Using your laptop to make a real difference in your teaching, Session 1: Your first laptop

Welcome to  Session 1 of Using your laptop to make a real difference in your teaching. In this session, we will focus on  Your first laptop. 

By the end of the session, you will be able to:

• identify the hardware components of a laptop
• explain what an Operating System does
• explain the uses of various apps
• set Power Options on a laptop
• find assistance with problems that may occur
• identify how to care for the software on a laptop
• list various ways to care for a laptop

During this course – Using your laptop to make a real difference in your teaching – you will learn all about how to use your laptop. The course includes the following sessions.

1. Your first laptop
2. Managing files
3. Connecting to the world
4. Using a display device with your laptop
5. Making it work with JUST ONE LAPTOP

Before you get started, we suggest that you download the Class Notes first so you can follow along during the training.

Download the glossary below to quickly remind yourself what the various computer terms mean.