Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Dear Class:


Please finish defining the following terms and save them on your server account with the file name “last name first vocabulary”. Please add the next five and define them as well.

1. RAM
2. CPU
3. DVD burner
4. TV tuner card
5. Video Card
6. LCD monitor
7. Surround Sound speakers
8. Computer Motherboard
9. Wireless Network Adapter
10. Optical Mouse
11. Keyboard
12. Hard Drive
13. Laser Jet Printer
14. Bios
15. Bit
16. Boot
17. Byte
18. Disk
19. Giga
20. Hardware

We will have a discussion on these terms. These terms will be part of the vocabulary that you will have to know for a test. There will be 20 total words that you will have to define.

Quiz on the above 20 words will take place on Thursday, September 23rd, in the year of 2010.

Furthermore, the first 13 words will be incorporated into a “virtual computer” that you will have to use the internet to search for each item, price them, and give me a final tally of what you “spent” on the hardware.

You should have sent me a copy of your finished work of the 'Online Research Planner' to me after you did a “save as”, rename with your last name and worksheet and e-mail it to me at jgreenhite@gmail.com. If I do not receive it today, it will be late and I will dock it 30% on the grade!

I want to take baby steps in research and then build to the actual research on the item you chose to research.

I talked of three types of "engines" to search with. I want you to use all three and report back to me your findings using my "surfing" sheet.

With that in mind, we will look at the Internet PowerPoint. The end of the PowerPoint asks you to search for specific items; please find, copy the site you got it from, and e-mail me the results!

The last of specifics for web searches will entail putting together the “Virtual Computer” (see attached assignment; probably will not have time for).

Sincerely,
Mr. Green-Hite