Learning about Peripherals

Peripherals are devices or add-ons that we add to a computer to enhance or improve your experience.

There are many different types of peripherals that we use everyday some of them are...

• Mouse
• Keyboard
• Monitors
• Printers

The Mouse- Makes it so you can move your digital cursor around on the screen.

There are 2 different kinds of mice.

• USB Wireless Optical mouse
• Trackball Mouse

Keyboard- Reports each key press to a software program that interprets the keystrokes, you can also use keyboard for giving commands such as the CRTL-ALT-DELETE key that is used on the Windows OS.

Monitor- They are the output devices that shows you the digital world, which really means, it shows you all the data that the computer is outputting and makes it so you can see what you're doing. There are also different types of resolution, the more pixels the resolution has, the higher quality it will be.

There are 2 types of monitors

• LCD Monitor
• CRT Monitor

Printers- are output devices which you can send data to and it will print it on paper, while scanners are input devices where you can transfer a document into an online photo.

There are 3 types

• Multifunction Printer
• Scanner
• Inkjet Printer

Examples of Drives...

• 3½ in. Floppy Drive
• CD-ROM Drive
• DVD Drive
• Blu-Ray Drive

Examples of external drives...

• USB Flashdrive
• DVD Drive
• External and Eternal Hard Drives

Computer Parts

Hardware

Motherboard, CPU (Central Processing Unit), Fan, Disk Drive, USB Ports, RAM (Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), Cards (Video Cards, Sound Cards), Power Cables and chargers, Monitor and a Computer Case.

Software

Operating System (Windows, Mac OS, Linux...), Browser (Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox...), Business Programs (Microsoft Word, Powerpoint...) Drivers (Device and programs and an Anti-Virus Software.

Peripherals

Mouse, Keyboard, Compact Disks, Speakers, Camera, Printer, Microphone, Headset, USB Flash Drive or USB Device, External Hard Drive, Projector, Router (Ethernet) and Scanner

Functions

Storage, Research (Browse the Internet), Entertainment (Play Games, Listen to Music), Communication (Message friends or family, Video or Voice Calling like Skype.etc), Computing and Processing Data, Online Shopping and Online Banking.

Zapatopi

This website looks a little fishy just from the way the website is set up at first glance and it was one of my first clues that this is not a trustworthy site. If you scroll to the top left you will see that this is a blog, so it is not really a good idea to trust a blog in the first place because almost anyone could write a blog. Also the whole idea just seems dumb, the hat literally has no purpose and just sits there. It states "since you can't trust anyone..," that makes this person sound either crazy or clueless of whatever he or she is talking about in this blog. The site seems to also contain quite a few grammatical errors inside of it which makes me believe it is less trustworthy

ID Faceoff Activity

This is wrong because thefts don't just use drivers and name badges, if they gain access to one piece of your information that gives them access to a large portion of your identity making it harder to get your identity back.

Trends

What are 3 trends you see in computer history?

I have seen smaller screens (aka Mobile Devices and Tablet Computers)
to make it easier to visit websites and  message people on the go.
Larger Hard Drives in computers to help store more data.
so that people can store more personal data on their computers.
Better Connection to the Web.
makes it so people can visit websites easier.

3 Things that drive improvements are:

1. Faster Website surfing
2. Portable viewing of webpages
3. Need to have ability for being "always connected"

True or False

1). The first computer programmer was a women.True
Who was the first computer programmer? Ada Lovelace
When did she live? 1815 - 1852
Where did she live? England
2). The first computer was built in 1975.False
When was the first computer built? 1910
Who built it? Henry Babbage and his son Charles Babbage
Henry started the project and Charles finished it.
3). Apple made the worlds first user friendly personal computer.False
Who made the first User Friendly computer? Wozniak
He built it and it wasn't built by Apple.
4). Binary number are counted by twos.False
The Binary number system is counted in 0's and 1's and is the simplest 
positional number system
The Binary number system was invented in 1679
5). A notebook computer is the same as a laptop computer.True
Why was it made? Portable and you can take it places.
The first one was released 1982.
6). Computers come in only 3 sizes; Desktop, Notebook and Tablet.False
It actually comes in 4 sizes which are Desktop,
Notebook, Tablet and Mobile.
7). All PCs use the Microsoft Windows OS.False
There are quite a few other OS available including Linux, Chrome OS
Steam OS and Padora
8). People with lots of data often own their own Mainframe computer.False
False because there usually only companies would need that much data.
They are computers used by very large company and the government.
9). Most Modern Super computers are made up of clusters of computers.True
The difference between a super computer and a mainframe is that a 
mainframe can be clustered of multiple computers while a super 
computer is one computer that can process and handle large projects.

What is POIT?

POIT stands for Principle of Information Technology.

In this lesson,I think we will learn the basics of Technology and Electronics. Some things that we might learn will be how to work with and manipulate Software and look at different hardware. It will be an opportunity to explore different career options and look at the types of jobs available for IT.  Exploring and looking through different programs and software's will help give us and idea on what we might try to do in the future.

I think we will be studying many types of IT and Networking. These types of things will help us decide if we want to continue with an IT type of job later on in life. I hope we will be experiencing a bunch of different programs and software to help us get a better idea on how to use them. I hope POIT in general will be an experience full of IT and network knowledge that will help us in the future.