Lesson: 1 - Computer Basics

Purpose: Students should learn the basics of computers.

No. of Classes

One class - One hour.

Materials Required

Desktop Computer or Laptop.

Curriculum Content 2.1)Basics,
2.4)Multi finger gesture,
1.2)Parts of computer, History of computers.

Prior knowledge

None.

Exercises

Exercise:1


1. Explain: About Windows Usage

Explain about Windows, Icons, Task Bar, Shutdown / Restart and how to open an application window, minimize, maximize, restore, resize and close the window and about multitasking. Do this by having the students actually launch applications like GCompris and then closing them, seeing them in the task bar etc.

Exercise:2


2. What Is the Use of Multi-Finger Gestures?


Exercise:3


3. Explain About the Computer, Father of Computer, Generations of Computers, Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Exercise:4


4. What is Computer? Explain About the Parts of a Computer.

Solutions


  • Link to view the Solution Video for Exercise-1 (Solution).
  • Link to view the Solution for Exercise-2 PDF & Video (Solution).
  • Link to view the Solution PDF for Exercise-3 (Solution).
  • Link to view the Solution Document for Exercise-4 PDF & PPT (Solution).

    • Teacher's Instruction
    1. Teacher should motivate the students to learn about computer.
    2. Keep the theoretical sections like types of computers and parts of computers light. They may also be skipped.
    3. While teaching the parts of a computer let the children see and use the part. While playing games use words like “ Hit Enter on the keyboard”, “see what is on the screen/monitor”, etc. to make them familiar with the parts.
    4. Ask the students how the computer performs various actions and then explain how a program is loaded from storage (hard disk, SSD, ROM etc.) to memory and the CPU executes all the instructions in the program.