Year 10 Thursday 17th June

Morena, Year 10!

Today I am not sick but am at a course.

Your work today is:

1. Finish your hardware worksheet from Thursday ( in iNet --> DigiTech --> All Teachers --> Year 10 if you were away), make it fit onto one page by deleting the instructions and reformatting, and print for your folder.

2. Find out about what is inside the computer's main box (called a system unit). You might like to use Jegsworks or an old but useful program in My Computer --> Apps called Computer Works. Store the information you collect in either a Word document or a PowerPoint presentation. Remember to say where your information came from, and use pictures to help you describe what you find out.

Extra for Experts

1. Explain why bits and bytes are important when comparing pieces of computer hardware.

2. What terms are used describe large quantities of bytes?

3. Can you find a way of showing the comparative sizes and speeds of different pieces of hardware?

4. Find a definition of programming that makes sense to you.

Hardware Task

Your job is to use hardware and software to describe hardware! You are allowed to be creative! You will hand in your work at the end of the period by emailing it as an attached file to fy@cashmere.school.nz

Hardware to use
· Your computer and its attached “peripherals”
· Headset and microphone
· Webcam

Software to use
· Anything you like that is on the school network

Questions to cover are:
Why do computers need hardware?
Find a definition of hardware - copy it and say where the definition came from.
Explain the difference between hardware and software in your own words.
Hardware can be split into four sorts: input, output, processing and storage. Give an example of each sort of hardware.
What special hardware do networks need?
What hardware is used by other sorts of DigiTech?

Things to do with hardware:

1. Use a webcam to take pictures of hardware in the room and add to your work.
2. Use a headset to record your voice talking about hardware. You could add this to your PowerPoint, or save it as a separate file.

Things to do with software:

1. Use PhotoStory to make a video about hardware.

Software and Hardware

Software you may wish to use includes

• Movie Maker for making the video - we have some text books to help with this
• Audacity for recording and editing your sound track
• Adobe Premier Elements for working with video - the C3 computers may find this hard going
• Any animation software on the school system
• PhotoShop for working with photos - we have text books for this as well

Hardware available:

• Scanner
• Headphones with attached microphone
• Still and video cameras for use around the school

If you want to take your own video or still photos, you are welcome to do this with your own gear in your own time.

Hardware

Computers need hardware!

Questions to answer in your own blog:

• Why do computers need hardware?
• Find a definition of hardware - copy it and say where the definition came from.
• Explain the difference between hardware and software in your own words.
• Hardware can be split into four sorts: input, output, processing and storage. Give an example of each sort of hardware.
• What special hardware do networks need?
• What hardware is used by other sorts of DigiTech?
• Take a photo - not of a person - with a webcam or digital camera. Add the photo to your blog post or your user profile (go to dashboard to edit your profile).
• Record your voice using your headset. Email this file and your blog URL to your teacher fy@cashmere.school.nz
• If you have time: use Photostory 3 to make a video clip and add it to your blog post.