Post #3

According to the text, an input device is any hardware component that allows you to enter data, programs, commans, and user responses into a computer. Input devices include keyboards, pointing devices, scanners and reading devices, digital cameras, audio and video input devices, and input devices for students with special needs. These input devices can become very useful in the classroom. An output device is any computer component capable of conveyuing information to a user and is is commonly used output devices include monitors, printers. data projectors, facsimile machines, mulitfunctional devices, speakers, and head sets. Storage medium (media being the plural form) is the physical material on which data, instructions, and imformation are kept. One commonly use of a storage medium is a disk which is a rould flat piece of plastic or metal on which items such as data, instructions, and information can be encoded. A storafge device is th mechanism used to record and retrieve these items to and from a storage medium. These storage devices can function as sources of input and output.

Since the last journal post I have learned how to work with the program called Inspiration. This program is designed to help organize information graphically and allow it to be displayed in a neat and orderly way. This is definitly a program that I could use while I am teaching. It is very easy to use and produces great, neat, orangized material that can be helpful when teaching and individual student or an entire class.

There is nothing that I can think of at this point in time that I would like to share with the class that I haven't already said at this point. Maybe something will come to me by the next blog entry that is due.