Digital Skills
Digital Mindedness and 4IR Readiness
Teach Computational Thinking to Your Children
With these activities, we lead you through how to instill the key mindsets for coding and computing to your children.
- STEM Family -
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10 Unplugged Activities to Teach Computing at Home With Everyday Household Objects
We’re here to support parents who loves computer science with our variety of ‘unplugged’ playful computing activities that use everyday household objects, so grab the playdough and dust off that jigsaw!
- Laura Martin, Comms & Programme Manager -
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CS Unplugged @ Home
This is a collection of fun and engaging activities that enable children to explore fundamental ideas in Computer Science, without having to use a computer.
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Media Balance and Well-Being
Parents and caregivers love that kids can learn on the go (and stay busy when dinner's cooking). But it's easy to get distracted from homework when the phone never stops pinging and the next episode plays automatically.
Common Sense Education shares various resources that help families keep media and tech use in check.
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Learning Computer Science at Home
Learning computer concepts during the COVID-19 quarantine.
Thunkable shares various educational resources that teach computer science concepts through block-based coding. Tutorials consist of beginners, intermediate and advanced level!
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Helping Kids Be Safe, Confident Explorers of the Online World
To make the most of the Internet, kids need to be prepared to make smart decisions. Be Internet Awesome teaches kids the fundamentals of digital citizenship and safety so they can explore the online world with confidence.
- Google -
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10 Resources to Teach Your Kid to Code
Kids are growing up with computer skills as second nature, which is why some are emphasizing that importance of teaching coding for kids. Here are 10 resources to encourage your child to learn to code.
- Sarah White, Monster contributor -
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10 Best AI Movies and Documentaries for Kids and Teens
These AI-based movies are best watched with parents so they can give a better understanding of the subject topic and to encourage further discussion after the movie ends. This will help kids give closure to what they see and understand.
- Agilo Research Pvt. Ltd. -
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Create Your Own Music, Animated Drawings, and Videos in iPad
Join Ts Dr. Muhammad Helmi Norman for a 80-minute workshop, where you will learn how to create your self composed remix using Live Loops and your very own instrumental song cover using Smart Guitar in GarageBand. Besides, you will also learn how to create animated drawings using Keynote, a green screen video with effects using iMovie, and a fun video with text and various filters and effects using Clips.
- R.E.A.L Education Group -
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18 Fun Family Activity Ideas Combining Technology and Family Time
If technology is supposed to enhance the quality of our lives, let’s teach children how to use technology to enhance the quality of our family time, too.
Need some ideas on how to do this? Here are 18 of them…
- ParentingDigital -
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30 Creative Activities for Kids
Explore 30 fun, constructive, and creative activities to do with built-in features of iPad (you can also use an iPhone). Designed for children in grades PK–2, these activities can easily be tailored for the whole family.
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GarageBand Chords: How Smart Instruments Helped My Kids Grasp Music Theory
There are many different ways to use Smart Instruments as a part of music instruction. With GarageBand Smart Instruments, children can play chord progressions, practice rhythms, and compose.
- Sarah Joncas @ Midnight Music -
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Unleashing Creativity and Innovation Through The Use of Keynote, iMovie, and AR Makr
Join Associate Professor Dr. Azma Putra for a 90-minute workshop, where you will learn how to draw a perfect self portrait using Keynote, a green screen video using iMovie, and a story telling scene using AR Makr.
- R.E.A.L Education Group -
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Unleashing Creativity and Innovation Through The Use of Keynote, GarageBand, iMovie, and AR Makr
Check out a live demo by Associate Professor Dr. Azma Putra on how to create an animated self portrait using Keynote, a lively green screen video using Live Loops in GarageBand and iMovie, and to bring AR characters into real life using AR Makr.
- R.E.A.L Education Group -
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#ScratchAtHome
#ScratchAtHome provides children, families, and educators with ideas for engaging in creative learning activities using the free Scratch coding environment.
- Scratch in Practice -
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SMART PARENTING: Embracing esports
So what can parents do to address this new phenomenon? It’s a tough choice because not everyone will be an e-sports champion and win thousands of dollars. For most players, they may end up wasting precious time which could have been used in better ways. But since e-sports is here to stay, let’s look at its pro and cons.
- Zaid Mohamad -
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Importance Of Coding Skills
Think your kids are too young to learn to code? Think again. Some educators and experts are calling coding the “New Literacy” – a subject so important that every child needs to know the basics to excel in our rapidly changing world.
Four and five-year-olds can learn the foundations of coding and computer commands before they can even write and spell words.
- SY Goh -
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Why Kids Should Code and How You Can Learn With Them
Read on to find out how you can ignite your child's pursuit in learning digital technology and how to make it easy, fun, and an activity for the whole family.
- The Asian Parent Malaysia -
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How Do You Prepare Your Child to Thrive in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
While we don’t know exactly how the big changes in data, pattern recognition, and automation will play out for each type of job, it is safe to say that every job in the future will have a technological component.
- Firetech -
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Prepare Your Child With Knowledge On Technology
To prepare the younger generation, the government is looking into introducing a Technology subject as part of the education syllabus. The subject is to ensure that young students will be sufficiently armed with the necessary knowledge and advanced technology in the digital industry.
- Xiang Jing -
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Cyberbullying: What Every Parent Should Know
While you can’t control every aspect of technology, below are some ideas that can help combat cyberbullying.
- Joan Munson, PhD -
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The Pitfalls of Being an Influencer: What Parents Should Know and Do
Does your child dream of becoming a YouTube or Instagram celebrity? The influencer lifestyle is not as picture-perfect as it may seem.
- ESET -
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Is Your Child Planning to Become a Technopreneur? Here’s Everything You Should Know
Did you know? Technopreneurship is not just about technology. So, what exactly to be a technopreneur? And how can your child be one? Let’s find out.
- Dr Apoorva Ranjan Sharma -
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5 Tips to Help Kids Build Online Digital Literacy Skills
Today’s students are surrounded by technology; an ever-evolving new frontier that is part of their daily lives now and will continue to be during college and their careers. Because of this, students must develop digital literacy skills.
- Jocelyn Chadwick and John Grassie -
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Learn Computer Science at Home
Looking for something to do while the kids are at home? Try one of the many excellent options on code.org/athome.
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