2. Computer Awareness Procedures and Safety When Using Computers By Steven King & Timothy Leonard

3. General Rules of Thumb A computer is electrical, so be careful! No food or drink should be near your computer. One spilled drink and it goes up in smoke. Keep the computer dusted and cleaned. This will help it operate correctly.

4. Were you paying attention? A spilled drink will not damage your computer. –True or False TrueFalseTrueFalse A dusty computer is a highly working computer. –YES YES –NO NO

5. That’s Incorrect Try Again

6. That’s Right!!!! You Got it

7. You Must Be Really Paying Attention!!!! Superb!

8. Word Processing It is easy to type a story using your computer. Select the writing program on your computer. It could be Microsoft Word, AppleWorks, or Simple Text to name a few. Go to File. Use your mouse to right click and open new document. While you are typing, you should “Save As” your document about every ten minutes. When saving your document, use your name along with a word or a phrase to help you remember the document. Example: tleonard_story

9. Saving Your Document! Let’s say you are writing a story about a thunderstorm. After you have been typing for about ten minutes, go to “file” at the top of the screen and left click the mouse to get the command “save as”. Click on this and it will ask you to type in the name of the document. Type one solid word with no spaces. For example: stevenkingthunderstorm. When it asks you if you want to save, click on “yes” to save your document. For example: stevenkingthunderstorm. When it asks you if you want to save, click on “yes” to save your document. After ten more minutes of typing, click on “save” underneath file and this will help you save your changes as you keep on typing.

10. Now Let’s Save a Document How often should you save your document? –every 2 minutes every 2 minutesevery 2 minutes –every 6 minutes every 6 minutesevery 6 minutes –every 10 minutes every 10 minutesevery 10 minutes

11. Sleeping? Take another Crack at it…

12. That’s Right!!!! Excellent Job!!!

13. Let’s Take A Quiz Which is the proper way of saving a document? A. Otis King life story Otis King life storyOtis King life story B. OtisKINGlifestory OtisKINGlifestory C. Otiskinglifestory Otiskinglifestory D. OTISKINGLIFESTORY OTISKINGLIFESTORY

14. Correct Proceed to the next section! Click on face!

15. Incorrect Here’s a hint. Make sure there are no spaces and no capitalized letters. Try again!

16. Editing and Printing After you are finished with your typing, you may use “spell check” to see what you might want to change. This is found underneath “Tools”. Look at the changes it suggests and decide if you will accept those changes or not. It is okay to ask the teacher to help you with this! A couple times of practice and you’re good to go!

17. Surfing the Internet! Cool, does that mean I’m going on some waves with a board? No, remember water and computers don’t mix. Surfing the net means to use your computer to electronically “travel” around the world. You can chat with someone in China without even leaving your bedroom. Chinese TalkingChinese Talking (www.youtube.com, Dec. 8,2007 ) www.youtube.com Chinese Talkingwww.youtube.com But, unlike the telephone, you don’t have to worry about your minutes.

18. Proceed with Caution It is important to be careful. Think of the old idiom, “You shouldn’t talk to strangers!” Spend a few minutes exploring this link for security awareness. Safety For KidsSafety For Kids Copyright © 2008 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Safety For Kids Here is a list of tips to follow. Just click on this link: Tips for Surfing Safely! info@webwisekids.org www.webwisekids.org Tips for Surfing Safely! info@webwisekids.org www.webwisekids.orgTips for Surfing Safely! info@webwisekids.org www.webwisekids.org

19. Surfer Beware You have to be careful about how you surf the web! Here are some tips to remember when using the internet! It can get really scary if you are not careful.

20. Here’s a Safety Quiz to Protect You You should spend less time with real-life friends than virtual friends. –True or False TrueFalseTrueFalse Do not tell an adult if someone online harasses you or wants to talk about sex. –True or False TrueFalseTrueFalse Do not exchange pictures with strangers through the internet. –True or False TrueFalseTrueFalse Do not post personal information, of any kind, on a personal website or blog –True or False TrueFalseTrueFalse

21. You Must Have Been Distracted. Give it another “go”!

22. That’s Right!!!! Excellent Job!!!

23. Correct-o-Mundo!!!! You did a Great Job!

24. Now You’re Ready to Surf the Web! Have Fun and Be Careful.