Easter 2023 computer camps – Dundrum

Easter computer skills camps 

Touch typing
Touch typing

Easter computer camps are available in Dundrum for those students who want to improve their computer skills. The course runs over the Easter period for three hours per day. The emphasis is teaching your child the fundamental skill of touch typing along with other appropriate computer skills appropriate to their age that will help them with school homework or projects.

This year we have two levels:

  • Level 1 – 8 – 12 years old (Primary school)
  • Level 2 – 13 – 18 years old (Secondary school)
Level 1 – Computer skills camps for children

Level 1 Computer course is suitable for 8 – 12 years old (Primary school)  and offers the following:

  • Typing – the first hour of the course is dedicated to learning how to touch type.
  • Email fundamentals – Compose, reply, and forward messages and add attachments.
  • Word Processing – introduction to word processing, creating letters, spell checking
  • Presentation slides – create, animate, insert images, change fonts
  • Uploading, editing, and cropping pictures on the PC.
  • Creating their own online comic book.
  • Creating their own avatar and character
  • Creating their own birthday cards.
  • Creating their own Picture collages.
  • Cloud storage – storing documents on the internet.
  • 3D Animation code image design
  • And much more…
Level 2 – Computer skills camps for teens

Level 2 Computer course is suitable for 13 – 18 years old (Secondary school)  and offers the following:

  • Typing – the first hour of the course is dedicated to learning how to touch type.
  • Email fundamentals – setting up and using email correctly. Compose, reply, and forward messages and add attachments. Sending business emails.
  • Word Processing – Intermediate word exercises, creating tables, borders etc. 
  • Presentation slides – create, animate, insert images, change fonts
  • Spreadsheet – creating, add function, minus function, sum function
  • File management – creating folders and sub-folders, copying documents, renaming documents
  • Cloud storage – storing documents on the internet.
  • Uploading, editing and cropping pictures on the PC.
  • Creating their own online comic book.
  • Creating their own avatar and character
  • Creating their own Picture collages.
  • 3D Animation code image design

We are taking now bookings for our Easter computer camps 2023. Places are limited so early booking is advised. To book go to https://searsol.com/computercamps/ 

 

What computer skills should your child learn over the Summer months of 2016?

Computer skills

With the increasing array of computer options available to children – PC, laptop, tablet and smartphones. Children are been exposed to the wonders of technology at an increasing rate and at an earlier age. What computer skills should a child be learning over the summer months of 2016 to stay ahead of the learning curve?

Touch Typing

To be able to touch type with speeds of up to 40 word per minute can give you child a brilliant life skill no matter what device they will use in the future. Touch typing is one of these skills that may not be considered vital to a student. But as they work with computers for the rest of their lives, to be able to touch type correctly and with speed can save them time.

Email

Email is still the biggest channel of communication for everyone, even greater than social media. Students should be learning the basics of email such as how to create, reply, forward, and attachments. Email is still vital for students to learn and operate in today’s modern society because businesses still engage most of their communication via email.

Coding

All children should be introduced to the concept of coding.  The logic that they learn from coding can be applied in various situations of life such as mathematics, computers, economics, and finance. By learning how to code, a child improves the skill range and helps them improve their job prospects in later life.

Cloud Computing

We are only beginning to understand the capabilities of cloud computing. Cloud computing is defined as deploying groups of remote servers and software networks that allow centralized data storage and online access to computer services or resources.

In essence, we no longer need to stored out computer files (documents, music, pictures etc) on local devices hard drive but can be accessed from centralised storage area, the “cloud”. We can use multiple devices to access the documents and can update these where ever we have an internet connection and device. This is a major change we have worked with computers and it will lead to great efficiency for everyone.

 

Web-based application v’s computer applications

Traditionally students used a Pc or laptop as their main computing device. They installed applications and used them to update their work. But with the development of the internet and cloud computing. The move is now to use the internet as the go-to option to update documents or use applications. Where traditionally students would have used Microsoft Office for created documents, spreadsheets etc. Now the move is to use online resources instead such as Google Drive or Microsoft Office 365. Students are now arranging their lives online so the skills they need to learn is using web-based application as opposed to computer applications.

 

These are computer skills that will help your child to stay ahead of the learning curve with computers. If you are interested in helping to develop your child’s skills, why not book them into one of the computer camps over Summer 2016. More details of Searsol’s Computer camps are available by clicking on the following link.

What should a child be learning over the Summer of 2015?

Computer skills

With the increasing array of computers options available to children – PC, laptop, tablet and smartphones. Children are been exposed to the wonders of technology at increasing rate and at earlier age. But computer skills should a child be learning in 2015 to stay ahead of the learning curve?

 

Cloud Computing

We are only beginning to understand the capabilities of cloud computing. Cloud computing is defined as deploying groups of remote servers and software networks that allow centralized data storage and online access to computer services or resources. (Wikipedia). But what does that mean to us a computer users? Well in essence we no longer need to stored out computer files (documents, music, pictures etc) on local devices hard drive but can be accessed from centralised storage area, the “cloud”. We can use multiple devices to access the documents and can update these where ever we have internet connection and device. This is a major change we have worked with computers and it will lead to great efficiency for everyone.

 

Web based application v’s computer applications

Traditionally students used a Pc or laptop as their main computing device. They installed applications and used them to update their work. But with the development of the internet and cloud computing. The move is now to use the internet as the go to option to update documents or use applications. Where traditionally students would have used Microsoft Office for created documents, spreadsheets etc. Now the move is to use online resources instead such as Google Drive or Microsoft Office 365. Students are now arranging their lives online so the skills the need to learn is using web based application as opposed to computer applications.

 

Email

Email is still the biggest channel of communication for everyone, even greater than social media. Students should be learning the basics of email such as how to create, reply, forward and attachments. Email is still vital for students to learn and operate in today’s modern society because business still engage most of their communication via email.

 

Touch Typing

To be able to touch type with speeds of upto 40 word per minute can give you child a brilliant life skill no matter what device they will use in the future. Touch typing is one of these skills that may not be considered vital to a student. But as they work with computers for the rest of their lives, to be able to touch type correctly and with speed can save them time.


These are some computer skills that will help you child to stay ahead of the learning curve with computers. If you are interested in helping to develop your child skills, why not book them into one of computers camps over the Summer 2015. More details of Searsol’s Computer camps are available by clicking on the following link.

What essential computer skills should your child learn to stay ahead of the curve?

Computer skills

What essential computer skills should your child learn to stay ahead of the curve?

 

With the increasing array of computer options available to children – PC, laptop, tablet, and smartphones. Children are been exposed to the wonders of technology at an increasing rate and at an earlier age. But computer skills should a child be learning to stay ahead of the learning curve?

 

Cloud Computing

We are only beginning to understand the capabilities of cloud computing. Cloud computing is defined as deploying groups of remote servers and software networks that allow centralized data storage and online access to computer services or resources. (Wikipedia). But what does that mean to us, computer users? Well, in essence, we no longer need to store our computer files (documents, music, pictures, etc) on local devices hard drive but can be accessed from centralised storage area, the “cloud”. We can use multiple devices to access the documents and can update these where ever we have an internet connection and device. This is a major change we have worked with computers and it will lead to great efficiency for everyone.

 

Web-based application v’s computer applications

Traditionally students used a Pc or laptop as their main computing device. They installed applications and used them to update their work. But with the development of the internet and cloud computing. The move is now to use the internet as the go-to option to update documents or use applications. Where traditionally students would have used Microsoft Office for created documents, spreadsheets etc. Now the move is to use online resources instead such as Google Drive or Microsoft Office 365. Students are now arranging their lives online so the skills they need to learn is using web-based application as opposed to computer applications.

 

Email

Email is still the biggest channel of communication for everyone, even greater than social media. Students should be learning the basics of email such as how to create, reply, forward, and attachments. Email is still vital for students to learn and operate in today’s modern society because businesses still engages most of their communication via email.

 

Touch Typing

To be able to touch type with speeds of up to 40 word per minute can give you child a brilliant life skill no matter what device they will use in the future. Touch typing is one of these skills that may not be considered vital to a student. But as they work with computers for the rest of their lives, to be able to touch type correctly and with speed can save them time.


These are some computer skills that will help your child to stay ahead of the learning curve with computers. If you are interested in helping to develop your child’s skills, why not book them into one of the computer camps over Easter or Summer. More details of Searsol’s Computer camps are available by clicking on the following link.