Technokids Computer Clubs for Children, Classes in London

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At our computer clubs children improve their skills, develop confidence and engage in interactive learning - all in a social context.We bring a suite of the latest laptops and equipment into school and teach a variety of courses using the best educational software available.
About

About

At Technokids Computer clubs we aim to expand upon the ICT units that children learn in school. Our sessions are designed to be progressive, fun and educational!Using a suite of laptops and equipment that we bring into school we teach a variety of courses using the best educational software available.Specific courses are normally decided upon by our tutors, who will conduct an informal assessment in the first session. They then chose the most appropriate course according to the ability of the child/group and their interests.Each week we spend approx two thirds of a session working on course software programs and projects to complete our technical objectives.The rest of the session is devoted to educational tasks and activities, which are also chosen according to the ability and interests of each child.We use a wide variety of software and programs (100+ titles). These are carefully selected to ensure that the children enjoy their sessions and learn as much as possible.All of our classes are small (with a maximum of 12 children per teacher) - so there is plenty of individual attention.Most children will work on their own computer, although some do prefer to work in pairs. This can benefit their social skills as they learn to collaborate and share decision making.

Courses

Our curriculum is structured around 19 different courses, each taking one term (10-12 sessions) to complete:

Courses

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Techno-Learner (1 & 2)

Key Skills & Activities:

Developing mouse skills

Introducing the keyboard

Creating simple pictures

How to save

How to print

Using a variety of educational software

ICT Learning links:

Exploring & experimenting with words & sounds

Using imagination in art, design and music

Developing methods to solve problems

Creating a representation

Page 2

Techno-Intro

Key Skills & Activities:

Mastering mouse skills

Learning about the keyboard

Using the File Menu

Saving & opening, using a filename

Combining text, graphics & sounds

Creating pictures using various art tools

An introduction to Word: font, size & colour

ICT Learning links:

Manipulating text and graphics

Making a representation with pictures, words & sounds

Thinking about layout/presentation

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Techno-Intro 2

Key Skills & Activities:

Mastering the tracker pad

Using the File Menu

Further keyboard skills - shift/backspace/enter

Further skills in Word

Creating pictures using various art tools

Using ICT to improve text and clarify meaning

ICT Learning links:

Manipulating text and graphics

Creating a story with pictures, words & sounds

Creating simple computer models & simulations

Understanding that the computer can be used to represent real and imaginary situations

Page 3

Techno-Storyteller 1

Key Skills & Activities:

Creating a multimedia storybook

Learning about the importance of presentation and layout

An introduction to touch typing & further keyboard skills - using a variety of typing tutorials and games

ICT Learning links:

Using ICT to develop creative writing skills

Creating a representation of a specific scenario

Learning how to combine text, graphics & sounds to effectively communicate information

Recognising key features of layout

Page 4

Techno-Surfer

Key Skills & Activities:

Learning about the Internet and email

Using a browser - buttons, links, URLs, favourites & history

How to create mail, send & receive, add attachments

Learning basic Internet safety principles

ICT Learning links:

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Using ICT to find information and communicate it effectively

How to use appropriate search techniques to find information

Using e-mail as a means of communicating ideas

Staying safe and SMART on the Internet

Page 5

Techno-Artist

Key Skills & Activities:

Using a wide variety of art & graphics software

Learning to use different tools effectively

Creating original artwork

Recreating famous artwork

Using stamps, symmetry and repeating patterns

Expressing emotion through art

ICT Learning links:

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Using a graphics package to explore and realize ideas

Identifying ways to develop and improve work

Understanding that different techniques can be used to communicate ideas

Using the computer to create a representation of the self

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Page 6

Techno-Musician

Key Skills & Activities:

Learning about beats, notes and sound effects

Recording melodies using a wide variety of instruments

Experimenting with pitch and tempo

Using a Sequencer to program a drum beat

Composing simple songs, creating loops

Mixing a pop song: selecting samples & adjusting the volume of each track to create a soundscape

ICT Learning links:

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Using ICT to create, organise & record sounds.

Exploring various musical and sound effects

Understanding that computers can be used to select and control sounds and to combine electronic and live sounds

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Page 7

Techno-Windows Explorer

Key Skills & Activities:

Learning about Windows

How to choose a background & screensaver - and create your own!

Making and customizing your own folders

How to cut, copy & paste, delete/restore etc

Learning keyboard shortcuts - Alt F4, Ctrl S

Changing various desktop & display options

ICT Learning links:

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Personalizing your computer

Using Windows to manage files and folders

Exploring different ways to achieve outcomes

Page 8

Techno-Windows 7 Expert

Key Skills & Activities:

All about Windows 7:

Personalizing, Libraries and Search

Taskbar options, Snap and Aero

PrintScreen and the Snipping tool

Task manager and screen resolution

Using Windows Live software: Paint, Photo Gallery and Moviemaker

Advanced keyboard shortcuts

ICT Learning links:

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Personalizing your computer

Using Windows to manage files and folders

Exploring different ways to achieve outcomes

Page 9

Techno-Imagemaker

Key Skills & Activities:

Using editing tools to improve digital images

Experimenting with basic & special FX

Making a Dr. Who monster using cutting tools

Adding clipart, import/export JPegs & Bitmaps

Creating a collage and a movie poster

Learning to fix images in Windows Photo Gallery

Creating original artwork by Morphing

ICT Learning links:

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Digital editing & image manipulation

Using graphics packages to explore & realize ideas and to identify ways to develop and improve work

Learning that images can be created by combining and manipulating objects

Page 10

Techno-Designer

Key Skills & Activities:

Creating a greetings card, using custom text/borders/shading etc

Searching a database for pictures to import

Using a template to design a custom CD

Graphic modelling - working to a brief / budget

Designing your own house/garden/swimming pool

Designing a symmetrical 3D creature or a fashion collection

ICT Learning links:

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Learning about the importance of layout & presentation

Regularly reviewing work and assessing against a variety of criteria

Using a graphical model to explore alternatives and identify patterns and relationships

Page 11

Techno-Web Designer

Key Skills & Activities:

Advanced Internet, E-mail and Web Design

Designing your own Website

Adding pictures & buttons, creating links

Staying SMART on the internet - E-Safety issues

Protecting personal information

ICT Learning links:

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Things to be aware of when publishing & sharing information

How to stay safe and secure on the Internet

Recognising the features of good page layout & design

Page 12

Techno-Creator

Key Skills & Activities:

Compiling a slideshow of original art & creative writing

Using a variety of written & visual effects

Choosing a template and completing a story by adding characters, text and sounds

Making a Garfield comic (from scratch!)

Designing and customizing My Comic Life

Experimenting with templates, layout, filters, formats and text effects to indicate relative importance

ICT Learning links:

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Using a variety of graphics programs to explore and realize ideas

Experimenting with text, graphics and sounds to improve clarity and create mood

How to delete and insert text to improve readability and write for a target audience

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Page 13

Techno-Storyteller 2

Key Skills & Activities:

Creating a multimedia storybook

Utilizing a variety of written, visual and sound effects

Identifying story themes & developing narrative

Intermediate touch typing & keyboard skills

Further typing tutorials and games

ICT Learning links:

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Using ICT to organize, reorganize, develop and explore ideas

Learning how to combine text, graphics & sounds to effectively communicate information

Experimenting with ways to improve clarity and create mood

Page 14

Techno-DJ

Key Skills & Activities:

Using ICT to create and share music

Learning about music production

Experimenting with samples & song structure

Mixing & editing a Rock/Dance/Hip-Hop track

Using a virtual mixing desk, equalizer and effect studio

Creating and editing samples, exporting to various file formats

ICT Learning links:

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Using ICT to create, organise & record sounds.

Exploring various musical & sound effects

Using repeating patterns to improve song structure

Using computers to select, control and combine electronic and live sounds

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Page 15

Techno-Director

Key Skills & Activities:

Storyboarding, organising ideas

Learning about film production/editing techniques:

Trimming, scene transitions, using filters

Experimenting with narration, scrolling text, special effects & sound effects

Using a digicam to shoot (& star in!) a short film

Sequencing an animated 3D cartoon

ICT Learning links:

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Using text to improve clarity

Using music and sounds to create mood

Using visual and sound effects to realise ideas

Using the computer as a powerful editing tool

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Page 16

Techno-Professional

Key Skills & Activities:

Using Microsoft Word:

Creating and editing various documents

Experimenting with formatting options

Learning a variety of keyboard shortcuts

Further Internet safety principles:

Email & E-messaging, Stranger Danger, Your Personal Information, Social Networking rules

ICT Learning links:

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Using ICT to correct mistakes, insert pictures & organise text

Ensuring that writing is clear, well presented and free of errors

Staying safe and SMART on the Internet

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Page 17

Techno-Presenter

Key Skills & Activities:

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Learning further skills in Powerpoint and Open Office:

Creating slideshows and presentations

Inserting text, graphics, sounds, movies, and other objects.

Experimenting with formatting options and custom animations.

Presenting information clearly to an audience

ICT Learning links:

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Recognizing the features of good page design

Creating (or capturing) images & sounds and inserting them into a multimedia package

Using ICT to review work and correct mistakes

Designing pages and links which present the user with clear and concise information

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Page 18

Techno-Publisher

Key Skills & Activities:

Learning to navigate a multimedia encyclopaedia

Using menus, indexes and keywords to search for and gather information

Exporting information into Publisher, editing and using display options to create a project

Creating and editing a poster and a magazine

ICT Learning links:

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Finding and compiling information from various sources

Learning that information can be presented in many forms

Creating and editing a variety of documents using a variety of programs

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Every course has different technical objectives and projects to complete, and a certificate is awarded on completion.

Activities
Our courses are supplemented with a selection of carefully selected educational activities - which are great fun!These tasks and activities are chosen specifically to develop problem solving, lateral thinking and creative design skills. We also use 'learning games' which can help to improve literacy/numeracy etc.

Make a pop song
Fashion Design
Program a robot
Make Crazy machines!
Make a film!
Apple iPad
Image manipulation
Experiment with sounds
Travel back in time
Photo editing
Finding Information
Keyboard skills
Internet Safety
Explore Africa
Design a garden
Defeat enemies with Words!
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Play & Learn !

Activities

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Space Attack!
Barnaby's tree.jpg
Cool Patterns
Jake's monster.jpg
Lisa!.gif
Incredible Collage.jpg
Homer.jpg
BARRAKI creeps from the deep.PNG
Bobin And Iris poster.jpg

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Here you can see a selection of work by past and present Technokids!

Space Attack!
Barnaby's tree.jpg
Cool Patterns
Jake's monster.jpg
Lisa!.gif
Incredible Collage.jpg
Homer.jpg
BARRAKI creeps from the deep.PNG
Bobin And Iris poster.jpg

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Gallery 2

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!Rock Out!.mp3

Luca.mp3

Classic funk.mp3

Natalia one.mp3

Nurseries

Nurseries
We know how difficult it is for nurseries to afford the latest computer hardware and software for their children, let alone staff trained in how to use them. That's why we’ve developed our Technokids Nursery Program - using a special selection of software designed for pre-school children aged 3-5.Curriculum:Our sessions are designed to focus children’s natural curiosity and encourage them to discover computers as instruments of wonder, fun and learning. Over the course of a term they will use a wide range of carefully selected software to develop a variety of thinking skills.They will be introduced to all the basics of computing, from the simplest mouse and keyboard skills through to the concepts of saving and printing. We aim to channel their natural enthusiasm with tasks that are tailored to their age and ability, and to encourage them to explore and master the world of computers.A visit from the Technokids team is a great way of demonstrating to parents your nursery’s commitment to providing a high quality and up-to-date environment. Please call the Technokids office for further information.

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We bring our computers (up to 10 laptops) to your nursery.

We run sessions using a wide selection of the best children's software available - specially designed for the Early Years Foundation Stage.

We can teach groups with one child per laptop, or larger groups working in pairs, according to your preference.

Our weekly lesson times can be flexible to fit within the school routine. Lessons normally last for 30 minutes and we can run several sessions back to back.

All of our teachers are fully trained, hold an Enhanced CRB (Police) check and a Child Protection Certificate.

Making choices!

Sorting and Classification!

Spatial reasoning!

Play and Learn!

Knowledge of the world!

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Contact Us

We'd love to hear from you

Hello! We run extra-curricular computer clubs for children in primary schools all over London. We also provide tuition in Nursery schools and Montessori's!
If you would like your child to join Technokids please complete the application form (link below) and send it to us, or call 020 8977 6768.
Application Form 09.pdf
CourseSummary2011.pdf

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