Topic 4-1: Hardware
We explore hardware components by watching and discussing the following video tutorials, and also by exploring a Raspberry Pi!
Inside your computer
How a CPU works
How transistors work (Ted-Ed)
How do hard drives work (Ted-Ed)
How computer memory works (Ted-Ed)
How RAM works
What are bits, and are they important? (32-bit versus 64-bit)
Data channel or bus: definitions
What is a client-server network?
Topic 4-2: Software
To get some hands-on experience with coding (i.e., software programming), we will try to record and build a macro in Excel. We will also associate the macro with a button!
Watch this tutorial video to learn how to add the Developer tab to the ribbon on Windows, and an illustration of what cool tricks you can do with absolute versus relative macros
Here's Microsoft's documentation on how to add the Developer tab to the ribbon
Watch this tutorial video to learn how to add the Developer tab to the ribbon on Mac.
Watch this tutorial video for popping an input box to get user input
Watch this tutorial video for popping a message box
Watch this tutorial video for creating a simple button to the Excel spreadsheet (or any Microsoft product, such as Word)
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