Parts of a Computer

PowerPoint Lesson

By: Craig Ellison

Essential Question:

How can learning PowerPoint improve your schoolwork?

Setup Procedures:

Step 1: Open PowerPoint and create a blank presentation.

Step 2: Click on the 4 squares button and create 10 slides using the copy and paste technique.

Step 3: Format background colors for each slide. Every slide can use the same color or design.

Step 4: Use WordArt to write a title for each slide.

Step 5: Insert a picture or clipart of the topic for every slide.

Step 6: Insert a text box. Write a summary for each topic. (2-3 sentences) Don’t copy and Paste

Project:

The shell you have just created will be used to develop a PowerPoint slide on “Parts of a Computer”. The first slide must be a title slide. The last slide must be a conclusion slide.

Topics: Below are the 8 topics that must be covered in your presentation:

Monitor (Screen) Mouse

Printer Modem

Processor Memory (RAM)

Keyboard Hard Drive

Research Links:

Webopedia.com (Use this for definitions for all your topics)

How stuff works.com (Use this for pictures of RAM)

QCC Objectives:

8.6 & 8.7 Demonstrates basic knowledge of information-processing software packages.