ICT FOR KIDS?

After 10years of conducting a research on ICT! Today in 2019, I still discovered that many Adults still do not know what ICT stand for. Do you? I am not surprised when an adult asked me the question’, What does a 5 year old know about ICT? 

In the imagination of such an adult, He or She might have thought that, the concept of ICT is vague, perhaps since they do not understand it (The Adult), they have no clue about it! Then for young minds it is going to be difficult for them as well! I am very sure you are beginning to agree me with that such adult is still in the 'dream world', if you are an optimistic individual’.

Obviously young minds today can get things faster, grasp stuffs quicker than you think …, their minds at this point can break down complex phenomenon into simplified forms for their assimilations. 

You never can tell what a 5 years old kid knows about ICT until you engage them. Explore my Quick Quizzes in ICT, joggle their minds in that question, tell me what you find out. 

YOUNG MINDS AND GADGETS

Life is all about race’, we may be ‘chasing a thing’or other times something else  chasing us! I will encourage ‘we are the one chasing something’, which indicates, that we are prepared and coordinated. It takes a coordinated lifestyle to chase a thing.

As we raise young minds in Family set up and Environments where we find ourselves, as Parents, Guardians, and General Stakeholders in the formative years of Young Minds, it is expedient we are able to properly give them a good foundation in life, so they can build upon it, knowing that uncertain future beckons, there will be various challenges. 

The presence of numerous Applications in Technology and Transformational Information Age, triggers a lot stimulations. we want to give our Kids Gadgets!  Making ICT Gadgets available for children, without the them having the grasp of the Fundamental Concept of Technology, this possibly could mean ‘Jumping the Gun’ in the journey of ICT Professionalism.

ICT Gadgets are very good, it keeps young restless minds entertained, tamed their spontaneous response to things, and also help in channeling their energy focused! But we should NOT get so carried away because this has a way of leaving them out of the real deal, ‘Understanding the ICT concepts’. Many grown ups have found themselves in situations where they used ICT Gadgets flawlessly but with little or no knowledge of the basic concepts.

That is reason we must harmonise the use of ICT Gadgets with the proper knowledge of the basic concepts of Technology. Furthermore, this prepare them as formidable player in future technology inventor and Innovators; Instead of being spectators they are at the center stage as contenders, others are willing to pay for their services, watch them  use their innovative abilities and skills being displayed on larger screened. The gains are countless!

WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SYSTEM UNIT

The System Unit is very important as well as other Main Parts of the computer. Do you know that there are times we may want to say it is more important than other parts you can see in the computer, the reason for that is because other parts of the computer are connected to it. It is designed to have other parts connected to it.

As we all know that in our human body the 'Mouth' and the 'Brain' cannot perform the same function also the System Unit and other parts like: Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Printer, Scanner, Diskette… cannot perform the same function. This is as a result of the features found on each them including the System Unit.

When you look at the System Unit, the first thing you will discover is that it has views.

In order to discover, know and understand the features of the System Unit, we must identify it views. The views are: Front View and Back view: As you discover it views you will then start seeing the features of the system unit. The following are some of the basic features of a system unit:

          Power button             

          Drives                 

          Slots                      

          Connectors…