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‘Computer Basics: Connecting to the Internet’ was produced by GCFLearnFree.Watch this video and makes notes you of information can use in your work. Click on the right arrow to see two further videos.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Some of this resources refer to Microsoft Windows computers and others refer to Apple Macintosh computers.
- 'How to start a computer’ from WikiHow.
- ‘How to turn your Mac on or off’ from Apple support.
- ‘Tutorial: Windows Basics’ on the GCF Global website.
- 'Tutorial: OS X Basics’ on the GCF Global website
- 'Health and safety when working with computers’ from BBC Bitesize
- 'Virus’ from Computer Hope
- 'Computer repair top tips’ from the Which website.
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on 'Storage devices'.
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on 'Keep information secure'.
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click to read ‘Storage devices’ on the Computer Hope website to read more about the different types of storage including the old formats of paper storage.
- This second article from the Computer Hope website looks at ‘How to protect yourself while on the internet. You may wish to read any of the additional information that is relevant.
- The Kaspersky website has created this resource on ‘Top 15 internet safety rules and what not to do online’.
- Use the internet to research routine computer maintenance tasks for your operating system. This could be a version of Windows, Mac OS, Linux, or some other system.
- Think And Challenge
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