1. Computers for Newbies For people who don’t know anything about computers

2. The Course Introduction. The keyboard. The mouse. Windows desktop. Browsing basics. E-mail Explorer. Organizing and finding files and folders. The World Wide Web (searching, travel, reservations, shopping, banking, etc.) Word processing (Word) Internet providers Also????

3. March 27 –Sign in –Hardware/ Software –The keyboard –The mouse –The Windows desktop –Some vocabulary –Using a browser

4. How to Sign in Login: xsoar1 [Tab or mouse] Password: so12ar [Enter]

5. Hardware

6. Qwerty Keyboard

7. Using a Mouse How to hold Left & right buttons

11. More Mousing Left click, right click Click and drag (drag and drop) Double click Slide, don’t lift Scrolling

12. The Windows Desktop Wallpaper Taskbar Quick Launch System Tray Start Menu System Icons

13. Navigating Windows Opening the Start Button Opening a program on the desktop Closing, minimizing, maximizing or moving a window Moving between open windows / applications Scrolling in a window Manipulating and moving through text Right clicking an icon or other element of Windows

14. Vocabulary PC / Mac Operating system (Windows XP, Vista) CPU Processor (Pentium…) Icon Cursor Web (World Wide Web) – Browser E-mail Word Processing Message boards, newsgroups

15. Questions? Comments? Rita Goldberg 45 Judson Street Canton, NY 13617 386-3693 ritagoldberg@stlawu.edu

16. Remember… Mistakes are necessary if we want to learn. Rome wasn’t built in a day. You won’t break it! Everyone needs a friend. To access this complete PowerPoint online, go to: http://it.stlawu.edu/~rgol/newbies1.ppt

17. Homework!! 1)If you have access to a computer and the Internet, open your browser and type the following link in the address space. Then hit [Enter].and do the activities. They will help you learn to use the mouse. http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/class/seniors/link.html 2)Here is another basic mouse tutorial. See if you can do all the activities. http://www.unc.edu/depts/recreate/spot/activity/computer/mouse/mouse.html 3)Open the browser on your computer (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape…) Type in usairways or http://www.usairways.com and find out what flights are available from Massena to Pittsburgh on April 12. What are the prices?http://www.usairways.com