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Tech for Connectivity

A free virtual live lesson for students aged 7 to 11 years old on 11 December highlighting how technology is used to enable us to communicate online, and what careers are available.

Tech for Connectivity

Technology is prevalent across every aspect of our lives today and will continue to play an even more significant role in the careers and personal lives of future generations. A vast majority of your students will work in a job that doesn't exist yet.

Join this Tech We Can LIVE lesson on Wednesday 11 December at 11am to help your students understand the history behind the internet and how technology is used to enable us to communicate online.

Led by Tech She Can Teacher, Poppy, this will be a 50-minute interactive session where the students will be guided to complete paper based tasks and partner discussions - they therefore need to be based at a table with a piece of paper and pen/pencil.

Poppy will also explore the many different ways we can connect to the internet and, throughout the lesson, she will highlight lots of related technology careers which students could pursue in the future. 

The content is ideal in the classroom environment or from home.

Learning outcomes

  • Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects

  • Learning what the engineering workplace is like

  • Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers

  • Challenge stereotypes by showing the diversity of disciplines, people and skills involved in engineering

Topics

  • Electricity
  • Computing

Working scientifically

Whichever curriculum your school follows, pupils should have the opportunity to carry out practical investigations in science that help them to develop their scientific skills. This experience builds the following enquiry skills:

  • Asking questions

Essential skills

The essential skills every young person needs to succeed in education and their future career. Find out more at the Skills Builder Partnership. This experience builds the following skills:

  • Aiming high - the ability to set clear, tangible goals and devise a robust route to achieving them.

  • Creativity - the use of imagination and the generation of new ideas.

  • Listening - the ability to listen and understand information.

Good for a career in...

  • Computing
  • Electronics
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