Aside from math, this year I also teach a new course called Exploring Computer Science (in the Career Technical Education department). It is an AMAZING, well researched, well created curriculum produced by code.org (I think).
During last class, groups created a 9 slide presentation on Google Slides -one slide for each computer component (like hardrive, RAM, optical drive, etc). They had to work together to produce something that everyone was going to learn from and use. This class, students got to open up some old Dells that no one will use anymore. They had to use their slides from the previous day to identify and take apart the different components of a computer (and put them back together). I used this video to get them started. They loved getting to touch and take apart the different things inside a computer (and know what they were). It helped demystify some of the daily technology they use. After a while, I gave each group a screw driver and told them to take off the fan and some of the other components. Overall a great experience for students. I'm glad I have the opportunity to teach this course!
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