Ms. R’s Computer Class

Please take a look at our completed Vintage Computer Ads. Most of them have been uploaded to our class Flickr page. Check to make sure that yours is there and that you have added a Title and a description which includes your first name and your class section. You can also add tags to make [...]

As you research the computer you are creating an advertisement for you will encounter some new vocabulary will be thinking about how what defines a computer and how they work. I have found some websites that are helpful in explaining things is simple terms. Take a look at these sites: Computers and How They Work [...]

You will be creating an advertisement for a computer. The computer you choose must of been invented BEFORE 1990. Before you create your advertisement you will do some research on older computers and there will be a research handout you can use to collect the information you will need. I will provide web sites and [...]

Students are beginning to submit their advertisements to me. They need to be exported as .mov files from keynote. Remember to check your spelling and have another student look at your work and give some feedback. Place the completed .mov file into your class Drop Box. We are posting the completed videos to our brand [...]

What did the first computer look like? When was the first computer built? Who invented computers? We will spend the next couple of weeks looking at old computers and discovering how and why they worked. Did you know that some computers used to be as big as a room? Or that some computers were made [...]