interactive game for computer basics

1. History
Hardware Software of Skills Misc.
Computing
100 100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500

2. Assessment PowerPoint ® Game
Mary Cornwell,
AET 535
University of Phoenix
Instructor: Dr. S. Winston
April 16, 2012

3. Introduction
The Assessment PowerPoint for Team A is based on the game show Jeopardy.
This tool can be used as a preparation for a Traditional Assessment for the
course: Computer Basics for the Novice Computer Users.
To play the game:
Put the slide show into reading view mode; click on the category amount it will
take the user to the slide. Click on the little house to get the answer.
Once the answer is revealed; click on the little house to return to the game
board.

4. For 100 points under
Hardware
Keyboard

5. What is an input device?

6. For 200 points under
Hardware
Printer

7. What is a common peripheral ?

8. For 300 Points under Hardware
CPU

9. What is an abbreviation for
Central Processing Unit?

10. For 400 Points under Hardware
Monitor

11. What is an electronic visual
display for computers?

12. For 500 Points under Hardware
Pointing Device

13. What is a Mouse?

14. For 100 Points under Software
MS Word

15. What is a word processor
designed by Microsoft?

16. For 200 Points under Software
WYSIWYG

17. What you see is what you get,
the software output?

18. For 300 Points under Software
PDF

19. What is Portable Document
Format ?

20. For 400 Points under Software
Photoshop

21. What is a program that can be
used for graphics editing?

22. For 500 Points under Software
MS PowerPoint

23. What is a presentation
program that is owned by
Microsoft?

24. For 100 Points under History
of Computing
1969

25. When was the internet
created?

26. For 200 Points under History
of Computing
Steve Jobs

27. Who was the founder of Apple?

28. For 300 Points under History
of Computing
Al Gore

29. Who claimed to have invented
the internet but did not?

30. For 400 Points under History
of Computing
Abacus

31. What was first computing
device?

32. For 500 Points under History
of Computing
Blaise Pascal

33. Who invented the calculating
machine (calculator)?

34. For 100 Points under Skills
Boot

35. What is the term for turning on
the computer?

36. For 200 Points under Skills
Keystroke

37. What are keyboard presses?

38. For 300 Points under Skills
Google

39. What the name of a popular
search engine?

40. For 400 Points under Skills
Information Technology

41. What is anything in the field of
computing technology ?

42. For 500 Points under Skills
Software

43. What is used to run a program
and is housed on the hard
drive or a floppy disk?

44. For 100 Points under Misc.
Facebook

45. What is a social network site?

46. For 200 Points under Misc.
ISP

47. What is Internet Service
Provider?

48. For 300 Points under Misc.
Virus

49. What is a malicious program
that harms your computer and
data ?

50. For 400 Points under Misc.
Hardware

51. What is physical structure of
the PC ?

52. For 500 Points under Misc.
PC

53. What is an abbreviation for
Personal Computer?

54. Conclusion
A major challenge for instructors and trainers is finding a way to present information
to students that engages all styles of learners. In addition, there is a desire to
present the material in a variety of ways that keeps students interested. The use of
interactive games provides a fresh new take on the review of information.
Jeopardy is one of several PowerPoint games that:
•Engages all learning styles
•Provides a fresh take on review for students
•Provides presentation options
•Encourages engagement of all students, including introverted students
Jeopardy is good for both small and large groups, and is a game that can be played
in teams. It takes 20 minutes to play this game. In a classroom setting, it would
probably take 20-40 minutes depending upon the size of the class.

55. References
Cornwell, M. (2012). Traditional assessment for computer basics
for the novice computer users. Assessment Assignment
AET535, University of Phoenix, Online.
PowerPoint possibilities . (2008). Retrieved from
http://www.arp.sprnet.org/default/inserv
/PP/jeopardy_powerpoint.htm