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Name Craig Geromi Date 8/9/2010

Lesson Plan Guideline: Craig Geromi

Curriculum Basic IT (Information Technology) Area

Subject Area: Science/Technology Subject Area/ Grade: 7 Grade Trainee Audience: Audience consists of Bloomsburg Area Middle School students in 7th grade level/Tra inee that are interested in learning the basic internal computer components. Audienc Topic: Learning the different pieces of a computer and where they are most commonly located in e/Topic most computers.

Lesson Title What’s Inside That Box?

Many students by the 7th grade level know how to operate a computer but most do not know what is Rationale for actually inside the box and what it does exactly. Lesson

Learning Guided Tour Archety pe

Learning The student will: Objectiv es  Identify the internal components of a computer  Be able to describe what the internal components do (how they make a computer work)  Identify the external components of a computer  Be able to describe what the external components do (how they make a computer work)

SL Location (can be actual Giant Computer created by Dell: or you may need to http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Dell%20Island/1/210/82 develop) Name Craig Geromi Date 8/9/2010

First, the instructor and the students will hover outside at the very front of the computer. This will Instructions / help the students to get a good view that this area is actually a HUGE computer. Procedu re / Mode Next, students will be asked about what components they already know about computers. (how is the class going to The instructor will then give directions on how to navigate through the inside of the computer and be taught) explain where they will enter the inside of the computer. The reason for the explanation is because there is only once entrance into this PC.

After that the students will then be give a few minutes to fly around the perimeter of the computer to check out all the different sides of this gigantic PC and also get a feel for flying around. This is a very “fly” heavy area and the student will have to get used to this.

The instructor will then slowly fly inside the computer and have the students follow.

Once inside the computer the instructor will start from the bottom of the PC and go upwards. While they are exploring, each student will be able to see the different pieces of hardware that are in the computer. Not only will the students view each piece of hardware, but each piece will be explained in detail and receive an explanation how they make a computer. In addition to the instructor lecturing about each component, each student will be required to pick up a note card for each piece of hardware, which will give a full description about that piece of hardware.

After the students have toured the entire inside of the PC the instructor will then take the students to the outside of the PC and show them the rear of the computer. This will help the students see the relationships of how some parts on the inside of a computer directly relate to ports and plugs located on the outside of the machine.

Lastly, each student will then be given a short quiz on each piece of hardware in the computer, as to test there knowledge of what they learned on the virtual tour. The students will be given an exam consisting of screen shots of each component of a PC that were Evaluation seen during the virtual tour. Specifically, the students will be given screenshots of a specific Strategie computer component. On that screen shot page, there will be a multiple-choice question asking s what is this component. After choosing what they perceive as the correct answer, students will then have to give a short description on what exactly that component does. The biggest obstacle in going through this virtual tour is that it is very fly heavy. What I mean is Adaptations there is not a lot of walking, instead to navigate the inside and outside of this computer a lot flying skills must be utilized. To combat this fly heavy zone, the students will be encouraged to fly around the area for a few minutes to learn the controls.

The biggest anticipated difficulty I see arising is with the load time of the Dell area. Just me Anticipated logging in, without and voice and using “mid” quality graphics, the load time was very slow, even difficulti on a cable internet connection. When combined with voice, and 20-30 other students, and flying es around, I think it could become very glitchy. All students will have to be told how to lower their graphic quality settings. This is a screen capture of where the instructor and the students will meet for the first part of the Screen lesson. Here, students will get a full view of the gigantic PC and talk about what they might Capture already know about computer s of Name Craig Geromi Date 8/9/2010

Lesson Environ ment

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This is an example of one of the hardware components (the processor) that the students will see.

This screen shot shows how the virtual will end, which shows the outside components of a computer. This will help the students understand the relationship of inside components to outside connection ports. Name Craig Geromi Date 8/9/2010