ICT student textbook/How is a computer different from a fridge

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How is a computer different from a fridge

Objectives

  1. A computer can do many things; unlike many other electronic appliances
  2. A computer can connect to other computers
  3. A computer has many features - to read text, to see image, to hear an audio, to play a video, to connect to another computer
  4. An operating system is unique to a computer which brings together many such features and make the computer work
  5. An introduction to Ubuntu/ GNU Linux - Operating System

What prior skills are assumed

  1. Academic levels as per class level; no specific ICT skills

Resources needed

Hardware, software, Files

  1. Computer installed with Ubuntu Operating System
  2. Projection Equipment
  3. Access to internet
  4. Pictures,Images, Songs, Videos, Web pages
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Digital skills

  1. Interacting with the ICT environment
  2. Understanding the role of an Operating system
  3. Understanding the difference between operating system and application software
  4. An idea of the internet

Description of activity with detailed steps

Teacher-led component

  1. Students in small groups can make a of list all the items a washing machine does and a list of all the things they think a computer can do.
  2. Compile all these in a digital mindmap using a concept mapping tool and encourage students to classify the application. (Click here for learning Freemind.
  3. Show an image(s) of an ICT environment and introduce them to what an operating system does
  4. In small groups allow the students to switch on a computer and identify the parts they know
  5. Open a file folder and show the following:
    1. An image
    2. Play a song
    3. Picture story book
    4. Geogebra animation
    5. Mindmap of the discussion the class had
    6. Web pages (live)

Student activities

  1. Ask the students to compare a mobile phone and the computer and they need to document this as a mind map


Portfolio

  1. Collect student created mindmaps and digitize it with a camera and add it to their growing portfolio

More information

For more information click Teacher handbook - Basic digital literacy

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