CURRICULUM MAP: 10201.map
A+ PC Repair and Maintenance (SCP) 799
A+ Core Hardware Unit Six (Chapter 7-9)
TIME FRAME: 5 Weeks
GRADE: 9-12
CONTACT:
MAP LEVEL: 1
12.0 BUSINESS EDUCATION
12.0.8.9.2
-- Students will describe current and emerging computer architecture; configure, install, and upgrade hardware; diagnose and repair hardware problems.
12.0.8.9.7
-- Students will gather, evaluate, use, and cite information from information technology sources.
12.0.8.9.17
-- Students will describe positions and career paths in information technology.
02.0 HEALTH AND SAFETY
02.0.3.9.1
-- Students will practice responsible behaviors associated with mature, young adult interaction
03.0 LANGUAGE ARTS
03.0.3.9.1
-- Students will proofread and edit for grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization; students will demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, usage and spelling skills, and utilize effective strategies and appropriate resources for proofreading and editing.
04.2 LRIT - COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
04.2.2.9.5
-- Students will observe all ethical and legal restraints in copying or using material from any print, nonprint or electronic resources
04.2.2.9.7
-- Students will observe local, state and national laws and policies and procedures regarding the use of computers, other technologies and networks
04.2.5.9.8
-- Students will independently select and use an appropriate search engine or directory related to a specific task
1. How do floppy drives work?
2. How do you exchange and support floppy drives?
3. What are hard drive technologies?
4. How. s a computer communicate with hard drive firmware?
5. How is a hard drive logically organized to hold data?
6. How do you install a hard drive?
7. How do you solve hard drive installation problems?
8. How do you support hard drives and make backups?
9. What are viruses and other computer infestations and how you do you protect against them?
10. How do you troubleshoot hard drives?
Floppy Drives
Understanding and Installing Hard Drives
Optimizing and Protecting Hard Drives
Students in Computer Repair will develop the ability to:
--Explain how floppy drives work and how to exchange and support floppy drives,
--Explain hard drive technologies and how a hard drive is logically organized to hold data,
--Explain how a hard drive communicates with hard drive firmware,
--Demonstrate how to install a hard drive,
--Identify how to solve hard drive installation problems.
--Explain the concepts of supporting hard drive and making backups.,
--Explain viruses and other computer infestations and how to protect against them.
Identify how to troubleshoot hard drives.
Students will:
--Realize that knowledge and mastery of specific hardware or software skills are not the end-goals of information technology courses,
--Understand that it is the student's ability to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate situations at home, school, or work, and then apply technology to solve problems and complete tasks efficiently and effectively, that is of lasting value.
(National Standards for Business Education 2001)
Tests - consist of True/False, Multiple Choice, Matching, Fill-in, and Short Answer questions.
Quizzes - consist of True/False, Fill-in, and Short Answer questions.
Case Projects - Contain "out of the box" questions that students must think about to find an answer.
Classwork
Homework
Hands-on projects
TestOut Software
Guest Speakers
Dismantling Computers
Building Computers
Video Clips
Textbook
Internet
TestOut Software
Video Clips
Computers
Printers
LCD