Effectiveness of Computer Literacy Program for SPED students

in Angono National High School

Learning Module
(A Guide for Computer Literacy towards People with Special Needs)

A Research held by ICT-C students (SY 2017-2018)

Dick Patrick Sibulo
Aljon Ocampo
Jordan Ramos
Jhon Vic Calces
Adolf Tolentino
Andrian Buena
 Table of Content
Lesson 1 : What is Computer ……………………………………………………………….1
 What is Computer ………………………………………………………………………1
 What makes it useful? ………………………………………………………………….2
 Some Basic Terms ……………………………………………………………………..2
 Used of Computer…………………………………………………………………..…..2
Lesson 2 : Basic Parts of Computer ………………………………………………………4
 The five (5) basic parts ………………………………………………………………...4
Lesson 3 : Basic Operation of Computer Hardware ……………………………………6
 Health and Safety Procedures of Computer …………………………………………6
-Do’s and Donts ………………………………………………………………………...6
 Operational Skills of Computer Hardware …………………………………………...6

-Opening the Monitor …………………………………………………………………..6

-Turning on and shutting down of Computer ………………………………………..7
Lesson 4 : Basic Operation of Computer Software …………………………………….8
 Health and Safety Procedures of Computer …………………………………………8
-Do’s and Donts ………………………………………………………………………...8
 Pointing Skills …………………………………………………………………………...8
 Activity: Application of Pointing Skills on Paint ……………………………………...9
 Lesson 1
WHAT IS COMPUTER
In this lesson the student can identify the importance of the computer as well as
the basic function of the computers.

Computers, computers everywhere. From your home, grocery stores, ATM machines,
schools and more. You can found it everywhere. Ever wonder why?
The truth is the computers are necessary for our daily lives, it makes life easy. Ever
wonder how?
Through computers processing work is easy just a simple clicking you can print different
pictures, you can send message or even watch a videos and listen to different music.
There are also games for fun.

What is a computer?

A computer is an electronic device that executes the instructions in a program. A

computer has four functions:

a. accepts data Input

b. processes data Processing
c. produces output Output
d. stores results Storage

Example: Printing a picture

From your Mobile Phone you can save a picture of you and your friends and
transfer it (Storage) to your Computer. Then you need to hover and click your mouse
(Input) to print your picture, then the computer will process (Processing) it then your
picture will be printed now coming from your printer and tadaaa! You can now get your
picture (Output)

Because of this, computers can work a lot of different processes and make works easy.
What makes it useful?
Fast A computer can do billions of actions per second.
Reliable Failures are usually due to human error, one way or another.
Serve as storage A computer can keep huge amounts of data

Some Basic Terms

1. Hardware – the physical parts of the computer

2. Software – it the programs or a set of instruction that tell the computer from what
to do
3. Data – this is the information, files or items that is held by the computers it can be
a picture, videos or a document
4. Information – it is what the data or document holds, it can be a message

Used of Computer
1. A computer helps you to type a 3. A computer helps you to use the
document. internet.

2. A computer helps you to listen to

4. A computer helps you to send e-
music.
mail.
5. A computer helps you to play games. 7. A computer helps you to watch a
movie.

6. A computer helps you to draw a

picture.

8. A computer helps you to chat with a

friend.

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Lesson 2
Basic Parts of Computer
In this lesson, the student will be able to familiarize some basic parts of the computers

Basic Parts of Computer

To complete the processes of the computers there are different parts working on
different processes there are the input device, processing device, output device and
storage device
This are the 5 basic parts of the computer namely:
1. System Unit – Processing and Storage Devices
2. Monitor - Output Devices
3. Keyboard - Input Device
4. Mouse - Input Device
5. USB - Input/Output Device

Parts Definition Picture

1. System Unit – All the inputs are stored,
sorted, arranged and changed
by a computer.

2. Monitor – A monitor looks like a TV

screen. It shows whatever you
type on the keyboard or draw
with the mouse

3. Keyboard – The keyboard is used for

entering data into the computer
system. It can type words,
numbers and symbols
4. Mouse – is an input device that is most
often used with a personal
computer. Moving a mouse
along a flat surface can move
the on-screen cursor to
different items on the screen.
Items can be moved or
selected by pressing the
mouse buttons (called clicking).
5. USB – A small removable device
used to store data and can be
transfer to different computers
 Lesson 3
Basic Operation of Computer Hardware
In this lesson the students learn how to operate basic computer hardware skills such as
opening the computer, do’s and don’ts and more.

Health and Safety Procedures of Computer

The Health and safety procedures of computer aims to protect the health and safety of
the users at the workplace.
Here are the dos and don’ts when operating a computer:
Dos
 Always shutdown your computer properly
 Always clean your computer
 Always plug the power cable of the computer after you use
Don’ts
 Don’t eat while using a computer
 Don’t drink around your computer
 Don’t touch the power cable while they are plug in
 Don’t open the PC’s case unless you first turn off and unplug the thing

Operational Skills of Computer Hardware

 Opening the Monitor
1. Check if your monitor is plugged in
 2. If yes, press the start button of your monitor

3. If no, ask for the authorities or adult to plug it in then press the start button of
your monitor.

 Turning on and shutting down of Computer

- Turning on
1. Check if your system unit is plugged in
2. If yes, press the start button of your system unit
3. If no, ask for the authorities or adult to plug it in then press the start button of
your system unit and wait

- Shutting down
1. First click the windows icon from the lower left of your monitor
2. Find ‘shut down’ button and click it. Wait and now you’re done!

- Other way to shut down computer

1. On the desktop/monitor Press alt and f4

2. Wait for the dialogue box and click okay! Now your computer is now shut
down.
 Lesson 4
Basic Operation of Computer Software
In this lesson the students learn how to operate basic operation of computer software
such as using a pointing devices and used of basic application software and also the
health and safety procedures of computer.

Health and Safety Procedures of Computer

The health and safety procedures about using application software of a computer.
Here are the dos and don’ts when using a basic application software:

Do’s
 Delete all files and programs you no longer need from your computer
 Use an anti-virus program to prevent a virus on your computer
 Always run the application properly
Don’ts
 Avoid malicious malware software
 Don’t eat while using computer
 Don’t drink around the computer
 Don’t do abusive clicking

Pointing Skills
Pointing Skills is a very important skills in operating a computer and mouse do that job.
As it displays from the monitor you need to hover your mouse to open a program or use
it through clicking.
Activity:
Application of Pointing Skills on Basic Programs
1. Paint

Commonly known as Microsoft Paint, is a simple computer graphics app that has been
included with all versions of Microsoft Windows. It has different option in which you can
manipulate your image. You can also edit a picture

The Toolbar
The paint composed also of a toolbar which composed of different options to
manipulate or control the image you are editing.

The Clipboard Menu It composed of Copy, Paste and

Cut. It is used manipulate the image if
you need to remove (Cut), Duplicate
(Copy) or Paste a portion of an image this
is also works with the help of ‘Select’ from
image menu.
This menu helps to manipulate the
image by first clicking the ‘Select’ button
and selecting the image you need to
manipulate. This option have crop (to get
a portion of an image), Resize (to
increase or decrease the size of the
image) and rotate (to rotate an image in
different direction).

The Image Menu

Tools Menu
This tools menu use to create a shape, line or drawing. By clicking the pencil (you
can draw a free-form line with the selected line width), fill with color tool ( using this tool
by clicking this area on the canvas to fill it in a foreground and the background color),
text ( use to insert text into the picture), eraser ( use to erase the part of the picture that
you made wrong), a color picker ( use to pick a color from the picture and use it for
drawing), and the magnifier (use to change the magnification of the picture).

The Brushes

This tools is use to draw with

different kinds of brushes like a normal
brush, calligraphy brush 1, calligraphy
brush 2, the air brush, the oil brush,
crayons, marker, natural pencil, and the
water color brush.

The Shapes Menu
This tools allows you to use
different kinds of shape like line, curve,
oval, rectangle, rounded rectangle,
The Line Size Menu
The size (you can use this to
increase or decrease the thickness of the
line of your drawing).
Saving Image
Simply selecting the 'Save’ icon will save an image in its original format.
polygon, triangle, right triangle, diamond,
pentagon, hexagon, the arrow, the four
point-star, five point star, the six point
star, the rounded rectangular callout, the
oval callout and the cloud callout. You
can also fill it with color too.
The Colors Menu
The colors menu have divided into
two the color 1 and color 2. Color 1 is
assign the color of your left mouse button
while the color 2 is for the right mouse
button. By clicking this, you can change
the color of the color 1 or 2.
If you wish, or need, to save the image in a different format select the 'File’ menu, then
select 'Save as’. You will be presented with a list of options.