Understanding+_computers

Day 1: Parts of a computer Tim, Journey Inside the Computer (Input, process, output) Day 2: Jouney Inside Computer: "How micropocessors work" "What is Binary Information" Day 3: Parts inside computer lab. Day 4: Journey Inside Computer: "How transistors work." Tansistor Lab. Day 5: Understanding an Operating System Day 6: Understand Operating System, Day 2 Day 7: Desktop Lab with Moodle Quiz #3 Day 8: Path statement lesson Day 9: Lab on file management(File movement) Day 10: File type manipulation Lab (compatibility) Moodle#4 Day 11: LAN lesson Day 12: WAN Internet - visualroute.com Day 13: Peter Packet -Lab MoodleQuiz#5 Day 14: Moodle Test unit 1
 * Understanding computers 3 Weeks** (15 days)


 * Alternative Unit Plan:**

Day 2: Computer History

A. History of Computers B. Understanding the parts of a computer using:
 * Mechanical
 * abacus, pascaline, slide rule
 * Analog
 * astrolabe, gear trains, slide rule
 * Digital
 * ENIAC
 * Input
 * keyboard, mouse, scanner, microphone, touch pad, light pen, joystick, digital camera, video camera, game controller.
 * memory
 * RAM, ROM, Removable drive; (CDROM, DVD, floppy), Hardrive (internal, external, network), flash drives, portable; (SD, compact flash, memory stick}
 * processer
 * Fetch, Decode, Execute
 * output / deliver information
 * monitor, printer, speakers, CNC

C. Digital Information
 * Digitial vs Analog
 * Analog, varying voltages, volumes, rotations
 * uses dials for output - clock with hands
 * Digital - Digit means #
 * divided up into specific increments and assigned #s - Digital clock
 * Binary Code
 * Bits zeros and ones
 * Pixels and Binary
 * Binary Numbers

D. Microprocessors:
 * Fetch, Decode, Execute
 * Scale of Transistors
 * How Microprocessors are Made

E. How the operating system works
 * What is an operating system
 * Windows Environment, MAC OS,
 * 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP, Vista, next...?
 * Desktop
 * icons, taskbar, quicklaunch bar, system tray
 * Where is the desktop? Folder in documents and settings
 * Startmenu
 * what is available in the startmenu
 * control panel
 * help
 * shortcuts
 * editing and organizing the startmenu
 * right and left click
 * Menu bar (Transferrable skills)
 * File
 * Edit
 * View
 * Insert
 * Format
 * Tools
 * Window
 * Help

F. File management
 * File names
 * Extensions
 * Drives
 * Folders

G. Networking
 * Peer to peer
 * Hubs and Switches

H. Internet
 * RSS? (from Digital Citizenship Unit?)
 * Information Management
 * Servers
 * Routers

__Possible Resources__ __Intel Video__ "Jouney Inside the Computer" http://www.intel.com/education/journey/ History or computers http://www.thocp.net/ Binary calculator, http://mistupid.com/computers/binaryconv.htm File extensions, http://mistupid.com/computers/filetypes.htm 4 parts of a PC http://educate.intel.com/discover/JourneyInside/TJI_Intro_lesson2_1/default.aspx