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Overview 3 © R. Craig Collins, 2005/6

•Items that should be accomplished before the beginning of the current time frame:
   •Read Word Projects 1-2
   •Read Discovering Computers 4
Items to accomplish during the current course time frame:

•Review
   •Office 2003 intro: Optional Windows Crash Course

•Activities
   •Discovering Computers, Chapter 4 (beyond Glossary)
      • bits and byte... ASCII
      • Motherboard
      • CPU (CU, ALU, machine cycle)
      • CMOS, battery charged RAM
      • Ports and slots
      • Bus
      • Technology Trailblazer, Gordon Moore

   •Microsoft Word (pdf)
   •Fonts (web page, from my Internet/Web Page class)
   •Reference: more about Word

•Begin
   •Lab 2 includes links to Word Sample Lab, Video example, and my Vitæ

•Finish
   •Lab 1, if not completed previously
   •Lab 2

•Submit
   •Lab 2
   •MUD (My Understanding, Details) respond as directed to the following:
      What topics, if any, during this time frame do you feel very comfortable with? Why?
      What topics, if any, during this time frame do you not feel comfortable with?
   •Class Discussion/BFO (Blinding Flash of the Obvious): respond as directed to the following:
      Why should you follow the sequence: create, edit, and then format?

•For the next time frame, read:
   •Word Project 3

•Each test has a review; you may wish to write out pertinent information from the readings and activities

•After completing this overview, you may wish to start on the next Overview material