What is Technology Teachers and Discovering Why it so Important Computers in Integrating Technology and Education Today? Digital Media in the Classroom 5 th Edition Let s Review Lesson 2! Wheel of Terms Who Wants to Be a Computer Genius? Contact Info: Text: www.tinyurl.com/sensmann E-mail me through your virtual classroom (LMS) Urgent? Text message me: 772-528-1500
Application Software Teachers Productivity Discovering Tools for Computers Educators Integrating Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom 5 th Edition Lesson 3 Cloud Computing Contact Info: Text: www.tinyurl.com/sensmann E-mail me through your virtual classroom (LMS) Urgent? Text message me: 772-528-1500
Lesson 3 Objectives Make it useful to you! Explain the role of an operating system and list the main operating systems used on today s computers Define and describe a user interface and a graphical user interface Identify the important features of widely used software applications Describe the advantages of software suites Explain how to create documents Discuss why the use of video authoring and editing software is important for K-12 schools List and describe learning aids and support tools that help you use and learn software applications Explain how to work with different versions of software applications 3
Make it Useful to You! You ve learned how to organize your digital world with technologies, such as i-google You ve learned about several communications technologies and tools in the Web 2.0 world to engage your students You ve used some software to create some documents for your students and your personal use both in tangible hardcopies and webbased You will create many more projects, which you can take with you out into the workplace before this class is done How are you going to share all of your hard-work and experience with an employer? Start maintaining your finished products in a portfolio Example: Make It Useful! 4
The Operating System The Role of the Operating System System Software consists of programs that control the operations of the computer and its devices Operating system contains instructions that coordinate all of the activities of the hardware devices in a computer 5
The Operating System Microsoft Windows Windows XP Windows Vista Mac OS Mac OS, version 9.1 Mac OS X Other Operating Systems UNIX Linux 6
The Operating System Graphical User Interface (GUI) combines text, graphics, and other visual cues to make software easier to use 7
Application Software Five major categories of application software 8
Application Software Working with Software Applications Document - Piece of work created with an application program and saved on disk with a unique file name Creating Editing Formatting Font size Font style Saving Printing Dialog box Voice recognition Note taking software 9
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Productivity Software Word Processing Software Used to create, edit, and format textual documents 13
Productivity Software Word Processing Software Editing features Find or search Replace Spell checker Word Doc Sample 14
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Productivity Software Spreadsheet Software Allows you to organize numeric data in rows and columns, collectively called a worksheet or spreadsheet 16
Productivity Software Spreadsheet Software Charts Graphically illustrates the relationship of numeric data 17
Application Software Teachers Productivity Discovering Tools for Computers Educators Integrating Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom 5 th Edition Hands-on time! Week 3 Projects! Project 3 Use: In the Lab! How can you use this in your future classroom? Contact Info: Text: www.tinyurl.com/sensmann E-mail me through your virtual classroom (LMS) Urgent? Text message me: 772-528-1500
Understand Teachers and Organize Discovering Your Digital/Virtual Computers World! Integrating Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom 5 th Edition Lesson 3 continued... Key Terms Questions? Ask me! Contact Info: Text: www.tinyurl.com/sensmann E-mail me through your virtual classroom (LMS) Urgent? Text message me: 772-528-1500
Productivity Software Database Software Database - A collection of data organized in a manner that allows access, retrieval, and use of that data Similar to a manual filing system 20
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Productivity Software Google Docs Presentation PhotoStory3 22
Productivity Software Presentation Graphics Software Integrating electronic presentations into the classroom Nonlinear teaching and learning Students and teachers create presentations Can link presentations to the Web 23
Productivity Software Personal Information Managers (PIM) Software application that includes an appointment calendar, address book, notepad, and other features to help organize appointments, task lists, and more 24
Productivity Software Software Suite and Integrated Software Collection of individual application software packages sold as a single package Lower cost Ease of use Common interface Integrated software packages 25
Graphics and Multimedia Software Desktop Publishing (DTP) Software Allows you to design, produce, and deliver sophisticated documents that contain text, graphics, and brilliant colors Page layout - arranging text and graphics in a document 26
Graphics and Multimedia Software Paint/Image-Editing Software Allows you to draw pictures, shapes, and other graphical images using various tools on the screen Paint software Draw pictures, shapes, and other graphics Image-editing software Modify existing graphics Photo editing software Edit digital photographs 27
Graphics and Multimedia Software Multimedia Authoring Software Used to create electronic interactive presentations that include text, video, audio, and animation Often used in education Delivered on the Web, CDs, DVDs, and portable media players Movie Maker 28
Graphics and Multimedia Software Web Page Authoring Software Allows you to create Web pages and organize, manage, and maintain Web sites Many packages allow creation of Web pages Word processing programs allow creation of web pages Website Authoring Tool 29
Software for School Use 30
Software for School Use 31
Software for School Use Use Cell Phones! Gaming! 32
Software for Home and Personal Use Personal Finance Software Simplified accounting program Track personal income and expenses Track investments Online banking and investing 33
Software for Home and Personal Use Entertainment Software Interactive games and videos Hobbies 34
Learning Aids and Support Tools Help Tutorials FAQs 35
Software Versions and Upgrades Using Different Software Versions A school may have a mix of different software versions installed on its computers Determine software version with the software s About or Information command Older version of software may not open files created with the newer version 36
Application Software Teachers Productivity Discovering Tools for Computers Educators Integrating Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom 5 th Edition Hands-on time! Week 3 Projects! Practice Test Who Wants to Be a Computer Genius? Project 3 Use: In the Lab! How can you use this in your future classroom? Contact Info: Text: www.tinyurl.com/sensmann E-mail me through your virtual classroom (LMS) Urgent? Text message me: 772-528-1500
Application Software Teachers Productivity Discovering Tools for Computers Educators Integrating Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom 5 th Edition Lesson 3 continued... Practice Test Who Wants to Be a Computer Genius? Technology Tool Kit for You! Questions? Ask me! Contact Info: Text: www.tinyurl.com/sensmann E-mail me through your virtual classroom (LMS) Urgent? Text message me: 772-528-1500
Application Software Teachers Productivity Discovering Tools for Computers Educators Integrating Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom 5 th Edition Hands-on time! Try it out! Technology Tool Kit for You! How can you use this in your future classroom? Contact Info: Text: www.tinyurl.com/sensmann E-mail me through your virtual classroom (LMS) Urgent? Text message me: 772-528-1500