Computer Basics;

 

 

In this class I have learned many new things. The first thing we talked about was the Computer Components. Then we talked about Internet Safety. The third thing we worked on was Copyrighting things. Fourth was the Mobile Application. Fifth is Blogging. We have found some websites that are very helpful for organzing some things to.  There is many more "units" as you would say to go.

 

 

 

Computer Components:

 

 

 Above is a image of the inside of a computer with some of the components. In this portion of the class we took apart a computer, put it back together. While doing this we had to say what component it was and then take it out then put it back in. We all got into groups and had to make a powerpoint with one component that we picked out of a hat and desribe and go into detail with it and present it in front of the class. Below is some of the components with there listed function.

 

Disk Drive- lets you burn disks

CPU- brain of the computer, processes all the information needed

Hard Drive- long term memory and stores everything

Power Supply- gives power to the computer to help run smoothly  

RAM-  short term memory

Motherboard- distributes power to where it needs to go

Video Card- gives picture to the monitor

Network Card-  gives you acess the internet.

 

 

Internet Safety:

 

In this portion of the class we talked about how to stay safe while using the internet and social networking sites. We did a project on this and got into groups and had to use Windows Movie Maker to make a video on mistakes we use when on the internet. We also had to do a Powerpoint stating what we knew. The powerpoint was on Identity Theft along with the video. The video we did was fun to make and we had a good lesson along with it. Below is some listed ways to get your identity stolen in which we learend about.

 

Phishing

Pharming

Peer to Peer (p2p)

Malware

Copyright:

In this portion of the class we talked about copyrighting. It only lasted a few days cause it also tied in with the Internet safety portion of the class. We went over two songs cause they we copyrighted and had a in class dissucssion. We also broke into groups about 8 groups of 3 or 4 around that and half had one song the other had one. We had to give our arguement of why we thought it was or was not copyright.


Mobile Applications:

In this portion we talked about our mobile applications on our smart phones, tablets, and other devices. Then we broke into our groups made a power point and our own made up fairly tale application that we think would be helpful to us. Then we went on a website that allows you to make your own application. We made the application we wanted then made a video of us making it which we could add the application onto our mobile device if we wanted.

Blogging:

This now takes us to the unit we are on and finishing up on now, which is blogging. In the blogging portion we have looked at blogs. We have also made our own blogs. We did them on current events and more things that we wanted so it was fun. There are many more sections to come about in this next half of the semester and I have learned a lot alreayd cant wait till the next half.