Web Quest

TITLE:-

COMPUTER SYSTEM

Introduction:-
A computer is an electronic machine which has many parts as human beings are having. Each part plays a different and important role to the user. This web quest will help you to identify and explore the different parts of a computer.

Task:-
As a computer hardware technician, you regularly open computers and examining the parts and repairing the computers. You are asked to give training to the newly joined recruits. You are responsible to well verse them in parts of computers.

Here are questions you need to answer

1.What is a computer?
2. What are the types of computers and computer systems?
3. List what is inside of a typical computer?
4. What are the peripherals?
5. What are the input devices and their functions?
6. What are the output devices and their functions?
7. What is a CPU?
8. Explain the different storage devices you can use.
9. How do computers communicate with each other?

Here is a list of places to visit to find the information you need:
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/c/computer.html
http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/lesson10/lesson10-4noframe.htm
http://www.pctechguide.com/

The Process

1. Copy the questions into a word document.
2. Visit each of the links to explore the elements of a computer system. As you locate the answers to the question insert each one into the document.
3. When you are finished, in the same document create a table identifying the following items:
4. List the basic hardware of a home computer.
5. Identify each part according to Input, Output, Storage, and Communications devices .
6. Print out a copy of the document.
7. Save a copy to your folder.

Conclusion
As you have learned, computers are made up of many different parts. Each part plays an important role in the proper function of a computer system.

Worksheet on Database and Digital Display

Download the worksheet by clicking following link and answer it.
http://www.4shared.com/file/DNdSH1Du/Worksheet.html

Computer Terms

You can download Computer Terms from the following link as a word document.

http://rapidshare.com/files/384241523/computer_terms.docx.html

Treasure Hunt on Artificial Intelligence

Title:-
Artificial Intelligence
1. What is meant by artificial intelligence?

2. Mention two places where robots can be used?

3. What is a robot?

4. Mention three benefits of using robots.

http://www.answers.com/topic/artificial-intelligence
http://www.learnaboutrobots.com/
http://www.robotics.utexas.edu/rrg/learn_more/history/

Teaching materials and worksheets for Teachers

Teach-ICT is the site which provides lots of teaching materials and worksheets for O level computerstudies teachers. This site provides lots of interactive teaching materials.

Click here to go Teach-Ict.com
http://www.teach-ict.com/

Worksheet

Wroksheet 1 for grade-10 students
1. An automatic weather station is situated on the roof of a school and is connected to a computer in the class room. The station has an anemometer to measure the speed of the wind.
(a) The computer cannot use the data directly from the anemometer.
i. Why is this the case?
ii. What device is needed to solve this problem?
(b) Give two advantages of using this system.

2. Rashidh enjoys playing computer games. He often downloads demonstration version of games from the internet. One day he discovers his computer system is producing lots of error messages. Several important data files have been disappeared. His computer has a virus.
a. What is a computer virus?
b. Suggest how the virus may have got into Rashidh’s computer system?
c. How can Rashidh remove the virus from the computer system?
d. What precautions can Rashidh take to help prevent more viruses getting into his computer?

3. A life insurance company stores information about its customers on a large database.
a. Give three fields other than name and address which might be included on the file.
b. The insurance company as a data user must obey the rules set out in the data protection act. Give four rules that data user must obey.
c. Give two rights the data protection act gives to the customers.

4. Describe how an medical diagnosis expert system help a doctor to identify the diseases.

5. An international company has changed from a manual filing system to a computer-based system.
(a). When compared with the manual filing system, state two benefits to the company of using the computer-based system.
(b). State two effects on the staff due to the introduction of a computer-based system.
(c). (i). Give one reason why the company used parallel running as the method of changing from the manual system to the computer-based system.
(ii). Give one example of an application for which parallel running would not be a suitable method of changeover.

6. A company uses computer aided design (CAD) to help design buildings.
a. Give three features of CAD which would be useful for this task.
b. Give an example of a suitable output device used when

I. looking at and developing the design.

II. producing a very large drawing on paper.

O level Course work

All the students must complete your course work on or before 15th May 2010