Friday, 14 February 2014

WORKING WITH PRESENTATION

 
    Working with presentation power point enables you to perform different operations, such as inserting a text, inserting pictures, changing the slide background and also adding footers.

INSERTING TEXT.

 
To add text you need to go through some few steps:


1-Select START –ALL programs-Microsoft Office- Microsoft Office
Power point. Anew presentation is going to pop out in the microsoft power point window. AS shown in the following figure.
Microsoft powerpoint presentation


2- Click inside the CLICK TO ADD TITTLE placeholder. The shape of the cursor will change into an I-beam. As shown in the below figure.
Placeholder with an I-Beam cursor


3-Type the text you want similarly, you can also insert a text in the CLICK TO ADD SUBTITLE place holder

HOW TO ADD NEW SLIDE INTO THE PRESENTATION.

You may want to add slide for to include more information to the presentation which you need  to perform some few steps.


1-Open an existing presentation to which you want to add a slide.


2-Make sure that the  HOME tab is selected.


3- Click that NEW SLIDE drop- down arrow in the SLIDE groups and then select the desired theme you want. A new slide will be added to the presentation.



DELETING SLIDE FROM THE PRESENTATION

if you want to delete a slide , all you need is to perform these steps:

1-Open an existing presentation from which you want to delete a slide.


2-Then you select the slide you want to delete from the SLIDE tab.


3- Make sure the HOME tab is selected.


4- Click the DELETE button in the SLIDE group.


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Thursday, 6 February 2014

SLIDE SHOW VIEW.

The slide show view enables you to run the presentation in a full screen mode.Press the F5 key to start the slide show of a presentaion.When you run a slide show,powerpoint 2007 displays one slide at a time.You can either proceed to the next slide in the presentation manually or configure the presentation to advance the slides automatically.

 To navigate during the slide show,you can use any of the following methods
  • Press the left mouse button to move to the next slide.
  • Right-click the mouse button and select the required option from the pop-up menu.
  • Press the RIGHT arrow key or DOWN arrow key to move to the next slide.
  • Press the LEFT arrow key or UP arrow key to move to the previous slide.
  • Press the SPACEBAR key to move to the next slide.
  • Press the Page Down key to the next slide.
  • Press the Page Up key to move to the previous slide.
  • Press the Esc to end the slide show
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Monday, 3 February 2014

WORKING WITH WINDOWS

windows explorer is the application that microsoft windows
uses to provide a graphical user interface for accessing the
file system. In addition to file management, Windows explorer
deals with functions tied to the windows start menu and also controls the windows searching function and file type association.


Windows explorer also provides you the property of changing 
the desktop screen. You  can apply beautiful pictures on your 
desktop screen and make it lively. Windows explorer also provides
 you another property known as accessories, which includes various
 options. The options included in accessories are as follows: 
calculator, notepad, and paint.
EXAMPLE OF A BACKGROUND

To accomplish a task in windows, you need to interact with a folder or a file
A file is a named collections of some information such as a program,a set 
of data used by a program or a user created document. A folder is a container
that contains other files or folders. it is shown in windows as an icon 
displaying a file folder. Folders are a means of organizing files and folders on a disk.

Friday, 31 January 2014

USING THE POWERPOINT HELP TOOL BAR.

There are various buttons on a the power point help toolbar that enable you to navigate through the topics. The various buttons in the power point help toolbar are:

BACK: This option allows you to navigate to the next page that was previously used.

FORWARD: This option allows you to navigate to the next page . This button can be used once the back button has been used.

STOP: This option allows you stop a current search.

REFRESH: This option allows you refresh the currently displayed page.

HOME: This option allows you view the home page of the powerpoint help.

CHANGE FONT SIZE: This option allows you increase or decrease the font size of the text in a help topic.

SHOW TABLE OF CONTENTS: This option allows you to view the table of content pane.

POWERPOINT HELP: Window on the top of other windows.

TOOLBAR OPTIONS: This option allows you to add or remove buttons from the powerpoint help toolbar.

HERE ARE SOME PRACTICE QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU KNOW YOUR POWERPOINT



1. Which of the following keys begins the presentation in the slide show view?
  1. F5
  2. PAGE DOWN
  3. P
  4. SLIDE NUMBER + ENTER
2. Which of the following key will enable you move to the next slide during a slide show?
  1. LEFT ARROW KEY
  2. UP ARROW KEY
  3. PAGE UP
  4. SPACE BAR
3. Which of the following presentation views allows you to view thumbnails of all the slides in your presentation
  1. NOTES UP
  2. SLIDE SHOW
  3. SLIDE SORTER
  4. NORMAL
4. Which of the following presentation views allow you to display the content of the notes pane in full page format
  1. SLIDE SHOW
  2. SLIDE SORTER
  3. NORMAL
  4. NOTES PAGE
5. Which of the following is the default view for creating and edtting slides in the powerpoint 2007?
  1. SLIDE SORTER
  2. NORMAL
  3. NOTES PAGE
  4. SLIDE SHOW
THIS WILL HELP YOU IN KNOWING YOUR POWERPOINT FIND THE ANSWERS AND SHARE WITH WITH ON THE STUDENTS PAGE.


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Wednesday, 29 January 2014

BASIC FUNCTIONS OF A KEYBOARD



THE KEY BOARD PERFORMS VARIOUS FUNCTIONS  SHOWN BELOW.

F1 - F2 (Function keys) - Used to perform that depend on the software being used.

ENTER OR RETURN Used to execute on instruction or data being in through the keyboard.

CAPS LOCK - Used for keying in capitalized alphabets.

SHIFT -  Capslock off: If pressed simultaneously with a character key , a capitalized alphabet input.

              - Capslock on: It reverses the above effect.

              -  Also used to input the upper symbols for keys with two symbols or characters on them

CTRL, ALT - Pressed with other keys ,they input special messages to the computer.

BACKSPACE - Used to erase the character to the left of the cursor position.

NUM LOCK - Used to activate numeric keys on the numeric keyboard.

CURSOR KEYS - Used to move the cursor in the direction indicated.

HOME - Used to move the cursor to the left end of the current line.

END - Used to move the cursor to the end of the current line.

PAGE UP - Used to move the cursor up one page or one screen.

PAGE DOWN -  Used to move the cursor down one page or one screen.

INSERT - Used to insert characters at the current cursor position.

DELETE - Used to delete characters at the current cursor position.

ESC - Depends on the application. usually used to cancel a command.

PRINT SCREEN- Used to print whatever is displayed on the screen,

SCROLL LOCK- Used to allow scrolling in a documents.

FIG 1.SYMBOLS

   

 




Monday, 27 January 2014

COMPUTER HARDWARE



HARDWARE

The components or devices that are connected to a computer are collectively known as
 hardware. For example, monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, and printer come under the term hardware.

INPUT - OUTPUT DEVICES.
As you know, a computer follows the I-P-O cycle for processing . Therefore all the devices can be categorized as input and output devices, and processing devices.
The input devices are used to give instructions to the computer. For example  ,keyboard and mouse.
The output devices are used to display output of an operation. For example , monitor and printer.

KEYBOARD
The keyboard provides different keys to perform various operations, such as the cap lock, backspace , num lock, home, end.

Video
KEYBOARD
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MOUSE
A mouse is a small device that is connected to the system until by means of long wire. This is another input device, whose movement causes the corresponding movements of a pointer on the screen. it usually has two or three buttons using which the user can select options from the screen.

MOUSE


VDU
Now that you are familiar with some input devices of the computer , let us take a closer looks at an output device. Data that has been processed needs to be displayed to the user. This is done using the monitor or the VDU . The VDU is similar to a Tv screen and can display both text and graphic images. The display can be either in black or white color.

VDU


PRINTER
The output on the VDU cannot be stored for later reference . For a permanent output, you would requires a printer that is also a common output device Using the printer , you can obtain output  on paper. Printers are capable of printing at very high speeds.

PRINTER

MICROPHONE
A microphone is an input devices that allows a user to speak to the computer to enter data and instructions into the computer or it is used to record sound.


MICROPHONES
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JOYSTICK
A joystick is a pointing device with a vertical lever mounted on a base. it is mainly used for computer games and ultrasound scanners in hospitals.
JOYSTICK



SCANNER
A scanner is a input device used to capture information, such as, photographs and documents on paper
and translate the information into a raster (bitmap) computer image.

SCANNER

SPEAKERS
You can use speakers on a multimedia machine to listen to the sound files, which can be audio, recorded by a microphone or audio CDS.


SPEAKERS




Saturday, 25 January 2014

IT FUNDAMENTALS.

 

COMPUTER OVERVIEW.

Computer is an electronic device used for storage and processing information. A computer has moved through various states of development and improvement. These states are referred to as generations of computer.


Most computers follow the basic principle of input, process, and output. A computer consists of two components, hardware and software. A computer has various types of files on a storage media: text storage, graphic storage , and audio storage media.

INTRODUCING COMPUTER SYSTEMS

Computer is an electronic device that stores, retrieves, and processes data, and can be programmed with instructions. A is computer is computer is composed of hardware and software, and can exist in a variety of sizes and configurations.

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

To begin with, you must understand the impact of computers in the world today. Computers are affecting our lives in one way or the other. Airline and railway reservations, telephone and electricity bills, banking , medical diagnoses, weather forecasts... the list of services using computers is almost endless.

You would have probably noticed that some applications of computers have made life much easier for you - your air ticket is now issued in a matter of minutes and your credit card is processed very fast.

You may be suprise to know that the computer cannot perform any task without you. The computer needs to be instructed on exactly what it has to do.

GENERATIONS OF COMPUTER 

While it would not be wrong to say that the evolution of the computer began with the man's need to count, the actual growth, which have come to be called computer generations. Major technological develpments in each generation led to smaller,  cheaper , more powerful and more efficient and reliabble computers.

FIRST GENERATION - 1940 - 1956: VACCUM TUBES.

The first generation computers used valves leading to huge size and cost. The UNIVAC and ENIAC computers are examples of first generation computing devices.
fig 1.1 first generation computer.
The UIVAC was the first commercial computer delivered to a bussiness clients, the U.S census Bureau in 1951.

fig.2.2  second generation computer 

 SECOND GENERATION - 1956- 1963: transistors

The secon generation computer used transistors. in span of ten years, transistors that were more efficient and cheaper replaced valves.

fig 3.3 third generation computer

THIRD GENERATION COMPUTERS - 1964 - 1971 : Integrated Circuits.


The Third generation computers used intergrated circuits (IC) . in the early sixties, a major breakthrough was achieved when hundreds of transistors could be placed on a single silicon chip. IC became the basis of the third generation.

fig 4.4 fourth generation computer.

FOURTH GENERATION - 1971- PRESENT: microprocessors

 The fourth generation computers used microprocessors. with the introduction of very large scale integration (VLSI), thousands of transistors could be placed on a single chip.
fig 5.5 fifth generation computer
FIFTH GENERATION - PRESENT AND BEYOND: Artificial intellegence

The fifth generation computer tries to infuse intelligence into computer. The development of these computers is still in its infancy, but examples can be cited of various speech recognition systems and robots.




Wednesday, 22 January 2014

THE ROLE OF ICT IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.

     ICT has now become vital parts of everyday life of most developed world, with so many functions such as the banking sector, social economical.It helps us keep in touch with our friends through chat rooms, face, book, instagram, blackberry and so on and the number of things we do is growing rapidly
               Computer are used in delivering instructional materials to learners.The application of ict gives more opportunities for communication between peer learners,where by they change information, and even practice to blog discussion as we are doing now in our ict course they can also work together in teams, exchange ideas on different topic or projects. By using the right material available provided by the internet, one will be able to have better knowledge into the culture of people and country whose language we study.
          
               In a language classroom the computer may have the following roles:
  1. Teachers - it teaches the new language of students
  2. Tester  -it test students on the things they have learned
  3. Tool - it assist the student in doing certain tasks.
  4. Data Source - helps in providing students in doing certain tasks they need to do various activities.
  5. Facilitator -this allows students to communicate with each other.  
    
computer as a teacher: As we can see very well now as time goes on the computer is going to       soon replace  the teacher and the teacher will no longer teach rather teachers will guide only students. Computer as a teacher uses  CD ROMS. Students can listen to recordings in such programs  and practice all their skills.

 Computer as a tester: The students using their knowledge of language will be able to practice different internet websites.

 Computer as as a tool: Computer as a tool because they provide us tool for acquiring foreign language. the pictures ,projects ,exercises and all tools of teaching materials.

Computer as a data source: As information provider are all known that due to the usage of computer we can access almost any information we need to know. That is why as teachers we should provide our students with useful websites, so as to help them solve their task.

Computer as a facilitator: Computer has now been the principal medium of communication between students this can be done by email, chatting, or by disscussion forums. Therefore teachers can set up disscussion forums and use them to communicate with topic of intrest.   

                              

Monday, 20 January 2014

WHAT IMPACT HAS ICT ON THE SOCIETY?


        ICT or Information and Communication Technology has had a great impact on society since its earlier days. We now have TV sets and remote controls, personal and laptop computers and mobile phones among others. More and more technologies are coming up everyday, it’s like the world has gone on super drive trying to make life easier and more comfortable by creating and inventing new, better gadgets.It's made it possible for us to become a more informed and knowledgeable community.
Without it we go back to the days of trusting what any person in authority throws at us. Now we can do our homework to build our own conclusion of what is going on.

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

                     

                                                                                         MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Multicultural Education is one of the terms in describing education for pluralism Pluralism here has to do with diverse group or different cultures.for example sudan is a Multicultural Nation,as result in schools you find different children from various tribes.One of the best ways to bring good understanding in Education is communication technology (ICT) Through ict in application of Multicultural Education would enhance students ability and Education.Through its curriculum it will describe different concept of several cultural differences. In recent years we can see the fact that all part of the world are multicultural with different cultural background and way of life. Information technology, internet are present all over our lives and has made such impacts.Therefore ICT can be a very important way to meet the challenge.Because the world is becoming globalized with the help of technology.Therefore in what ways do you think (ICT) can help a Multicultural class?.                

Sunday, 12 January 2014

Dear life.....

i have promised to change my self for the best...that is my new years revolution in sha Allah