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.

Applications

We are going to spend a couple of weeks exploring computer applications. You can choose do take an applications course in Year 11.
Applications are a type of software. They are computer programs that do specific jobs for the user.
Either in your blog, or in a Word document, make notes from this website about the different types of applications and what each one does. Remember to use formatting features to make your work easy to read.

Software

Use the Internet and your brain to help you answer the following questions about software.

1. Find a definition of software - copy and paste and say where your definition came from
2. Explain what software is in your own words.
3. Make a list of different types of software.
4. For each type of software you listed in the last question, give an example.
5. Use Start -> All Programs on your computer to add to your list of types and examples. You may choose to set it out using a table.

For example, an Internet browser is a type of software. An example of an Internet browser is Internet Explorer.

Links that may be helpful are:

• Webopedia
• Software applications
• System software