Give out review sheet for computer hardware, history, operating systems, and basic electronics test on Friday.
Begin discussion of computer bus and bus services
Discuss computer chips, Moore's Law, Photolithography
Videos:
How do they make computer chips?
Zoom into a microchip
Experiment with the Visible Computer - Class handout
Tuesday:
Homework for today: Read 'How operating systems work'
Booting a computer
Discuss modern computer history: 1960s to today.
Complete computer hardware discussion
How does a hard drive work?
Wednesday:
OS vocabulary due at the beginning of class
Introduce operating systems: two roles, five jobs of an OS: processor management, memory and storage management, device management, application interface, and user interface.
Try System Information and Activity Monitor apps.
Do hands-on OS with terminal window
Introduce file names and paths.
Thursday:
Complete OS discussion
Review for test on Friday.
Watch user interface videos as time allows:
Ablegamers (1:57)
Google Home (3:54)
Project Milo (3:53)
Microsoft HoloLens (4:11)
Toybox demo for Oculus Touch (0:52)
Brain-Computer Interface (4:54)
Could Neural Lace Connect Our Brains to the Internet? (4:01)
Friday:
Test on computer hardware, history, operating systems, basic electronics
Tuesday:
Homework for today: Read 'How operating systems work'
Booting a computer
Discuss modern computer history: 1960s to today.
Complete computer hardware discussion
How does a hard drive work?
OS vocabulary due at the beginning of class
Introduce operating systems: two roles, five jobs of an OS: processor management, memory and storage management, device management, application interface, and user interface.
Try System Information and Activity Monitor apps.
Do hands-on OS with terminal window
Introduce file names and paths.
Thursday:
Complete OS discussion
Review for test on Friday.
Watch user interface videos as time allows:
Ablegamers (1:57)
Google Home (3:54)
Project Milo (3:53)
Microsoft HoloLens (4:11)
Toybox demo for Oculus Touch (0:52)
Brain-Computer Interface (4:54)
Could Neural Lace Connect Our Brains to the Internet? (4:01)
Friday:
Test on computer hardware, history, operating systems, basic electronics
