This programme is specially designed to make learning about computers fun. At the same time, it teaches the basic thinking approaches that will help in programming, troubleshooting, etc.

All the lessons are told in the form of a story of an alien landing on Earth. The alien is used as a symbol of technology.

Lesson One: Introduces the child to what a computer actually is made of.

Lesson Two: Gets the child to start operating the computer and teaches safety measures.

Lesson Three: Begins to let the child use the computer to print and navigate through the virtual environments.

Lesson Four: Gets a bit more challenging as the child needs to send an email and gets his or her touch of the Internet.

Lesson Five: Focuses on Social Media, its good, its bad and ugly side. Online safety is taught thoroughly.

Lesson Six: This is the advanced part of the course. It gets the child to start to think in terms of programming logic.


About the instructor

SOHOX INSTRUCTORS

SOHO Foundation

SOHOX provides pre-service and in-service teacher training for a group of SOHOX Instructors that can be assigned to their respective courses based on experience and expertise.

Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Lesson One: ITI the Alien

    • Say Hello! to ITI the Alien!

    • The Ship's Computer is Broken

    • Parts of a Computer

    • Brain of the Computer

    • Helpful Helpers

    • More Helpful Helpers

    • What does the Beep! mean?

    • Final Check before Launch!

    • Navigate the Stars!
  • 2

    Lesson Two: Iti's Home Planet.

    • ITI is Back!

    • Iti's Planet.

    • Dying Planet

    • Use Computers Wisely and Healthily.

    • Safety Tips for Computer Use

    • Clues to the Safety Quiz.
  • 3

    Lesson Three: Iti Call Home.

    • Calling Long-Distance.

    • Controlling the Computer.

    • Keeping the Desktop Tidy.

    • Writing an Email.
  • 4

    Lesson Four: ITI is Missing!

    • Where is Iti?

    • Iti is Found at last!
  • 5

    Lesson Five: Iti Makes Friends!

    • Safety on the Internet!

    • Friends and Foes: Dangers of Social Media

    • Safety First Online!
  • 6

    Lesson Six: Iti's New Friend.

    • Lesson Six: A New Friend.

    • Controlling the Robot.