This document discusses integrating technology into the classroom. It covers the main components of computers including hardware and software. It describes different types of software like drill and practice, computer aided instruction, and productivity software. It also discusses computer peripherals, memory and storage, and operating systems. The document provides an overview of the internet, web browsers, and safety issues when children use the internet. It addresses barriers to integrating technology and provides a model for planning computer-assisted instruction.

1. Integrating Technology
into the Classroom
By Jeff Strauss

2. Two Main Components of Computers
Hardware
Software

3. Software and Mediums
Drill and Practice Software (CBI)
Computer Aided Instruction (CAI)
Tool Software (Productivity Software)
Word Processors, PowerPoint, Spreadsheets, Database
Telecommunication
The Internet
Simulation Software

4. Basic Schematic of a Desktop PC Computer

5. Hardware

6. 1. CPUs (w/ Celeron 366es and Alpha heat sinks)
2. DIMM slots (memory)
3. Ultra ATA 66 IDE connectors (specific to certain Abit mobos)
4. Standard ATA 33 IDE connectors
5. AGP slot (video card)
6. PCI slots (most everything else)
7. ISA slots (for legacy stuff, should disappear soon)
8. Headers (to connect lights on the case, switches, and the speaker)
The Motherboard Components

7. Memory & Storage
ROM Read Only Memory. This is Typically found on your hard drive
RAM Random Access Memory
Drives This can be your hard drive, floppy, Zip drive, CD drive, or USB flash drive

8. Working With Memory
 Floppy Disk 1.44 MB
 Zip Disks 100MB, 250MB, 750MB
 CD ROMS 750MB (Can be Read only or Read-Write)
 USB Flash Drives 32MB – 1Gigabyte
 RAM 64MB – 2Gigabyte
 Hard drive 20 – 200 Gigabytes

9. Understanding Memory Capacity
BIT = Binary digIT
This is by definition the smallest unit of data that a computer can recognize.
Byte = 8 BITS
It requires eight bits to make up one byte, and one byte equals one
character, such as the letter "a" or the numeral "7."

10.  Kilobyte = 1,000 bytes and is abbreviated K or KB
 Megabyte = is 1 million bytes and is abbreviated MB. So if you
see a file size that's 1,714KB, mentally add three zeros to the
number so it becomes 1,714,000, and that's 1.7MB or 1.7 million
bytes
Gigabyte = 1,000 megabytes and is abbreviated GB. Ultra cool
computer dudes and dudesses refer to gigabytes as "gigs," but we
civilized folk refer to "gigabytes," thankyouverymuch !

11. Peripherals
 Input Devices
 Mouse
 Keyboard
 Scanner
 Cameras/Videos
 Storage Drives i.e. Floppies, CDs, DVDs,
Zips, USB drives
 Modem- Internet Connections & Network
Connections
Output Devices
 Computer Screen
 Printers
 Servers/Internet

12. Software And How it Works

13. Operating Systems
 The original version of MS-DOS. This was a renamed version of QDOS which
had been purchased by an upstart company called Microsoft. It was in 1981 and
was version 1.0
 It was invented by a man named Gary Kildall and was actually developed for
IBM’s PC. But he sold the operating system to a man named Bill Gates for
$50,000 outright.
 The problem for most of us is that this is a programming environment and not
very user friendly. So it was the advent of Windows that set Microsoft up to own
the world and supply the operating system for over 95% of the world’s PCs
 While MS DOS still runs “underneath” of windows it is the “GUI” environment
that revolutionized personal computing. (Graphical User Interface)
 So the icon or title in the programs menu that you click on is “interfacing”
actually acting as the intermediary with the DOS code and executing it for you.
So the computer is still following the actual DOS prompt.

14. Software
Applications
 Windows and MS DOS are just find but all they
do is run the computer. They move the input like
the Keyboard to the output device like the
monitor or the printer.
 We next tackle the issue of productivity
programs. We will be focusing on Microsoft Office

15. Microsoft Office
 Word
Excel
PowerPoint
Access
Publisher
FrontPage
Outlook

16. The Internet
The Information Superhighway

17. What is the Internet?
The Internet is a worldwide system of
computer networks - a network of
networks in which users at any one
computer can potentially get information
from any other computer in the world.
The Internet currently has around 196
million users (projections for 2003
estimate that there will be about 225
million users).

18. What is the World
Wide Web (WWW)?
The WWW, or Web as it has become
known, is becoming synonymous with
the Internet, but unlike the Internet it is
not a physical entity. More simply, it is a
collection of programs and services that
make up the attractive & appealing user
friendly face of the Internet.

19. Access to the Internet
Is through a web “browser”

20. What is a Web Browser?
A web browser is a piece of software, such
as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet
Explorer, running on a user's machine
which interprets requested documents.
These documents can include text, images,
video and audio and are displayed in the
browser which is a graphical user interface.

21. Other Info Regarding the Internet
What is a Hyperlink?
Exactly what you just did to get here. In the browser you will
notice that if you move the mouse pointer over text/images it
changes to a finger. If you click on the object it links you to
another location/document, hence the term Hyperlink.
What is HTML?
Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) A protocol used on the
Internet which defines how documents are presented.

22. When Dealing With Children and
the Internet
Safety

23. Sites for Internet Safety
 http://www.nheon.com/netsmartz/
http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm
http://safety.ngfl.gov.uk/
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/parents__guide/browsers
http://www.childnet-int.org/

24. Issues about Technology in the
Classroom
Barriers to Change

25. 1st
Order Barriers are “Extrinsic”
and generally are a Lack of:
Access to hardware
Access to software
Time to plan instruction
Technical support
Administrative support

26. 2nd
Order Barriers are “Intrinsic”
and generally are hidden within
the 1st
Order Barriers
Beliefs about teaching
Beliefs about technology
Organizational context
Lack of instructional models
Unwillingness to change

27. How will student training be handled?
Who will supervise students as they use the technology?
Who will have access to the technology?
Who will determine priority of use?
How will software and hardware be scheduled?
Who will be responsible for maintenance?
How much will be budgeted for maintenance?
How will worn out hardware be replaced?

28. Integrating Computer Software - The Importance
of Planning A Model to ASSURE Learning
Analyze audience.
Set goals and state objectives.
Select software and methods.
Utilize materials.
Require learner participation.
Evaluate.