February 17th

Today we will be working on creating a Technology Notebook in Microsoft Office's Excel.   We will then create a "dictionary" of technology terms in the program.  We will practice basic data entry, sorting, merging, formatting. 


The first tutorial covers the basics of Excel.  The second tutorial explains some basic functions for data entry which will will get to later.

Our Technology terms and definitions are below.  Each term must be entered into it's own cell followed by the definition in the neighboring cell, lastly an image in the third cell.

CPU

A CPU is the Central Processing Unit in your computer.  It's what makes your computer work. 

Desktop

The main screen in Windows where you can put pictures that act as shortcuts to various programs and files. 

CTRL key

A key on a computer keyboard that is pressed in combination with another key to activate a shortcut. 

Application

An application is a program on your computer that allows you to do something (e.g. surf the web, write a letter, draw a picture).

Font

Font is a particular sort of lettering (on the screen or on paper). Arial is a font. Times New Roman is another.

RAM

RAM (Random Access Memory) is the main memory used while the computer is working. RAM is temporary.