The students had a hardware quiz at the start of today’s class. I had given the students a study sheet for the quiz on the Sept 8 blog posting (I will repost the study sheet on this posting for those students that were away today). Once the students were finished the quiz, I told them that they were to work on 1 of the following things:
1.) labeling motherboard with sticky notes (if not finished); 2.) labeling general computer parts with sticky notes (if not finished); 3.) Computer Ports & Connectors Assignment (due tomorrow by the end of class); 4.) Custom Made Computer Assignment (students were given this assignment today, no due date for this assignment has been given).
For my grade 12’s in the class (those enrolled in TEJ4M), I mentioned to them I would have them work independently on a project that will most likely take them the semester to do which is to build a working computer submerged in mineral oil. There are 4 grade 12’s, and they are to divide the tasks among themselves and also document everything that they do towards creating this mineral oil computer. I have not yet given the students a formal marking scheme for this project but told them that I will count project as a part of their culminating activity. For now, here is a link to a youtube video showing how the students can create a mineral oil computer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJdUhtD1zns).
Below you will find a copies of the handouts/worksheets that were distributed/assigned in today’s class
Sept 8 – Computer Ports & Connectors Assignment (Due at the end of class tomorrow – Sept 10)
Study Sheet for Computer Hardware Quiz #1 (these are the images and terms students will need to know for tomorrow’s quiz)
Sept 9 – Custom Made Computer (I gave this assignment to students today. I show the students on the digital projector my expectations for the assignment at the start of tomorrow’s class)
Mr. Bawa's Semester 1 Classes at St. Mary's 