Windows Basics Home - Introductory Computer Lessons

Windows Basics a computer tutorial introducing programs that come with Windows operating system: Free Cell, Calculator, WordPad, Paint and Internet Explorer. These lessons are designed to follow Mousercise. Enjoy your journey!
Marie's Lessons (Class notes not yet posted. They will include more links.)		Related Internet Activities
This series of lessons is designed to be worked over 12 sessions of 1 1/2 hours each. This page prints nicely on legal size paper if you'd like a hard copy to trace your path.
1. Hardware & Software Your desktop, Menus & Help.	Calculator Free Cell	Reviews from About.com Windows Basics from Microsoft Windows 7 Help Windows 7 Features Turning off your Computer
2. Word Processing Formatting and Saving Files	WordPad	Windows7 WordPad Mrs, Sterlings Lessons Lisa Diner's Notes from Western Quebec Note that the above is a pdf document.
3. Working with Graphics Opening files. creating and editing graphic designs.	Paint	Windows 7 Paint http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/ahunt/MSPttutr.htm http://www.lkwdpl.org/classes/MSPaint/paint.html
4. The WWW: pros & cons, URLs, toolbars, hyperlinks.	IE7 Basics, and the RML homepage	Microsoft IE7 Tour Info on Windows 7-IE8 British Teachers' Welcome to the Web WWW video LearntheNet tutorial Follow numbered lessons in center column.
5. Tour of Best Sites, Tabbed Browsing, Printing	Suffolk Web	Library of Congress NYPL's Best of the Web
6. Navigation Tips Typing Addresses & Browser Breadcrumbs	Best of the Web	copy your favorite addresses from the Best page at left, and then practice typing them into the address box.
7. Subject Directories & Search Engines Google Strategies & Evaluating Sources	Yahoo, Google, & the competition. Instant Search Box	A Basic Search Video UC Berkeley Guide	Google's Directory Yahoo Internet Public Library Kidsclick
8. Customizing your Browser & Searching Databases	Suffolk e-Resources or enter through the Research Link on your library's homepage Rogers Memorial	Database Search Techniques Ebsco Academic Search Tutorial http://www.lili.org/portal/tips.php
9. Word Processing Highlighting tips, dragging, indents and tabs.	WordPad
10. Word Processing Copy/ Paste & Bullets	WordPad
11. Combining Text & Graphics Inserting a picture	WordPad & Paint	Crossword Puzzle reviews all previous lessons
12. Designing a Card Resizing Pictures Adding Text	Paint	Can Do card verses or http://www.verses4cards.co.uk/ http://www.poemsource.com/


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