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First steps on a computer

From the first time at a station to searching the web safely. The goal: use a computer confidently and safely: point, type, save, find and search.

The whole curriculum map

Aligned towards CSTA, NERDC, every alignment in review.

The route, stop by stop.

In the order a learner would take it. Prerequisites from outside the pathway are assumed known, or cleared by a Challenge Test.

  1. DS-CMP-STA-01First steps at a Lantern stationDigital skills · Primary 1 to Primary 3 (Level 1–3) · Planned
  2. DS-CMP-MOU-01Point, click and dragDigital skills · Primary 1 to Primary 3 (Level 1–3) · Planned Needs First steps at a Lantern station (required).
  3. DS-CMP-MOU-02Scrolling and windowsDigital skills · Primary 2 to Primary 4 (Level 2–4) · Planned Needs Point, click and drag (required).
  4. DS-CMP-KEY-01Finding your way round the keyboardDigital skills · Primary 2 to Primary 4 (Level 2–4) · Planned Needs Point, click and drag (required).
  5. DS-SAF-PRI-01Keep it privateDigital skills · Primary 3 to JSS 1 (Level 3–7) · Planned Needs First steps at a Lantern station (required).
  6. DS-FIL-SAV-01Save it, name it, find itDigital skills · Primary 2 to Primary 5 (Level 2–5) · Planned Needs Finding your way round the keyboard (required).
  7. DS-FIL-ORG-01Folders that make senseDigital skills · Primary 4 to JSS 1 (Level 4–7) · Planned Needs Save it, name it, find it (required).
  8. DS-CMP-TYP-01The home rowDigital skills · Primary 3 to Primary 6 (Level 3–6) · Planned Needs Finding your way round the keyboard (required).
  9. DS-NET-WEB-01Pages, links and addressesDigital skills · Primary 3 to Primary 6 (Level 3–6) · Planned Needs Scrolling and windows (required).
  10. DS-NET-SCH-01Good search wordsDigital skills · Primary 4 to JSS 1 (Level 4–7) · Planned Needs Pages, links and addresses (required), Finding your way round the keyboard (required).
  11. DS-NET-SCH-02Searching the live webDigital skills · Primary 5 to JSS 3 (BECE) (Level 5–9) · Planned · the destination Needs Good search words (required), Keep it private (required).
11 stops across Digital skills. None has a sample lesson in the demo yet; all 11 are planned and not yet written.

Other routes through the map.

  • WASSCE Mathematics: algebra

    Be ready for the linear-equation and formula questions in WASSCE Mathematics.

    11 stops

    From
    Order of operations Level 5 · Primary 5
    To
    Linear inequalities Level 9 · JSS 3 (BECE)

  • Is Electrical Engineering for me?

    Find out whether Electrical/Electronic Engineering is the degree for you.

    10 stops

    From
    What engineers do Level 8 · JSS 2
    To
    Kirchhoff's laws Level 14 · 100 Level

  • From blocks to distributed systems

    Climb from a child's first loop to a third-year university topic, one locked step at a time.

    35 stops

    From
    Instructions in order Level 1 · Primary 1
    To
    Lab: a three-node cluster on the Lantern Level 17 · 400–500 Level

Help light the Lantern where this route starts.

Every pathway begins at a learning station in a village. Four Lanterns are planned and waiting for light.

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