10-3-06

Mr. Hagan and Mr. Riley have agreed to look at the panels in the library. Other teachers and people who know about computers will also be looking at the panels.

Mr. Hagan and Mr. Riley will let us know what they see and think.
If your panels have any huge problems, you will be expected to remedy them as soon as possible.
The panels will probably remain up until the end of term.

We will need to set up a wiki to comile all the information gathered in this process.

If you are interested in setting up a wiki, speak with Mr. Connors.
Each member of the class would need a unique login
The groups currently on the various parts of the computer would put their work up
Other people in the class can contribute to your or other peoples projects.

10-2-06

Hand back of Weekly Update and presentation notes
Check the accuracy of the panels, revise as needed

Read through the panels
Choose two to comment on
Make a document on your wiki called PartsPanelReview
Offer suggestions for improvement in content
Let them know about any information that was new to you
Print two copies, one to hand in, one to give to the person who did the panel

Get the panels ready for delivery

Fix any major inaccuracies found in the previous item
Make them so that two panels can stand like a sandwichboard
The counters they will be on are 18", so make yours so that it stands 16" at the bottom.

Deliver the panels
Update your wiki with revised info from above

Legacy of the Parts of a computer project

We have collected and presented a bunch of info on the parts of a computer
As you find more info on your subject, update your wiki
We need a class based wiki that we can all edit, kind of like Wikipedia
Any help on creating this wiki would be appreciated and rewarded with extra credit

9-22-06

Hand in your Weekly Update at the start of the period. This is not an in class assignment
Watch the Mythbusters video
Hand in the questions at the end of the period
If you did not hand in your printout of your wiki, you should hand it in at the start of the period.
No PartsofaComputer projects this period

9-21-06

Update your wiki with responses to questions generated through the presentation process.
Make a list of at least two or three questions generated from the presentation process.
Make a print of your online documentation Follow these requirements:

Make one single print of your documentation
Label the top of the page with your first names and last initial
Print the document two pages per sheet (if you don't know how to do this, ask before you print)

Begin work on your physical display Below is a start on the criteria

Your audience will be members of the school community. It may be displayed in the library or some other publicly accessible location
Only words you personally wrote should be included in your display
You need to add links to the display, but they need to be simple enough to follow
Include a link to your wiki

Hand in your Weekly Update at the start of class tomorrow

9-19-06

complete the presentations
Update your wiki with new information needed as a result of the presentations
Start on the displays

9-18-06

In class, we will be having a series of presentations by the groups
Presentations should be about 5 minutes in length
Each group will need to use this presentation explain what they have found and to gather more questions to put into their online documentation and their physical presentation.
One question every group needs to consider is "How do you buy or select this device?"
Still missing some names from the class list. Send the email if you aren't there.

9-15-06

Check the class list: http://buildrepair.pbwiki.com/Fall2006StudentWork
If your name is not listed you didn't send the email on the 12th(see below) - Send it.
PartsOfaComputerPresentation will be used on your presentation
Next we will make the physical presentation

9-13-06

make sure you are hitting the questions listed below.
If you need to see the parts that you are working with, let your teacher know
Save links to pages that have good information
DO NOT COPY INFORMATION FROM OTHER WEBSITES! Write your own words and make links.

9-12-06

Send a link to your wiki to duxtech@gmail.com
Gather information about your topic and park the info on a wiki of your own control.
The information you gather about your topic needs to be useful to you and your classmates.
When you log in to the wiki, don't put your email address or your last name.
When we have enough information, we will conduct presentations and make displays
We need to create a wiki for class use. See BuildRepairWiki for some criteria

Stuff to include:

DO Not Copy text from the websites you find. Make a link to the site and summarize the information you find there. This is not a space filling project, it is a way for you to create something useful.

How does it work?
Why does it work?
Some history of the kind of device.
How do you trouble shoot problems with it.
What you should be aware of when you are working with this device.
Links to resources that will help others to learn about this device.

We will gather the information that you find and build our own knowledge base for use by students in this class now and in the future.

Monitor - BenW MikeD

Sound Card, speaker systems - AndrewO JoeW

Computer Case - Andrew G Timmy K

Pysics Card - Chriswes and James H

Hard Drive - Chad C and Mike W

Cd Drive - Alex M and Steve R

Graphics Card - Jeremiah H and Cam L

Mouse - Robin R and Gretchen U

Floppy disk, disk drive - Jamie M and Zack G

Cooling - cody C and Mike D

Motherboard - Steve L and Nick S

RAM - Matt H TJ P

Operating System

RAM

Hard Drive

Graphics Card

Cooling

Physics Card

Mouse

Mother Board

CD Drive

Keyboard

DVD Drive

Floppy Drive

Processor

Flash Drive

Zip Drive

USB

Network Card

Wireless Network

Local Area Network

Fire Wire

Windows

Bios

Power Supply

Linux

hardware Drivers

software, open source and corporate controlled

Pick a partner

choose 3 best topics

send email to duxtech at gmail.com with the group names and 3 suggested topics

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