Computers
4 Kids
Safe Computing
Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome
Do you ever feel a numbness or tingling in the middle of your
hand, especially at night? Maybe you drop things or feel a pain
that goes up your arm as high as the shoulder. Is it getting
harder to swing a baseball bat at practice or play a video game?
These may be the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.
Computers
can be a real pain
Whether you're writing a report about aardvarks or zapping alien
beings, using a computer can affect different parts of your body,
like your hands, wrists, back, and eyes.
Basics
The
Brain vs. The Computer: Similarities and Differences
Throughout history, people have compared the brain to different
inventions. In the past, the brain has been said to be like a
water clock and a telephone switchboard. These days, the favorite
invention that the brain is compared to is a computer.
Computer
History
I live in Silicon Valley, CA, so have a fascination about the
history of the computer industry. This page is part of the history
section of Go Milpitas! my community website.
Computer
Lessons for Kids and Small Adults
Understanding how to organize your files so you can find them
again.
Do
Spiders Live On The World Wide Web?
There's the rodent "mouse" and the computer "mouse."
Computer terms for little kids, illustrated.
FFFBI Headquarters
Agents engaged by the site quickly learn to share the goals of
the Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation as they read,
write and think, while fighting for Truth, Justice, and Stuff
Like That. (Learn to search the web.)
The Internet
Learning Tree
The Internet is a vast network that connects many independent
networks spanning over 170 countries in the World. It links computers
of many different types, sizes, and operating systems, and, of
course, the many people of those countries that use the Internet
to communicate.
Macintosh
Tutorials
Whether you are a newbie to the Macintosh platform, a seasoned
expert, or somewhere in between you are sure to find the help
you need in our library of thousands of tutorials on dozens of
applications that are designed for the Macintosh.
What's The
Least I Have To Know About Windows 95/98/NT To
Be Able To Use It
From the University of North Texas Computing Center HelpDesk.
Beyond the Basics
Atomic Learning
Provides free software training using a unique, just-in-time
approach. Our library of thousands of short tutorials on dozens
of applications are focused on answering the common questions
teachers, students and anyone else may have when learning software.
Mac & Windows.
Free Computer lessons
for Home School Educators
Use the Library of Congress web site to learn both computer applications
and how to research history. The lessons are for students in
3rd - 12th grade and cover topics including: Thomas Edison, Presidents
at Mount Rushmore, Lewis and Clark, Pioneer Women, Presidential
Elections, Cesar Chavez, Sunday School Books, and Twelve lessons
on North Carolina covering English, history, geography, math,
music, art and science
Microsoft
Excel Modules
Do you just hate to write out math work? Learn to put the problems
into a spreadsheet instead! Count it as Computer Literacy, too!
Office Tutorials
Downloadable tutorials, written at a 3rd to 4th grade level,
teaching Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Publisher.
Dictionaries
of Computer Terms
Dictionary
of Computer Jargon
What did he say? You will certainly have noticed that there is
lots and lots of strange gibberish associated with computers;
and the industry just loves acronyms.
Webopedia
An online dictionary and search engine for when you need to look
up computer and Internet technology terms.
Hardware
Click-'n-Learn
What's inside a computer? Click on a photo of the insides of
a computer to learn about the parts and what each part does.
Crocodile
Technology
Mac & Win. Demo available. A powerful simulator for Technology
courses, covering electronics, programming, microcontrollers
and mechanics.
Dissect
a Disk
Only use an unneeded diskette. Pry it appart with a butter knife
and see how it goes together. Sometimes you can rescue files
from a broken floppy by putting the media in a good diskette
case.
Free Typing Game
Learn to type on your keyboard through fun and interactive games,
lessons and tests. No registration required.
How
Home Networking Works
An 11 year old could figure out this stuff. Got 2 or more computers
and want to be on the net at the same time? Want to play games
together? This is where to learn to get your computers together
in a network.
How Modems
Work
If you are reading this article on your computer at home, it
probably arrived via modem. We'll show you how a modem brings
you Web pages. We'll start with the original 300-baud modems
and progress all the way through to the ADSL configurations.
Intel Museum
So you have "Intel Inside." What exactly DO you have
inside your computer?
Mac Help Desk
I sent a help email request at about 8 AM and by 2 PM had an
answer -- on a Sunday!
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