achieving set goals.

LESSON 3 – IMPORTANCE OF DIGITAL SKILLS 

1. It boosts online learning.

2. It increases efficiency.

3. It increases your income.

4. It improves security.

5. It unlocks your creativity.

6. It helps to evaluate information.

7. It gives you comparative advantage.

8. It improves communication.

REVISION AND WEEKLY ASSESSMENT, As stated in performance objectives or lesson evaluation. 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Teacher uses the knowledge of digital literacy to in the lesson, digital skills.

Pupil’s Activities – Pay attention to the lesson introduction to understand the concept of the lesson.

3. Teacher explains the meaning and components of the digital skills.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the discussion.

4. Teacher discuss the importance of digital skills.

Pupil’s Activities – State the importance of digital skills.

5. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board with appropriate evaluation and asks pupils to find out the effects of bullying on the victims and to deal with them.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the summary of the lesson and write as instructed.

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

 

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LESSON EVALUATION 

Teacher asks pupils,

1. explain the meaning of digital skills.

2. describe the components of digital skills.

3. state the importance of digital skills.