Digital Literacy

Part 1 - IPO Model and I/O Devices

• What is a computer?
  • PPT, Videos below
• IPO Model of Computing
  • Handout below
• Complete the IO device Activity (download the electronic form and complete) and submit it to the: HandIn/Aldworth/BTT1O1/IOActivity/your name folder

Part 2 - Hardware and Storage

• What is hardware?
  • PPT below
• Binary and Data
  • Video below
• Storage
  • Types
  • Sizes
  • Technology Research Homework below

Part 3 - Binary Numbers

• How do computers store data?
• What is a binary digit and how does it relate to a decimal number?
  • Basic conversions
• What is ASCII code? Why is it necessary?

Part 4 - Inside the Computer

• Computer Components PPT
  • What they do?
  • Are they all necessary?
• Assignment

Part 5 - Microprocessor

• What does a processor do?
• Machine Cycle
• Processor and Memory

Part 6 - Operating Systems

What is an Operating System?

What does it do?

Examples

Part 7 - Software

Types of software and their uses

Topic 8 - Review

Anything from topics 1-7 is fair game for the test.

Find a brief review below.