WEEK SEVEN

Table of Content
● Day One: Computer Introduction 1
● Day Two: Computer Introduction 2
● Day Three: Internet Literacy
● Day Four: Email
● Day Five: Mouse and Keyboard Practice
 Day One:
Computer Introduction 1
What is IT?
It refers to anything related to computing technology, such as networking,
hardware, software, the Internet, or the people that work with these
technologies.
WHAT IS A COMPUTER?
A computer is a machine or device that performs processes, calculations and operations
based on instructions provided by a software or hardware program.
HOW COMPUTERS WORK?
Bill Gates’s answer to this question is this .
HISTORY OF COMPUTER

- 1956 Vacuum Tubes - 1963 Transistors Heat, - 1971 Integrated Circuits

Very big, expensive, punched card, printed users interacted using
electricity, heat output keyboards
and monitors
HISTORY OF COMPUTER
1972 - 2010 - NOW
Microprocessors positioned all Artificial Intelligence voice
computer onto a single chip, recognition, learn and organize
(GUI), themselves
the mouse
Computer Applications
■ Business
■ Banking
■ Education
Computer Applications
■ Marketing
■ Digital Video
Composition
■ Insurance
Computer Applications
■ Internet
■ Government
■ Healthcare
Computer Applications

■ Engineering Design
■ Travel
■ Weather Analysis
Functionalities of a Computer

■ Input
■ Storage
■ Processing
■ Output
Thanks for Listening :)
Questions?
 Day Two:
Computer Introduction
2
Structure of Computer
Structure of Computer
Input Device
● Keyboard

Examples
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●
●
Mouse
Microphone
Touch screen
● Scanner
● Webcam
● Touchpads
● Cameras
● Pen Input
● Microphone
● Barcode reader
Parts of Keyboard
Process
Central Processing Unit (CPU) A CPU is brain of a computer. It is responsible for all
functions and processes. Regarding computing power, the CPU is the most important
element of a computer system.
The CPU is comprised of three main parts:

● Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU): Executes all arithmetic and logical operations. Arithmetic
calculations like as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Logical operation like
compare numbers, letters, or special characters
● Control Unit (CU): This controls the operation of other parts of the computer but does not
involve any actual data processing
● Memory of Storage Unit: This is responsible for storing and supplying data it to different
parts of the computer as needed
Process
Memory
Data in computers has to be stored either temporarily or permanently for
later use

There are two main memory types:

● Main or Primary memory

● Secondary Memory
Main or Primary Memory
● RAM (Random Access Memory)
● ROM (Read-Only Memory)
Memory Units
● The smallest memory unit a computer can store is the Bit, which
represents either 0 or 1 in an electrical circuit.
● Bit: 0 or 1
● Byte = 8 Bits
● Kilobyte (KB) = 1024 Bytes
● Megabyte (MB) = 1024 KB
● Gigabyte (GB) = 1024 MB
● Terabyte (TB) = 1024 GB
● Petabyte (PB) = 1024 TB
Hardware, Operating Systems and Software
Application Software and System Software
Operating System

● An operating system or OS is software installed on a computer's the

hard drive that enables computer hardware to communicate with and
run computer programs. Without an operating system, a computer and
software would be useless.
Examples of computer operating systems
● Microsoft Windows - PC and IBM compatible operating system. Microsoft
Windows is the most common and used operating system.
● Apple macOS - Apple Mac operating system. Today, the only Apple
computer operating system is macOS.
● Ubuntu Linux - A popular variant of Linux used with PC and IBM
compatible computers.
● Google Android - Operating system used with Android compatible phones
and tablets.
● iOS - Operating system used with the Apple iPhone and iPads.
Thanks for Listening :)
Questions?
 Day Three:
INTERNET LITERACY
Internet Service Providers

● Who owns the internet?

The answer is actually no one. Instead, we can think of the internet as one
network connecting all continents together. In each country/region, there
are organizations that provide locals with access to this network, such
organizations are called ISPs.
Internet Service
Providers
● An Internet Service Provider (ISP) is the industry term for the
company that is able to provide you with access to the Internet,
typically from a computer. If you hear someone talking about the
Internet and they mention their "provider," they're usually talking
about their ISP.
 Internet Service
An ISP is your gateway to the Internet
and everything else you can do online.

Providers
The second your connection is activated
and set up, you'll be able to send emails,
go shopping, do research and more. The
ISP is the link or conduit between your
computer and all the other "servers" on
the Internet. You may feel like you're
talking to your mom directly through
email, but in reality it's more "indirectly."
Your email goes from your computer, to
the ISP computers/servers, where it's sent
along
to its destination through other
 Ways of Connecting to the
● Mainly, we have a few ways through which we can connect to the internet,

Internet
some of which keep evolving and new methods are certainly going to be
introduced in the future. The most common ways are:
● Ethernet: This is the traditional cable connection. The most commonly known
connector used in this method is the RJ45.
● Wi-Fi: This is a more modern way of connection and is done
wirelessly. This method requires a router that is connected
to the ISP. One of the benefits of using this method is
that more than one user can connect to the
same router.
● Mobile Data: This is provided by the major
mobile telecommunication organizations
and has several types, such as 2G, 3G, 4G LTE
and soon to be introduced, 5G LTE-B.
World Wide Web and
URLs
● The World Wide Web, Abbreviated WWW, is a network containing
the web resources that are identified by the Uniform Resource
Locator (URL). An example of a URL is https://google.com . Here,
https is the protocol modifier and google.com is the protocol
name.
 Websites and
Webpages
● A website is a collection of related webpages and can be accessed
through its URL. A webpage is a single page formatted by the
Hypertext Markup language (HTML). A webpage can contain text,
images, video, etc.
● You would simply understand the difference between websites and
webpages by comparing them to folders and files.
 Web Browsers
● A web browser is a computer software that allows users to access
websites by entering the URL that references the site. Examples of
known web browsers are:
● Google Chrome
● Mozilla Firefox
● Internet Explorer
● Microsoft Edge
● Apple Safari
 Internet Search
Engines
● The majority of internet users rely on search engines to look for
websites or information contained within websites without having to
know the exact URL to those sites. A search engine connects to a
database and matches the keywords entered by the user to output a
list of related links to the target websites and webpages.
● Some of the popular search engines are:
Google
Bing
Yahoo
 Google Search
For our purpose here, we’ll use Google since it’s one of the most popular search engines to

Operators
illustrate some of the searching tricks that even some of the most experienced internet
users do not know about. These are called search operators that help users more easily
find what they’re looking for. Some of the useful operators include:

Quotation Marks (“”): The search results will only include web content that exactly
matches the word or words between the quotation marks while preserving the same order
of words.
Asterisk (*): This is basically a request to Google to fill in the blanks with wildcard
keywords. For example, if we type (gone with the *), Google will give a few suggestions as
fillers.
Minus (-): This is an important operator since it helps us better pinpoint what we are
looking for especially for sites or brands that share common names with others.
Information containing keywords after the (-) sign are excluded from the search. For
example, try jaguar speed -car.
Day Four:
Emails
 Email
Shortcut for electronic mail, an email is a service that grew to become one
of the most trusted ways of communication.Obviously, the main purpose
was to send messages between parties, but it extended to replace the
traditional way of formal communication. With that in mind, if a person
accepts a job offer through Facebook Messenger, can it be considered as a
formal acceptance? The answer is simply no.

Every email consists of two main parts separated by the (@) sign. The part
before (@) is the local and the one after it is the domain.
 Email Providers
There are quite a number of email providers, some are free and some are
paid. The one clear difference between the two, along with a few other
options offered by paid mail, is the fact that the paid service allows
businesses to have custom domains, for example,
[email protected].

Some of the popular email providers are:

Gmail
Outlook
AOL
Yahoo
 How to Write a Formal
Email The important parts of a formal email should be:

● Subject: This must be clear, brief and related to the content of the email
● Greeting: Start the email by formally greeting the recipient, for example, Hello Mr.
John, Dear Ms. Sarah
● Body: This should contain the main points of your email
● Closing: End the email by writing one of the common closing statements, like best,
regards, etc.
 To/CC/BCC
■ To: This field contains recipients that are directly involved in the conversation.

■ CC: Referring to “Carbon Copy”, this field contains recipients that may or may not
be directly involved in the conversation. For example, it is good practice to keep
your boss in copy to ensure that they have an overview of how work is being
handled while communicating with other employees.

■ BCC: Referring to “Blind Carbon Copy”, this field is specified for recipients whose
email addresses are not visible to the rest of the recipients in the list. For example,
if you BCC your boss and your colleague in an email, their email addresses will not
be seen by the others that are in the TO or CC fields. Also, a BCC recipient won’t be
able to see the email addresses of the other BCC
 Email Risks
SPAM: Repetitive is the keyword here as the same email might be sent to the same user
over and over again, partially the reason as to why it’s also called junk mail. SPAM emails
are mainly commercial in nature but might also contain malware.

Phishing: These are malicious entities disguised as legitimate services that attempt to
trick the user into accessing the fake links within the emails to steal login credentials or
even credit card information. Students must pay attention to the links they receive
through email and use Google to validate the legitimacy of the link. Links like
steampowerred.com might try to steal your Steam account credentials, notice the extra
“r”?
 Social Media
Most people are now on at least one social media platform. These are interactive
web-based applications where users can create
free accounts to post news, pictures and videos which will be seen and interacted
with by others. Examples of social media platforms are:

● Facebook
● Google+
● Twitter
● Instagram
● Reddit
 E-Commerce
Electronic commerce is a term given to websites that involve transactions
made via the internet. These websites are of commercial nature and can
cover a variety of businesses,ranging from online shopping to paid online
courses. Some of

the e-commerce websites are:

•Amazon
•eBay
•Newegg
 Blogs
Blogs are websites that can resemble an electronic diary that users can
create for free through many services. Posts are sorted to appear as last in
first out which means that the newest post will appear first, sort of like
Facebook?\

■ how to create a blog using one of the services listed below:

● WordPress
● Blogger•
● Medium
 Day Five:
MOUSE AND KEYBOARD
PRACTICE
 Mouse Practices:

http://www.minimouse.us/desertdive.htm
http://holderbaum.educationextras.com/MouseSkills.html

https://www.letsgolearn.com/bubble.html

Keyboard Practices:

https://10fastfingers.com/widgets/typingtest
https://www.typing.com/student/lessons/384/paragraph-practice

http://zty.pe/

http://www.ratatype.com/typing-test/test/