1. DATAKLINIK ASSOCIATES
LIMITED
3rd WORKSHOP
ON
TEACHING COMPUTER SCIENCE
IN
BASIC EDUCATION SCHOOLS
APRIL 24, 2008
@ REALISTIC GOAL N/P SCHOOL, OLODI
APAPA LAGOS

2. WORKSHOP SESSION I CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Key Functional Computer
Components
• Hardware
• Software
• Operating Systems
• Networking
• Internet

3. INTRODUCTION
• Computer Tools are everyday tools
• Tools that should make our lives
easier
• Not just a tool for the
scientist/mathematician
• Computer .vs. Car Engine Analogy
• A Teacher must understand basic
computer configuration

4. BASIC PC
CONFIGURATION
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Pentium III Processor
Tower Casing
40GB Hard Disk
512MB RAM
Sound Card, Speaker & Microphone
CD ROM Drive
Laser Jet Printer
Fax/Modem
Internet Ready
Network Card
Lack of Understanding hinders good
teaching of the Subject

5. OBJECTIVES
• Explain Computer Jargons the
Teacher must know
• To help teacher communicate
better with the children,
suppliers and ICT specialists
• Improve the quality of teaching

6. HARDWARE
• Hardware is anything you can
touch, pick or fall over
• 2 types of PC
• Personal Computer running
Windows (also called Multimedia PC
(MPC) under different brand names
(HP, IBM etc)
• The Apple Macintosh (Mac)
• Hardware must run Software
selected

7. MAIN COMPONENTS
• THE SYSTEM UNIT
• MONITOR
• KEYBOARD
• MOUSE
• DISK DRIVE
• SPEAKER/MICROPHONE

8. THE SYSTEM UNIT
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CPU
CLOCK SPEED (megahertz)- 2.4GHZ
RAM & ROM
Video Card (VGA & SVGA)
RESOLUTIONS
• 640 x 480
• 800 x 600
• 1024 x 768
• 1280 x 1024

9. COMPUTER MONTORS
• CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)
• LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
• TFT (Thin Film Transistor)
• Measured in inches like
Television Sizes
• e.g. 12”, 14”, 15”, 17”, 21”,
25”, 28”, 47”

10. INPUT DEVICES
• KEYBOARD
• MOUSE
• TRACKBALL
• JOYSTICK
• SCANNER

11. OUPUT DEVICES
• PRINTER
• VDU
• MICROFILM
• SPEAKER
• WEBCAM
• WHITE BOARDS

12. STORAGE DEVICES
• HARD DISKS
• FLOPPY DISKS
• ZIP DISKS
• FLASH DISKS
• MOBILE HARD DISKS
• MEMORY STICKS
• CD/DVD

13. SOFTWARE
• OPERATING SYSTEMS (DOS, WINDOWS,
UNIX, LINUX)
• APPLICATIONS
• Application Packages
• Office Automation Packages
• Computer Aided learning packages
• Computer Graphics & Presentation
software
• E-mail software
• Database software
• Virus and Anti-Virus

14. NETWORKS
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Connection of computers together
LAN
WAN
Wireless Networks
• Infrared
• Bluetooth
• Internet
• www
• Network Software (NOS – Windows
Server, XP, UNIX, Linux)

15. APPROACHES TO
TEACHING ICT
• Regular classroom teacher to be an assistant in
the computer lab when his pupils are being taught
• The ICT teacher/Classroom teacher work together
to plan computer lab instructions to incorporate
activities relevant to curriculum of regular
subjects
• ICT teacher to come regularly to the classroom
and work with the teacher to present ICT
applications instructions
• ICT Teacher teaches a “small group” who will
teach others. Effective in the Higher Classes