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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LESSON

TOPIC: HARDWARE

SUBTOPIC: SCREEN POINTING DEVICES



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Objectives
the student should be able to:
  • name screen pointing devices use in school, at home or the local drug store or super market.
  • pick out screen pointing devices from a list of peripherals.
  • identify devices in the lab or from pictures.
  • explain how a given screen pointing devices work.
  • state what the given device is used for and who uses it.



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Preknowledge

Hardware; Peripheral Devices; Software



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Web Resources

www.teach-ict.com; www.wikipedia.org; www.yahoo.com/images




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Presentation

Use the web resources provided to find information on seven screen pointing devices.

DEVICES: Mouse; Trackball; Trackpad; Joystick; Light Pen; Touch Screen; Graphic Tablet.
Find out how each device work, who uses it and what it is used for.
Find images of each device and be able to distinguish one from the other.





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Assignment

Create a a ten page booklet entitled Screen Pointing Devices.

Make suitable cover pages. The back cover should be left empty.
The tables of contents is your first page
Put a picture of each device on the next seven pages
The last two pages should be your glossary and appendix




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Assessment

Write the name of the devices shown here

Choose any two and say who uses each and how it is used