Lesson video

This is unit one, Computing systems and networks communication.

It is lesson five of six, how we communicate.

For this lesson, you will need an understanding of the word communication.

If you're going to be using an internet connected device to access websites, please make sure you do so with supervision from a parent or guardian.

Hello, everyone.

My name is Jane Adamson and I'm your computing teacher.

I'm really looking forward to teaching your lesson.

To prepare, you will need something to write with, something to write on and an internet connected device.

Please take a moment before you start to clear away any distractions, including turning off any notification on apps so you can focus.

Try to find a quiet space where you can work without disruption during the lesson.

At any point, you can pause the video when you need to.

Okay, let's get started.

Lesson five, how we communicate.

In this lesson, you will recognise how we communicate using technology, explain the different ways in which people communicate using technology, identify that there are a variety of ways of communicating over the internet and choose methods of communication to suit particular purposes.

The key vocabulary that you will be covering is communication and internet.

What is communication? Communication is sharing or exchanging information by speaking, writing, or using another medium.

Let's look at different ways of how to communicate.

Simple messages.

There are different ways to communicate a simple message.

For example, how do we communicate the word yes? I can say yes in writing.

I could use the symbols, such as a tick.

I can use gestures, body language, by nodding.

I can speak verbally the word yes, or I could signal by giving a thumbs up.

Think of as many different ways as possible to convey these messages.

No.

I'm happy.

And I don't know.

Pause the video while you think of this.

Resume when you have completed the three messages.

For each of these messages, did you think of putting the message across in writing, using a symbol, a gesture, speaking and signalling? So to communicate the word no, you could do this in writing, by writing the word no, using a cross symbol, shaking your head, speaking the word no, or putting your thumb down.

To communicate I'm happy, you could write the word I'm happy, you could draw a happy face as a symbol, you could smile as a gesture, you could speak and say the word I'm happy.

And for signalling, you could put your thumbs up.

To communicate I don't know, you could write the word I don't know.

For the symbol, you could draw the symbol of a shrug, someone shrugging their shoulders.

The gesture should show a quizzical look with your face.

You could speak the word I don't know.

And finally, for signalling, you could use your thumb sticking out to the right or left and shake it up and down.

You thought about different ways of communicating a simple message.

How many of the words you thought of all work if you weren't in the same room as that person? What can help us to do this? If you weren't in the same room, you could use the internet, which is a huge web of people that are connected together.

Communicating using the internet.

Can you communicate using the internet? Think about all the different ways that your family and friends communicate, create a list of all the ways of communication that you can think of.

Pause the video and resume once you have completed your list.

How did you get on? Did you come up with instant messaging, video, audio call, email and blog? Did you have any more in your list? How can we communicate? We have some scenarios, let's go through them.

Make arrangements to meet friends, talk to a friend or relative in another country, share pictures of a family holiday or a special occasion, advertise a school event, for example, a play or a disco, wish someone a happy birthday, publish a story that you have written.

So you're going to use these scenarios to complete task one.

Task one, choosing how to communicate.

Use the list below to help complete the table.

Choose the communication method for each scenario that we've just talked through.

The choices are instant messaging, video, audio call, email, or blog.

For the first scenario, make arrangements to meet friends, the method you would choose would be instant messaging.

Why? It's real time and you can make changes quickly.

It's now your turn to complete task one, choosing how to communicate.

Go through each of the scenarios, deciding which method of internet communication you would use, and also explain why you would choose it.

Complete the worksheet for activity one, pause the video to complete your task and resume once you're finished.

How was task one, choosing how to communicate? Let's go through some of the suggested answers.

We'll start with the second scenario, which is sharing pictures of a family holiday or special occasion.

Which method would you choose? Well, you would choose email or instant messaging.

Why would you choose that method? The communication goes direct to the person and it is kept private.

The third scenario, wish someone a happy birthday.

You would choose instant messaging.

Why? It's in real time and you can send pictures or images.

For the scenario, talk to a friend or relative in another country, you would choose video chat.

Why? Well, it's in real time, it helps keep connections with people who live far away.

The next scenario, advertise a school event, for example, a school play or a disco, which method would you choose? Well, you would choose email, newsletter or instant message.

Why would you choose those methods? For all of these methods, it's free and quick, it's easy to go back and reference something, it's paperless, if you're using the internet, it's in real time, so changes can be sent out quickly.

Well, I hope your answers are similar to the suggested answers here that we've just gone through.

Pause the video to check.

Thank you and good effort.

It would be great if you could share your work, I'd really like it if you could take some photos of what you've done and share it so that I can see online what you've done.

Ask a parent or guardian permission, perhaps share it on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, making sure that you tag @OakNational, and #LearnwithOak.

Good job, everyone, well done.