Discussion: Find out how many students have a smartphone and then list the things that they regularly do with them. Why is it called a smartphone? Discussion: List the devices that students have used with a touchscreen. Discuss what features the touchscreen enables. How would those functions have been done previously (if at all)? Student task: Ask students to carry out Activity 1 on page 10, using Worksheet 1.2. Tell students to consider tablets alongside laptops. If the choice was between a desktop and a tablet, would their answer be different? Give extra support by displaying pictures of mainframe computers in use so that students have a visual aid as well as the more technical information. Give extra challenge by asking students to find users of supercomputers. What was/is the Deep Blue computer? What is the World Community Grid? Seti@Home?
Plenary suggestions Hold one (or more) of the following sessions:
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Ask students to identify the computer from the statements – for example: What type of computer has standardised, inexpensive spare parts? Student task: Ask students to complete Worksheet 1.3. (The answers are provided on the Teacher Guide CD-ROM – see Worksheet 1.3 Answers.)
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