LESSON PLAN
Lesson Plan (Thibodeaux/Grantham) Week 18
Monday, December 20, 2010
TERM EXAMS IN PERIODS 1, 3, 7
Micro Type Pro Lessons 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Make Up Lessons
Timed Writing
*Technique grade
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
TERM EXAMS IN PERIODS 2 & 6
Micro Type Pro Lessons 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Make Up Lessons
Timed Writing
*Technique grade
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
TERM EXAMS IN PERIODS 4 & 8
Micro Type Pro Lessons 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Make Up Lessons
Timed Writing
*Technique grade
*****TIMED WRITING #1TO BE CONTINUED
*****RED SECTION OF MICROTYPE PRO---BEGIN!!!*****
***Students who are finished with all Keyboarding Lessons 1-19 may work in the Micro Type Pro Red Section.
Technique:
1) sit straight in chair
2) feet flat on the floor
3) log off the computer
4) station left neat/materials put away
5) chair pushed in
6) wrists up
7) eyes on screen
8) hit keys with the correct fingers
Syllabus Term 1
Computer
Terms Study Guide
Hardware and
software are two basic parts
of a computer system.
Hardware is the physical devices of
a computer system or any part of a computer system you can touch.
Software is a set of instructions
that tell a computer what to do.
A
peripheral
is any piece of hardware
attached to a computer, such as a printer.
Hardware and software should come with information
that tells you how to set up and use the product. This is called
documentation.
A computer
inputs,
processes,
stores, and
outputs information.
An
input device lets you communicate with a
computer.
A
keyboard
is an input device that
provides a means of entering data into the computer.
Other examples of input devices are:
mouse,
scanner,
microphone, and
joystick.
The
Central Processing Unit
or
CPU
for short,
is the main chip in a computer. It is considered the
brain
of the computer.
A
storage
device holds
information. Examples of storage devices are:
hard drive ,
floppy drive
and
flash memory stick
.
The
hard drive
is found inside the CPU
and is used to store information.
A
floppy drive
stores and retrieves information
on floppy disks.
An
output device lets a computer communicate with
you. Examples of these devices are:
monitor,
printer, and
speakers.
A computer has two kinds of memory:
RAM and
RAM stands for
random access memory . This memory is
temporary, which means that if you
turn off your computer, information here will be lost.
ROM stands for
read only memory. This memory is
permanent memory, which means that
information stored here will stay there even when you turn off the computer.
The amount of information a computer can store is
measured in
bytes.
A
BYTE
is one character. A character can be a
number,
letter, or
symbol.
A byte consists of
8 bits or binary digits. A
bit is the smallest unit of information
a computer can process.
A bit is one digit in a binary number; that is
either a
zero
or a one.
Kilobyte, abbreviated KB = about 1000
characters. This is approximately 1 page of double spaced text.
Megabyte, abbreviated
MB = about 1,000,000
characters. This is approximately equal to a novel.
Gigabyte, abbreviated
GB = about 1,000,000,000
characters. This is approximately equal to 1000 novels.
Hardware Vocabulary
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU):
the part of the computer hardware
that controls processing functions.
COPYRIGHT LAWS: a body of
exclusive rights that protect the work of authors, artists, computer
programmers, and other creative people against copying.
CURSOR: an indicator, frequently a blinking
arrow or line, that indicates the point of operation
on the screen.
DATA: the facts that a computer system
processes.
DEFAULT: a value that is
used in a program when the user does not specify a value.
DISK DRIVE: common storage
device that magnetically records data on the surface of a rotating disk.
DOCUMENTATION: written material
accompanying a software package or hardware system that instructs on its usage.
ENTER/RETURN KEY: key that, when
pressed, moves the text insertion point to the start of the next line.
FILE: a unit of storage for a collection
of related information.
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ENVIRONMENT
(GUIE):
a
way of interacting with a computer that uses a mouse and icons to initiate
actions.
HARD DRIVE: a circular, flat
surface on which data in the form of a digital signal is recorded as magnetic
impulses.
HARDWARE: the visible,
touchable parts of a computer.
KEYBOARD: a typewriter-like
layout of keys used to enter text information; an input device.
MONITOR: computer display
device; an output device.
MOUSE: a palm-sized pointing device used
to control the cursor on a computer screen/monitor; an input device.
PERIPHERAL: a computer
attachment such as a scanner, a speaker or a printer.
PRINTER: an output device that
produces print on paper.
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM):
memory in the computer
that is lost when the power is turned off.
READ ONLY MEMORY (ROM):
memory in the computer
that retains its contents even when the power is off.
SOFTWARE: the invisible,
electronically stored instructions that tell a computer what to do.
