Activity: The computer can teach us something! |
Category: AV-Media, Computers |
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Where: a room apart,
explorer’s lab |
How long: approx. 45
minutes |
What: Getting to know
the CD-Rom “Löwenzahn (Dandelion)” |
Preparation: Material:
Computer, loudspeakers, CD-Rom “Löwenzahn” („Dandelion, Stories from nature,
environment and technology”) |
Steps: The nursery
school teacher meets the children at the computer in the explorer’s lab. What
do we have to do if we want to work at the computer? A child boots the computer
and explains what he or she is doing. The nursery school teacher
shows the children the CD-Rom „Dandelion“ that she has brought along. Some
new things are to be seen, for example how a mole digs a tunnel. A child
inserts the CD-Rom and explains what he or she is doing. The “Dandelion”
program starts. The children look at the opening page that shows Peter
Lustig’s site trailer. By clicking on different items more pages open up
where you can also use the left mouse button and find more information by
clicking on different items or animals like the mole. By clicking on different items
the children try out what happens. They take turns and open different pages. They
describe what they see and make Peter Lustig answer various questions by
clicking on him. Where do we see how the
mole digs its tunnel? The children find the right
page by trial and error. After clicking on the photo “mole in the dirt“ they
see a short film about a mole digging a tunnel while Peter Lustig explains
its working method. The children discover
further pages. How can we leave the site
trailer and the game? The children click on the
door of the trailer and exit the game. A child takes out the CD-Rom and shuts
the computer down before he or she switches it off. The children describe how
the mole builds a tunnel, recall and retell what they have seen. |
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Background
information: Boot the PC,
start CD-Rom like before. Game „Löwenzahn“: follow
the announcer’s instructions. By clicking on different symbols more pages and
different programs open up. Exit the game: follow the
instructions, click on the roof of the site trailer, shut down PC as before |
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