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Understand How Computers Help People in Daily Life

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Learning Objectives

  • 1Name ways that computers help people
  • 2Match each computer task to its real-life example
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Mini Lesson

Computers are tools — and tools are made to help us do jobs more easily. A computer can help you learn, talk to people far away, find information, and create things!

Computers help us communicate

  • You can video call someone who lives far away.
  • Example: calling grandma on a tablet so you can see her face.
  • You can send a message or a drawing to a friend.

Computers help us learn and find information

  • A search engine lets you look up any question you have.
  • Learning apps can teach you math facts, spelling, and more — at your own pace.

Computers help us create and work

  • You can write a story, draw a picture, or make a card using a computer.
  • Grown-ups use computers at work to write reports, read plans, and solve problems.
Four ways computers help peopleA laptop in the center with four labeled bubbles pointing outward: Communicate, Learn, Create, and Work.Commu-nicateLearn &ExploreCreatethingsHelpus work
A laptop in the center connected to four bubbles showing what computers help us do: communicate, learn, create, and work.
Computer tasks matched to real-life purposesThree rows, each showing a computer task on the left connected by an arrow to its real-life purpose on the right.Computer task to Real-life purposeVideo call app(on tablet)Talk to family far awaySearch engine(on computer)Look up any questionDrawing app(on tablet)Make a digital pictureEach computer task helps a person do a real job!
Three computer tasks — video call app, search engine, and drawing app — each matched to the real-life job it helps a person do.
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Ask yourself: "What job does this computer task help a person do? Could I do that job without a computer?

Vocabulary
Computer
A machine that helps people do jobs like writing, learning, or talking to otherse.g. I used a computer to write a letter to my grandma.
Tablet
A flat computer with a touch screen you can hold in your handse.g. We watched a learning video on the tablet.
Search engine
A computer tool that helps you look up answers to questionse.g. I used a search engine to find a picture of a tiger.
Video call
A phone call where you can see the other person on a screene.g. We had a video call with my cousin who lives far away.
App
A small program on a phone, tablet, or computer that does one jobe.g. My favorite drawing app has a big red brush.
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