Syllabus for Pioneer Academy Computer Course

2. Questions we need to cover for this course. Take questions from the group.

3. Computer Guts

4. What is a CPU? Hard Drive? Floppy Drive? Memory? Add-in cards (Different types)? Power supply? (Take apart and reassemble a computer)

5. Operating Systems

6. Windows (98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7) – Device Drivers

7. Mac

8. Linux

9. Ordering files on my hard drive

10. Transferring files from disk, SD Card, Flash Drive, CD, DVD to hard drive and back

11. Making documents on my computer, from simple lists to books and newsletters, to printing them out

12. Office Productivity Software

13. Email

14. Printing

15. Burning Cd’s, Making movies, transferring photos to dvds

16. Using Flash Cards, transferring from Camera to Computer

17. Movie software, photo albums on computer

18. Making Backups (Online and Offline)

19. Scanners

20. Anti-virus, internet applications, Buying stuff on ebay? Amazon?

21. The dangers of computer viruses

22. Norton, McAfee, AVG – keeping up to date

23. Using browsers, security settings, keeping your kids away from dangerous sites

24. Security in buying things online