Computer Class
The Journey Inside
Introduction to Computers
Lesson 2: Four Components of a Computer
Directions: Use the http://educate.intel.com/en/TheJourneyInside/ExploreTheCurriculum/ website to complete the units in this series. Choose Intro to Computers on the gray menu bar. Choose Lesson 2 on the left side of your screen and complete the questions below after reading the paragraph, watching the video, and completing Activity 1. 1. Both a toaster and a computer have physical parts you can touch such as the keyboard and mouse which are called hardware 2. The computer has something that enables it to figure out what to do with the input you give it: software. 3. You can’t touch software. 4. The microprocessor is the device in the computer that performs most of the tasks we ask the computer to do. The computer is unlimited in the things it can do.
5. According to the video the bread is the raw data that is input, the dial on the toaster was the information storage, toasted bread was compared to ___ raw data, and finished toast was the ________.
Activity 1: Which Does What?
Lesson 3: How Computer Get Input
Directions: Use the http://educate.intel.com/en/TheJourneyInside/ExploreTheCurriculum/ website to complete the units in this series. Choose Intro to Computers on the gray menu bar. Choose Lesson 3 on the left side of your screen and complete the questions below after reading the paragraph, watching the video, and completing Activity 1. 1. Computers are information processing _____________.
2. Clicking information processing and write the definition: _____________________________________
3. Before you can change a sentence with your computer you first have to get the sentence ___ your computer.
4. ____________ devices are used to put information in your computer.
5. List the 4 input examples the site gave: _________, __________, ____________, and ____________.
6. In _________ the first general
Introduction to Computers
Lesson 2: Four Components of a Computer
Directions: Use the http://educate.intel.com/en/TheJourneyInside/ExploreTheCurriculum/ website to complete the units in this series. Choose Intro to Computers on the gray menu bar. Choose Lesson 2 on the left side of your screen and complete the questions below after reading the paragraph, watching the video, and completing Activity 1. 1. Both a toaster and a computer have physical parts you can touch such as the keyboard and mouse which are called hardware 2. The computer has something that enables it to figure out what to do with the input you give it: software. 3. You can’t touch software. 4. The microprocessor is the device in the computer that performs most of the tasks we ask the computer to do. The computer is unlimited in the things it can do.
5. According to the video the bread is the raw data that is input, the dial on the toaster was the information storage, toasted bread was compared to ___ raw data, and finished toast was the ________.
Activity 1: Which Does What?
Lesson 3: How Computer Get Input
Directions: Use the http://educate.intel.com/en/TheJourneyInside/ExploreTheCurriculum/ website to complete the units in this series. Choose Intro to Computers on the gray menu bar. Choose Lesson 3 on the left side of your screen and complete the questions below after reading the paragraph, watching the video, and completing Activity 1. 1. Computers are information processing _____________.
2. Clicking information processing and write the definition: _____________________________________
3. Before you can change a sentence with your computer you first have to get the sentence ___ your computer.
4. ____________ devices are used to put information in your computer.
5. List the 4 input examples the site gave: _________, __________, ____________, and ____________.
6. In _________ the first general