UNIT I

PROJECT 1-1

ACCESS THE DELL COMPUTER WEB AT www.dell.com.  SELECT THE FOR HOME. LAPTOPS OR THE FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS. LAPTOPS LINK, USING A SPREADSHEET PROGRAMS OR PAPER AND CREATE A TABLE THAT COMPARES THREE COMPUTERS. INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS IN YOUR TABLE, PROCESSOR SPEED, AMOUNT OF RAM, NUMBER OF EXPANSION SLOTS, NUMBER OF USB PORT, OTHER PORTS, AND PRICE. BASED ON YOUR COMPARISONS, WRITE TWO PARAGRAPHS EXPLAINING WHICH COMPUTER YOU WOULKD PURCHASE AND WHY.

PROJECT 2 -3

DIGITAL CAMERAS WERE ONE OF THE SPECIALIZED DEVICES DISCUSSED IN THE LESSON. REVIEW THE SECTION ON DIGITAL CAMERAS. THEN USE THE GOOGLE OR ANOTHER SEARCH ENGINE TO RESEARCH DIGITALS CAMERS. SELECT AT LEAST FIVE DIGITALS CAMERA THAT YOU WOUD LIKE TO PURCHASE. DESCRIBE THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH CAMERA AND THEN INDICATE THE ONE YOU WOULD SLECT TO PURCHASE. EXPLAIN WHY YOU SELECTED THIS PARTICULAR CAMERA.

PROJECT 6-3

YOU ARE PART OF A TEAM WRITING THE PROGRAM FOR AN INTERACTIVE CHILDREN’S GAME. THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS SIMILAR TO THE POEM JACK AND JILL (SEE www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176353 for the complete text)     YOUR PART IS TO DEVELOP THE BASIC FLOWCHART OR ALGORITHM FOR THE POEM. COMPLETING THE FOLLOWING:

1.      
IDENTIFY THE STEPS IN THE POEM

2.      
USING THE ALGORITHM SHOWN IN FIGURE 6-3 OR THE FLOWCHART SHOWN IN FIGURE 6-4, WRITE OR SKETCH THE STEPS OF THE POEMS