Talking Technology

This week the children have enjoyed exploring the computers and talking about the different technology they have in their homes. Some children then created their own types of technology to use in their play such as laptops, computers and mobile phones. 

We had a look at what the different types of technology looked like a long time ago and compared them to what they look like now. We looked at a Victorian telephone (where you had to use both hands, turn a dial and there was no such thing as a touch screen!), we then looked at the first computer made and the first mobile phone from back in the 1970's (one child said it looked like a giant walkie talkie!). After, we compared them to how they look now and how they have changed over the years. 

The children then thought about how they would make their own mobile phones, laptops and computers. They worked together to cut card to the shape that they wanted, created marks for buttons, screens and apps and also thought about how to join the mouse to their computers using a hole punch and string.