Interesting Facts About Computer

1. Only about 10% of the worlds currency is physical money, the rest only
exists on computers.
2. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that you can write using the letters only on
one row of the keyboard of your computer.
3. HP, Microsoft and Apple have one very interesting thing in common they
were all started in a garage.
4. An average person normally blinks 20 times a minute, but when using a
computer he/she blinks only 7 times a minute.

5. A group of 12 engineers designed IBM PC and they were called as The Dirty Dozen.

6. The original name of windows was Interface Manager.

7. Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft was a college drop out.

8. There are approx. 6,000 new computer viruses released every month.
9. Crash Course' is another name for Microsoft Windows tutorials.
10. Doug Engelbart, invented the first computer mouse in the year 1964, which was made of
wood!

http://www.incrediblelab.com/interesting-computer-facts/

In an effort to bring my own classroom to the present, Ive put together a list of 13 icebreakers
that use technology and fit with 21st century students:

1. Have students create a Pinterest board with 10 pins that summarizes them.

2. Ask students to create a 30 second podcast that introduces themselves. Then

allow students to present them or play them on separate devices as an audio
gallery.

3. Create a classroom blog and ask each student to write a blog post introducing
themselves to the rest of the classroom.

4. Have students create a quick comic strip to describe themselves or to

recreate a recent funny moment in their lives.

5. Use PollEverywhere to ask students interesting questions and get to know

them as a class, like their favorite subjects, bands or TV shows.

6. Use GoogleForms or SurveyMonkey to survey students about their interests,

academic inclinations, and background info a 21st century alternative to the
Getting to Know You info sheet!

7. Have students create word clouds to describe themselves and share with the
rest of the class.
8. Have students go on a QR code scavenger hunt in teams to get to know each
other and learn about your classroom rules in a fun, engaging way.

9. Ask students to create their own Voki avatars that introduce themselves to
the class. Encourage them to be creative with the backgrounds, characters
and details of the avatar to reflect their own personalities and preferences.

10.Have students create graffiti online that speaks to their interests and
personalities and share with the class.

11.Have students create mashup videos of themselves with Weavly to introduce

their interests to the class.

12.Have students create GeoSettr challenges of 5 places they have visited and
share with the class.

13.Have students research their birth date in history and share interesting
events with the class.