INFORMATION
FROM VARIOUS PAC VOLUNTEER
COMMITTEES
PAC COMPUTERS
Sample
Classroom Computer Volunteer Handbook
Grade 3 English
STARTING UP COMPUTER (FOR WORKS OR KIDPIX)
THEN
OR
THEN
SHUTTING DOWN COMPUTER (FROM WORKS OR KIDPIX)
ALSO MS WORKS SPREADSHEET
ALSO MS WORKS DATA BASE SORT & TOTAL REPORT
Computer
Club Internet Safety Guidelines
GENERAL NOTES
- the classroom computer is rolled into the hallway, this way students in the classroom are not distracted by work on the computer with the volunteer.
-
the Dummies Series Book MicroSoft Works for Teachers and
the
Dummies Series Book Windows 95 and
the
Dummies Series Book Internet Site Guide for Kids and
the
Dummies Series Book Kids Software
are
in the Computer Lab.
-
the Muppet Computer Book Kermit Learns How Computers Work and
the
Muppet Computer Book Kermit Learns Windows and
the
OWL Magazine Internet Guide for Kids 'CyberSurfer' and
the
Usborne Book all about the Internet and Web Page Making are in the Library.
Oct. 31/97
QUILCHENA
COMPUTER RULES
-students to save their data files to their own diskettes and not the
hard drive
as
- saves space on the hard drive for software programs
- provides some protection if computer system ‘crashes’ and data
lost on hard drive (ideally students should make a second back-up
diskette copy of their
diskettes)
- for primary students, concept of saving a file to a diskette
separate from the computer is a good one to learn. It may help
their
understanding later of saving a file to a folder on a hard drive.
Folders on a hard drive might be a more difficult concept for
primary students. A folder with their name might help.
-especially for primary students, individual diskettes are a
simple way
to organize data so it can be easily retrieved. On a hard drive
care must be
taken to use unique filenames or folders.
-the grade 3 F.I. 96/7 class had only one student’s diskette go ‘bad’ during the year
-the students’s work on a diskette can be taken with the student
to the next grade/teacher