intro+tech+PC215




 * List of Words to Know: **

 network- system of interconnected people or things

 server- computer or computer program that manages access to a centralized resource or service in a network.

 node- central or connecting point

 internet- global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to link several billion devices worldwide.

 URL- reference (an address) to a resource on the Internet. A URL has two main components: Protocol identifier:

 web address- uniform resource locator

 web page- hypertext document connected to the World Wide Web

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> LAN- <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, or office building, using network media

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">wireless- <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">not using wires to send and receive electronic signals

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> cloud computing- <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 1.5;">the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer.


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">For Grade 8 **


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Please view the following videos on Common Craft. **


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Be able to define and use each of the terms in the parenthesis. **


 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Hardware (computer, ROM, RAM, processor) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Software (computer operating system, software programs) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Web Browser (software, web browser, web address, URL, web page, keyboard shortcuts, back button, history menu, bookmark, extensions, browser tabs, browser windows, search, passwords,update, window to the online world) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Play Word Dynamo to review the terms. Introduction to Computer Terms II **


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Please view the following videos on Common Craft. **


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Be able to define and use each of the terms in the parenthesis. Be able to explain the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing. Be able to explain the use of a browser and name at least one. Be able to explain the purpose and use of a search engine and name at least one. **


 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Computer Networks (wireless internet connection, local area network (LAN), nodes, connectors, traffic, internet, world wide resource, internet page, ring organization, star organization, network of networks) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">World Wide Web (web site, web address, link, packets of code, server, web page, browser, translator) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Cloud Computing (advantages of cloud computing) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Application Programming Interfaces (API, interfaces, programming, processed) **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Apps (platforms, mobile phone, download, online market place, web browser) **