2018 term 1: week 7: networks and troubleshooting

We finished learning about networks last week and started our summative assessment.  Students are creating a network plan for a small business.  Their project will include a network diagram of all the components and labeled machines with correct class IP addresses, a floor plan with everything placed in correct places, including network cables and connections, and a paper that explains their plan and gives rationale to what they were trying to accomplish.  Once this is finished, we will move on to troubleshooting computer issues.  Students will create an interactive non-linear slide show that someone could use to solve any computer issue they may have.  Just a few more weeks left in class, so these will be a couple of assessments we really want to finish strong with.  Hope everybody has a great week!

2018 term 1: week 6: networks

IT fundamentals is just about finished with their operating systems unit.  We are going to take a little time on Monday to finish up our summative assessments which is to compare and contrast 2 operating systems (Windows 10 and Raspbian Stretch Linux).  Once we get all of these assessments turned in, we will start learning about networks.  We will be able to identify major components of computer networks, learn to troubleshoot common issues with networks, then students will design a network plan for a small business.

2018 Term 1: Week 4: PC Design

It's week 4, and conferences are already this week on Thursday!!  Students all finished their PC builds last week and identified/defined components.  This week students are designing PC builds for their summative assessments.  Students will turn in their findings in a slide show presentation.  Once finished with this, we will be done with PC hardware and will start moving on to Operating Systems.

2018 Term 1: Week 3: PC Build

Things are progressing nicely in IT Fundamentals.  Students did a great job this last week learning about binary code, and being able to read and write using binary code.  We finished the week off by making 3D models of dice that represented numbers using binary code.  We will be 3d printing off the best designs and sending those home with the students!

This week we will be really learning about the major components of computers, their functions, and how they work together.  We will then take what we learned and take apart a computer, identify those components, then will reassemble the machine.  This all leads us to our summative assessment, which is to design 3 different computer builds and give a cost analysis of the projects for 3 different scenarios.  Students will put their findings into a professional presentation that they will turn in for their unit test grade.  I'm very pleased with these classes, and can't wait to see them demonstrate what they have learned!