A part of ICT children will be exposed to in KS2 is digital devices. These are pieces of technology that are used with computers, such as printers or keyboards, and the understanding of these that children have already will be reinforced. They will also be introduced to some digital devices they may not yet be familiar with.
Digital devices are pieces of hardware for computers and include any technology which can understand binary code - in other words, digital devices speak the same language as computers. There are many different digital devices: monitors, microphones, speakers, cameras, scanners etc. All of these pieces of technology are digital devices. You will probably have used many of these in the classroom or at home.
How much do you know about the devices that are used with our computers? Test yourself in this quiz.
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'Hard copy' is often used as another way of saying 'printout'
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Repeatedly pressing the 'print' button doesn't fix the problem, but does waste ink when the printer is working again
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Although a camera could slightly magnify an image by zooming, it could not show a detailed image of a sugar crystal
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Mobile phones, digital cameras, video game consoles, MP3s and laptops use memory cards to store data
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Cameras can catch still images but camcorders can capture moving ones
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'Input' means 'to enter data'
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A keyboard is an input device - you use it to put information into a computer
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You can enter data into, and display data on, a touchscreen device or interactive whiteboard
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USB stands for Universal Serial Bus and it is the standard connector for computers
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Scanners are used to make digital versions of real life pictures, photos or text
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