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What can you remember about computers?

Typing "E" and "I"

Typing Skills Game

Can you burst all the bubbles? Type on the correct letter!
Click on the image below to start the game.

Typing

To start typing, put your fingers on the home row keys as shown below:

Find the space bar on the keyboard. This is the longest bar on the bottom row of the keyboard.

Your thumbs should be resting on the space bar.

Use the enter key to move on to the next line. Press the ‘enter’ key with the little finger of your right hand at the end of each line. Try to keep your eyes on the copy, not on your fingers. It’s a good idea to say each letter as you type it.

To start typing you should open a Word document to practise as follows.

The first letters we learn to type are f and j - use your left pointing finger for f and your right pointing finger for j.

Type the letters below using the correct fingers.

ffffffffjjjjjjjj

Now rest your other fingers on the home row keys. Left hand fingers on f d s and a, and right hand fingers in j k l and ;.

fdsajkl;fdsajkl;

Now for the space bar - use either of your thumbs to type a space between letters. Try the following:

a as ask asks all

ask dad; ask dad;

Now for g and h! Use your left pointing finger to type g and your right pointing finger to type h.

a;sldkfjgh

fdsafgf jkl;jhj

dash dash dash dash

Now, try these ones!

dad had a glad lad

a flash lass had a glass

all fall hall all fall hall

ONLINE EXERCISES:

Practise moving your fingers along the "home row". Put your earphones on, click on the following image and start typing!

PLAY TIME!

Try the following game to train your fingers on the "Home Row".
DON'T LOOK AT THE KEYBOARD!
Click on the image and play!

 

Keyboard Game

Do you remember where is each letter in the keyboard? Try this game and find out!

The Keyboard

The keyboard is one of the primary input devices used with a computer. The keyboard’s design comes from the original typewriter keyboards, which arranged letters and numbers in a way that prevented the type-bars from getting jammed when typing quickly. This keyboard layout is known as the QWERTY design, which gets its name from the first six letters across in the upper-left-hand corner of the keyboard.

While the design of computer keyboards may have come from typewriters, today’s keyboards have many other keys as well.

•  Modifier keys such as Control, Alt/Option, and the Windows key can be used in conjunction with other keys as “shortcuts” to perform certain operations. For example, pressing Control-S typically saves a document or project you are working on.
• Function keys (F1 through F16) along the top of the keyboard.
• Arrow keys arranged in an upside-down T.
• Numeric keypad on the right-hand side.

Some keyboards have even more buttons, allowing you to change the system volume, eject a CD, or open programs such as your e-mail or Web browser.

TRY THIS GAME!
Choose a keyboard style and rearrange the keys.

 

INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES

The parts of the computer are classified into input or output devices.

INPUT DEVICE: an input device is anything that puts information inside a computer. A mouse is an example of an input device. When you move the mouse around and click the buttons, it tells the computer what to do. You can see the mouse cursor or arrow moving around the screen.


OUTPUT DEVICE: an output device is anything that can display information. A monitor (screen) is an example of an output device. A monitor takes information and displays it on the screen for you to look at.

Click the picture below and learn all about input and output devices!

Parts of the Computer

Click the picture below, play this game and review the different parts of the computer. What are their names? What are they used for? How many did you get right?

Practise your computer vocabulary while testing your puzzle solving skills!

4th form - 2012

What do you remember?

Take a look at the picture below and read about the typical computer hardware.

Copy the names and the definitions of the computer parts in your folders. Remember to hand this homework in next class.