Difference between revisions of "User:Jwmh/Class Drafts"
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<li>Module: [[/Module:needed_peripherals|hooking up a computer]]</li> | <li>Module: [[/Module:needed_peripherals|hooking up a computer]]</li> | ||
<li>[[/Module:hardware interface|Module: hardware interface (mouse and keyboard)]] | <li>[[/Module:hardware interface|Module: hardware interface (mouse and keyboard)]] | ||
| − | *get Mac keyboard also</li> | + | *get Mac keyboard/mouse also</li> |
</ol> | </ol> | ||
Software (UI) | Software (UI) | ||
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| − | + | <li>[[/Module:UI_login_screen|Module: (UI) Login screen]]</li> | |
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| − | + | <li>[[/Module:UI_desktop|Module: UI desktop (environment - default at login)]]</li> | |
| − | + | <!-- <li>Module 6: panels, menus, pointer, icons, and "windows" | |
| − | + | ** "windows" aren't really like a window -- they're more like a table -- or better yet, they're like a book....</li> | |
| − | ** "windows" aren't really like a window -- they're more like a table -- or better yet, they're like a book.... | + | --> |
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| + | Module 7: Extras: Status bars, Workspaces ("a second window to look thru"??) | ||
Revision as of 13:53, 4 February 2013
Link to Modules
Hardware
- Module: power/electric/heat (howto turn on; do's/don'ts)
- Module: hooking up a computer
- Module: hardware interface (mouse and keyboard)
- get Mac keyboard/mouse also
Software (UI)
- Module: (UI) Login screen
- Module: UI desktop (environment - default at login) Module 7: Extras: Status bars, Workspaces ("a second window to look thru"??) (Interacting w/ the computer)
- NB: currently this below content seems only applicable to the WIMP / Desktop model. Is this appropriate? (initial instinct is to respond, "yes, and necessary, at least in present-day").
- physical care - heat=bad, liquid=bad, grounded surge protector = good, etc. (is this really "necessary"?)
- poweron / login / poweroff
- using the keyboard and mouse
- understanding the folders, files, and applications
- How do you know what to look for?
- How do you go about finding it?
- what are we even talking about; what does "it" cover here?
- Difference between "exploring" vs "changing"
- How do you make changes?
- How do you do so safely?
- windows
- menus
- status bar
- locating & changing -- settings (OS) + settings (applications)
Class Proposal: "Living in a Technology World"
This is a draft proposal for the class, "Living in a Technology World" (title suggested by Darren - User:Dheiber).
The idea for this class came from me, Joseph Herbert (User:Jwmh).
The basic premises are as follows: - What separates a "computer person" from a "non-computer person"? (note: these are usually self-identified)
However, how do we expand / generalize for smartphones? ... The usual case for teaching abstractions is, Start with specific cases, then the rest (generalized) can follow. So may not be possible to teach 'only' the abstract (which we knew as soon as we started talking about UI conventions:windows/menus/etc, didn't we?).
Section 1: Getting to know the basics
This should entail only the *bare necessities* for operating a computer:
Note that this doesn't cover the use of any specific applications (such as a web browser or a word processor).
Section 2: Getting savvy
Okay, this is where it gets tricky, and I'm not sure what it Section 2 vs Section 3.
??===Section 3: Getting savvy - making changes=== um. basics of making changes?
right-clicking fits in here somewhere
Parts of a UI: