Technology Skills for Kids: Technology Basics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9798348270032)

This is book #3 in a series of picture books created to help children make productive use of their computers and other devices while enjoying positive collaborations.

The importance of focus and methodical procedure are emphasized in each book.

Critical thinking examples are included in each book.

The original illustrations in the Technology Skills for Kids picture books were sensitively but also whimsically rendered by artists from all over the world (No AI was used.)

Topics in this book include...

• Interacting with graphical user interfaces (which are discussed in book #2)
• "Technology workers" (keyboard, mouse and finger)
• The screen arrow is a point of focus.
• It pays to be visual during technology use.
• Interacting with a GUI can have a good-for-nothing outcome if we are careless.
• Selecting text and files
• Workflow introduction
• Touch screen (and trackpad) gestures
• Context matters
• More than just typing, it is keyboarding!

Quiz and Activity

Each of the Technology Skills for Kids picture books has an accompanying quiz and activity (with answer keys).

About the Author

Michael Gorzka (aka "Tech Wizard Mike") has been teaching adults and children how to use the various devices and the Internet since 1997.