Teacher: Mr. Jeremaine McKenzie

Subject: Information Technology

Grade: 10 Pools B

Topics: Hardware Specifications & Software

Duration: 2 weeks (October 3 - 14, 2011)

Specific Objectives:

Students should be able to:

1. Interpret the hardware specifications of a computer system.

2. Define the term software.

3. Distinguish between systems programs and application programs;

Content:

CPU type and speed; memory: capacity, type, word size, speed. Hard drive: capacity, speed; fire wire, expansion slots, ports.

Systems software: operating systems, translators, utilities: Application software: general purpose, special purpose, custom written. Customization, integrated software.

Procedure:

Lesson 1: Objective 1 Presentation and discussion using guided discovery; CPU & Memory

specifications. Notes with additional information.

Lesson 2: Objective 1 Presentation and discussion using guided discovery; Hardware specifications

along with fire wire, expansion slots and ports. Notes with additional information.

Lesson 3: Objectives 2, 3. Students will read from text, from which a discussion using guided discovery will

be used for clarification; Definition of software, Systems Software. Notes with additional information.

Lesson 4: Objective 3. Students will read from text, from which a discussion using guided discovery will

be used for clarification; Applications Software.

Notes with additional information.

Culminating Activities:Lesson 1 & 2:

Lesson 3 & 4 Activities from previous plan.Lesson 3:

Students will be asked to:1. Represent 101012 and -.0.001012 in Sign, Mantissa & Exponent2. Find the ASCII code for C and L if the ASCII code for E is 010010102.

Lesson 4: TEST

Evaluation:

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ST. ELIZABETH TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TEST

TOPIC: DATA REPRESENTATION

GRADE: 10 POOLS A & B

DATE: SEPTEMBER 2011

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer all questions.

1. Add the binary numbers 10010112 and 10011112.

2. Subtract the binary number 1010112 from 1001102.

3. Represent -2710 in Two’s Complement and Sign & Magnitude.

4. If the ASCII code the H is 010110112, find the ASCII Code for E and K.

5. Convert 4610 to binary and hexadecimal.

6. Convert 47 8 to hexadecimal and binary.

7. Convert 1011112 to octal and decimal.

8. Represent 0.00101012 in Sign, mantissa and Exponent.