2.  Hardware versus Software Hardware versus Software  How a computer works How a computer works  Introduction to Windows Introduction to Windows  What happens when we save our work What happens when we save our work  Honing your keyboard skills Honing your keyboard skills  Test and improve your knowledge Test and improve your knowledge  Module Activities Module Activities

3. Hardware Software

4.  Monitor  Cable connecting parts  Keyboard  Mouse  System unit  Instructions

6.  Data - raw  Information - result

7. Computers process data into information.

8. 1

9. 1. Typing an SMS message into your cellular phone. 2. The letters that appear on the screen of your cellular phone while you are typing the SMS-message. 3. The names and phone numbers stored in your cellular phone. 4. Pressing the change channel button on the television control. 5. The songs stored on your MP3 player. 6. The sound of your house alarm going off. 7. The movie that plays on the screen from your DVD player. 8. The ‘Error’ sound that the computer plays when you make a mistake. 9. Moving the computer’s joystick. 10. The movie stored on a DVD. Input Output Storage

10. The ‘mighty mouse’ Clicking Double-clicking Right-clicking Dragging Scrolling

11. Start up time! Logging on: Gaining access to the programs and data. Using of a username and password. The unique username and password is used for security purposes so that only YOU can access your files.

12. The desktop - Windows 7 icons Start button Start Menu Quick Launch toolbar Taskbar Notification area Desktop Gadgets

13. Activity 2

14. Common features of programs

15. Activity 3

16. Components of a window Title bar Minimise, Maximise and Close buttons Menu bar Toolbar(s) Scrollbars

17. The Ribbon - Fluent User Interface commands organised in logical groups Tab with

18. Activity 4

19. How to save File Save As Save in : My Documents File Name: First Painting your name

20. A file is a collection of data or information that is stored by a computer under a single name.

21. Activity 5

22. The keyboard (input)

23. Keyboard skills

24. Overview of module

25. Important terms and concepts