Interactive
Sensetype

How to Type: Keyboarding Tutorials

For Students 5th - 12th
Become an efficient typist who can easily perform online research, type assessments, and take online exams. With the link to a free keyboarding interactive website, any child will become a professional with their keyboarding skills.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Computer Memory Works

For Students 9th - 10th
In many ways, our memories make us who we are, helping us remember our past, learn and retain skills, and plan for the future. And for the computers that often act as extensions of ourselves, memory plays much the same role. Kanawat...
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Technology Student

Technology Student: Computer Control

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes and illustrates the most common hardware components found in a computer.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Magnetic Core Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
Magnetic core memory was developed in the late 1940s and 1950s, and remained the primary way in which early computers read, wrote and stored data until RAM came along in the 1970s. (Java tutorial)
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Inside Your Computer

For Students 9th - 10th
How does a computer work? The critical components of a computer are the peripherals (including the mouse), the input/output subsystem (which controls what and how much information comes in and out), and the central processing unit (the...
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BBC

Bbc Gcse Bitesize: Data Storage

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about your computer's data storage, which includes understanding what ROM and RAM are. You may quiz yourself on page nine by taking the Test Bite.