round2it Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 Hi I have a task of showing some students the components of a pc /laptop tomorrow does anyone have a powerpoint that i might be able to use that has definitions of each part Processor Memory etc (i forgot completely about it) if not I will wing it any help would be appretiated. Thanks in advance
tmcd35 Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 A bit old, but would this from Google Images work: 1
round2it Posted November 5, 2014 Author Posted November 5, 2014 Looks like im gonna have a busy night (i will have to do a power point tonight) Thanks @tmcd35 Cant give a thanks on your post yet
LeMarchand Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 I've got one that you might need to adapt (they wanted all sorts of stuff in there) but it's 6.5MB even after compressing the pictures (not sure why it's so large). It uses the "man at desk" analogy: [ATTACH=CONFIG]27417[/ATTACH] PM me your details if you want it emailed. 1
VeryPC_Colin_M Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 If she's about, @kaphc is almost certain to have something cool that you could use. 1
round2it Posted November 5, 2014 Author Posted November 5, 2014 (edited) darn it I can not give thanks on these posts update Added rep NOW Edited November 5, 2014 by round2it
caffrey Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 Not got an old PC you can disassemble ? Might be more engaging ? 1
VeryPC_Colin_M Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 Not got an old PC you can disassemble ? Might be more engaging ? +1 to that idea. What better way to engage the audience than to get them involved. 1
LeMarchand Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 Not got an old PC you can disassemble ? Might be more engaging ? That's what I did in conjunction with a PPT. My experience was that there was a lot of fiddling with bits going on when they should have been listening. Also learned that I couldn't stand being a teacher. Me: Can anyone think of any other sorts of computers that you may have in your house? (Points in turn to children with hands up) Kid 1: iPad. Kid 2: XBox. Kid 3: My brother's got an XBox. Kid 4: So has my brother. Kid 5: MY brother's got a Playstation. Kid 6: My brother broke his XBox. etc etc We may take the mickey out of them, but I have to say that I'd be even more loopy if i had to listen to that day in and day out. 1
hallb15 Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 Oooh - check out @VeryPC_Colin_M's new signature! Does that mean you can sell me Windows at a decent price now?
VeryPC_Colin_M Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 Oooh - check out @VeryPC_Colin_M's new signature! Does that mean you can sell me Windows at a decent price now? LOL! Almost.
kaphc Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 +1 for disassembling a computer. When I've done this, it works well by first asking children to predict what they think they are going to see inside - they will usually come up with ideas such as batteries, wires, lights, magnets.Then I'd take the case off and see how many of their predictions are correct. Next, I'd point out the processor, RAM, hard drive, motherboard, data busses etc - if you have a visualiser or iPad you can Aiplay, it helps to have this projected onto a whiteboard or screen to make it bigger as it can be quite hard otherwise for kids to see everything. Then you can hand over to the teacher to do a task such as making a poster or diagram of the inside of a computer and labelling the key parts. I use a site such as http://computer.howstuffworks.com/pc1.htm for the technical definitions of things, but make it more child friendly by describing the hard drive with a storage analogy, the RAM being not like human memory because it is completely wiped when you switch the computer off, and the processor as the engine which does all the work. This is a bit over-simplified, but I find a level of abstraction is needed at primary level so as to give an overview without getting too technical. 2
round2it Posted November 5, 2014 Author Posted November 5, 2014 (edited) Not got an old PC you can disassemble ? Might be more engaging ? yea I have a Laptop and A desktop ready for tomorrow just needed something for the students as a lesson starter. Also got a few old hard drives with the top taken off might take up an old hp server to show them the difference between desktop and server Edited November 5, 2014 by round2it
Koldov Posted November 6, 2014 Posted November 6, 2014 That's what I did in conjunction with a PPT. My experience was that there was a lot of fiddling with bits going on when they should have been listening. Also learned that I couldn't stand being a teacher. Me: Can anyone think of any other sorts of computers that you may have in your house? (Points in turn to children with hands up) Kid 1: iPad. Kid 2: XBox. Kid 3: My brother's got an XBox. Kid 4: So has my brother. Kid 5: MY brother's got a Playstation. Kid 6: My brother broke his XBox. etc etc We may take the mickey out of them, but I have to say that I'd be even more loopy if i had to listen to that day in and day out. Oooh - check out @VeryPC_Colin_M's new signature! Does that mean you can sell me Windows at a decent price now? We are not much different it would seem.... This type of thing has been mentioned for me even to the point of an IT club type thing.... I've managed to avoid it so far! Kol
round2it Posted November 6, 2014 Author Posted November 6, 2014 today went well students engaged asking questions thanks everyone 1
PotNoodleTech Posted November 6, 2014 Posted November 6, 2014 LOL! Almost. By decent, do you mean $0.99?
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