I intend to produce a piece of software to enable young children to establish the basic computer skills as a foundation to there IT learning - I shall do this by having two separate learning games, Mouse Movement and Keyboard Skills.

... Advanced Higher Computing Project ASHLEY ELIZABETH McLEOD BELMONT ACADEMY, AYR 981867807 Project Proposal What is the background to the project? Young children are encouraged in early primary school years to learn simple mathematic and language skills on a computer. Although prior to this learning they have no previous experience of computing skills. Young children of Pre-School age should be able to use a computer system, but are not given the opportunity to learn the basic skills. Therefore core learning is held back in latter years due to unsatisfactory IT learning in the early stages. What is the nature and extent of the project? I intend to produce a piece of software to enable young children to establish the basic computer skills as a foundation to there IT learning. I shall do this by having two separate learning games, Mouse Movement and Keyboard Skills. In Mouse Movement, the aim is to begin the process of practising using the mouse. My

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