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Target audience: College level education majors (Learning Through Technology Course) Advanced prep: - Obtain old computer system unit for students to look at and label, make sure it is safe for them to use and touch. - Do lesson on components of computer and common problems that teachers may face - Hand out this worksheet: - Have them label this worksheet with the correct terms of what is inside a system unit - Here are the answers to the diagram above: - Prepare to devote class time to monitoring the group work, to make sure groups work well together and that everyone is doing they part Length of time: The groups should get one week to work on this project, one full class period devoted to group work and one previous lesson about the project Resources: Inside the Computer – where diagram above was found Quiet PC USA Kids Domain - Computers Lesson 2 How Stuff Works Inside the Computer Function of each major Computer Component Troubleshooting Basic Computer Troubleshooting Common Computer Problems and Fixes Fix your computer problems NETS Addressed in project: - basic operations and concepts - social, ethical, and human issues - Technology productivity tools - Technology research tools - Technology problem-solving and decision-making tools