Understanding+Day+7

Day #7 Windows operating system literacy || Have students start Microsoft Word. Do not tell them how. Ask about where the found the icon and how if it can be done redondently with other methods. || Count off by three. Think pair share a description for an assigned menu item in Microsoft Word. || Desktop - space you work on Shortcuts - Icons that take you to programs Start menu - get to program list Task bar - gray bar on bottom shows what is running. Quick launch holds shortcuts on taskbar System tray- shows things that run in background Operating System - software like Windows that helps computer communicate with you. Minimize - put on task bar Maximize - fill screen Resize - let me change size Help - lets you search for answers Multitask - use more than one program (alt-tab) || Ticket out the door. Write an answer to the lesson essential question in your notebook. ||
 * = **LFS Lesson Plan**
 * **Unit EQ: How does a computer make a student or employee more productive?** ||
 * **LEQ: What is the difference between the "Operating System" and the other "Programs" on the computer?** ||
 * **Activating Strategies:**
 * **Acceleration/Previewing/Vocabulary:**
 * **Teaching Strategies and Distributed Guided Practice/Summarizing Prompts:***
 * Start Menu
 * what is available in the startmenu
 * control panel : access to the setup features of the operating system.
 * help - windows literacy support.
 * shortcuts
 * editing and organizing the startmenu
 * right and explore
 * Menu bar (Transferrable skills)
 * __File__ : provides standard **file** management
 * items not available are gray or ghosted.
 * __Edit__ : perform functions on selected information.
 * __View__ : changes how the information is displayed on the screen.
 * __Insert__ : places objects into your document. pictures, tables etc.
 * __Format__ : helps you organize and change how data is displayed in your final product.
 * __Tools__ : performs various processes on the data. Like spell check.
 * __Window__ : organizes various windows that are open.
 * __Help__ : the manual in searchable format.
 * Tool bar organizing (right click on tool bar.)
 * moving tool bars around
 * selecting tool bars to display
 * Graphic - user interface
 * **Summarizing Strategies:**