• Classroom integration
• Students will search wikipedia & copy/paste a picture of their person into Microsoft Word.
• Pictures will be printed for use in a poster.

Discuss

• When should you use the Shift Key, and when should you use the Caps Lock Key?

Activity

• Dictate upper/lower case letters to the students to type in Microsoft Word.
• MSPaint activity to map out Shift/Caps Keys to their specific usage.

Agenda

• Complete worksheet.
• Practice keyboarding with Mavis Beacon.

Skills practiced:

• Shift key to capitalize first letters in their name.
• Home row usage.
• Space bar.
• Listening and typing.
• Proper posture.

Lesson

• Home row keys
• Proper posture
• Demo Mavis Beacon

Activity

• With a partner, practice finding the home row keys. (cover hands with a box)
  • Use the bumps on the F & J keys to orient your fingers.
• Begin Mavis Beacon

Lesson

• Look at an open hard drive.
• Learn 3 basic parts of a hard drive.
  • disk
  • arm
  • case
• Watch video of a hard drive starting up.
• Discuss what an icon is and how it points to a location on the hard drive.

Activity

• Fill out a worksheet by labeling the hard drive parts and giving a brief description of what it does.

Lesson

• Personal Computer – PC
• Laptop
• Tablet PC
• Personal Digital Assistant – PDA

Activity

• Computer Types Quiz/Activity