Hardware Overview

Hey Grade 9s, take a look at the following links to remind yourself of what sort of hardware is inside your computer:

What's most important?

What's inside?



When you're done, answer the following question on your blog:

PART ONE

Make an analogy about computers. An analogy is a way to compare two very different things and show how they are actually similar in certain ways.

Here's an example: Your blood vessels and veins are like the highways of a country. Blood cells are the cars and the heart is the airport.

Think of examples for a computer. For this part, DO NOT use the human body (you'll do that in part two. Post your analogies as a comment below.

This link will help.

What's the CPU?

What's the RAM?

What's the Power Supply?

What's the difference between the different kinds of 'memory'?

PART TWO

Label the following diagram as if the human body is a computer. (You can find your own diagram if you like).



It won't be perfect, but see how many you can fill in.

Hardware Overview

Hey Grade 9s, take a look at the following links to remind yourself of what sort of hardware is inside your computer:

What's most important?

What's inside?



When you're done, answer the following question on your blog:

If we pretend that a computer is like a human body, what are the parts? Make an analogy.

This link will help.

What's the CPU?

What's the RAM?

What's the Power Supply?

What's the difference between the different kinds of 'memory'?

Post your analogy on your blog. Include a diagram like this one (you can create your own, too). 

It won't be perfect, but see how many you can fill in.

IT Basic Training (Day 2)

Here's a link to the document we used to create our blog last year. Please access it if there's something on your blog that's just 'not right'.

Of course, you can always come to me to help you figure it out, as well.

https://docs.google.com/a/jwaonline.com/document/d/1pEFGKNf17e431LBRy-LJwPY7sjm8yCV6YWjxXAplTPs/edit#

 

Your first IT homework will be to create 2 Tutorials and post them on your blog. Include at least three screenshots and one external hyperlink. Look here for an example.

Choose two of the following topics and post them to your blog:

• How to log in


• Create Pages


• Create Posts


• Create Tags


• Create Categories


• Create Menus


• Hyperlinks to other pages/documents


• Insert Images (more than one way)


• Creating Drop down menus


• Create a Banner Image for their Blog


• Embedding video

Photoshop Tutorial

http://mashable.com/2010/08/12/12-beginner-tutorials-for-getting-started-with-photoshop/

Great website for Photoshop Tutorials (and MANY other programs, too!).

 

Also, check out http://pixlr.com/editor/ for another VERY powerful image editor (and it's free!).