Lesson Plan : The Visible PC An Overview

Teacher
Name:
Grade:
Subject:

Topic:

Benoist
Grade 11-12
Vocational Ed.

Visible Computer Hardware/Components and how to deal with

handling them

This plan will pertain to the introduction of the Personal Computer

to students and will explain the following computer components
and how to handle them with specific tools and safety: Cases,
power supplies, motherboards, memory, processors, ports,
Content:
expansion slots (ISA,EISA,PCI,AGP,PCI-E), expansion cards (sound,
video, network, modem), peripheral components
(mouse,keyboard), computer repair tools and how ESD affects
electronic components
Goals:

Objectives:

To familiarize the students with the basic elements of the

computer using Lecture, Power Point presentation, Overhead
slides, physical hardware, and pertinent tools
The objective of this lesson is to reduce the anxiety students may
feel when dealing with a computer. It is to educate them on what a
computer consists of and how to most affectively work with them.

Computers for examination (1 per every 3 students), 1 computer

for video and powerpoint presentation, Overhead projector,
Whiteboard w/ markers, Video projector, Misc. Computer
Materials:
Hardware, Mike Meyer's A+ video #1, Power Point presentation on
Chap2 The Visible PC, and overheads of pertinent computer
hardware.
Introduction:

A verbal quiz on computer hardware The lesson will start with a

video introducing computer basics.

Following the video a physical computer will be disassembled by

the instructor while at the same time using a powerpoint
Development:
presentation for better emphasis and overheads for being able to
draw necessary figures for better understanding.
After each part is disassembled it and other components like it
will be handed around the room so each student can get a better
Practice:
look and feel of the component. A discussion on each particular
component should be conducted at this time.
Accommodations:

This plan is intended to contain facets of all different learning

styles in order to accomodate each different student. It can even

be done at a pace and with a more laymen's approach to

accomodate those with special needs
Checking For
Understanding:

A verbal quiz in more detail from the introduction is given to

determine whether the students having gained more knowledge
during the excersise.

Discuss what type of computer each student would like and what
features they would include in it. Give each student the
Closure:
assignment of configuring their own PC for discussion in the next
class.
Did the students knowledge of the PC increase? Based on the
Evaluation: responses from the initial quiz and the final quiz you should see a
huge improvement in the students overall knowledge.
Each student had many misconception of the computer and
Teacher through this lesson plan I was able to eliminate most of these
Reflections: issues. Having eliminated the false knowledge I will now be able to
get indepth into each topic without having to re-teach the student.