Understanding+Day+9


 * = **Path Statements** ||
 * **Unit EQ:*** **How do computers make students or employees more productive.** ||
 * **LEQ:**
 * When you save a file, where does it go? How does the computer organize files? ||
 * **Activating Strategies:**
 * using dictionary.com look up the definition of a path statement. ||
 * **Acceleration/Previewing/Vocabulary:**
 * Path statement, extension, folder, root directory ||
 * **Teaching Strategies and Distributed Guided Practice/Summarizing Prompts:**
 * Path Statement Worksheet [[file:Path statement example.bmp]]

File management. Using **__My Computer__** you can manage the files on your system. The are organized in a hierarchy from broad to specific like the roots of a tree.
 * Folders: are a metaphor for file organization. The digital file system is based on a filing cabinet that everyone has experience with. A folder is a container that helps you to organize your files. Every file on your computer is stored in a folder, and folders can also hold other folders. Folders are sections of a storage devices memory that are used to organize files into categories. Each new folder is separated by a \ in a path statement.


 * File names cannot contain the following characters: \ / : * ? " < > |.


 * Extensions : are 3 or 4 letters added after a period at the end of a file name. They are usually invisible.
 * [|Extensions] tell the computer what Icon to use.
 * Extensions tell the computer what program to load the file into.


 * Drives : The drive something is located on is called the root directory. Drives are given letters to represent them.
 * C:\ is hard drive
 * D:\ is usually a CDROM or DVD.
 * Letters are assigned as new drives are installed. Like when you plug in a USB Key (install key now)
 * Drive letters are the beginning or "root directory" of a path statement ||
 * **Summarizing Strategies:** ||