| Task | Objective | Evaluation |
| Identify Components |
Given a component, name the component's category, its purpose, enabling technologies, and manufacturer of the component. |
Present the learner with a series of component pictures. Ask them to choose component category and technology the component
is based on. Additionally, ask them to identify purpose of the component. Finally have them examine the component closely for
manufacturer and version marks and look up terms on the Internet to identify the manufacturer. |
| Identify main component categories. |
When asked what makes up a complete functional system, students should be able to
name all the main categories of components. |
Present an exercise in which the learner is asked to describe the order in
which to select components to go into building a system. The completeness of the
choice of components and their identified categories determines whether this
exercise was completed successfully or not. |
| Explain a component's specific purpose. |
Given a component, describe what the component does. |
Present the learner with various component categories and
ask the student to describe what specific components fall into these
category and what the components can do based on their specifications. |
| Recognize major manufacturers of a component category. |
Given a category of components, name one or more manufacturers of that component. |
Have the learner browser an online computer store for components by category and
make note of various manufacturers. Look up manufacturers and component names and
generate a critique of brand awareness, popularity of specific components of that manufacturer,
and general reputation for the manufacturer. |
| Describe enabling technologies. |
The learner should be able to identify several technology standards and explain
the general purpose of having standards. |
Give the user a list of acronymns representing the various technologies and have
them look up their definitions and articles on how they work and describe them in
summarized fashion. |
| Classify technologies by component categories. |
Given a list of technologies, associate them with the component categories
for which the technologies exist for. |
Provide a list of technologies and a list of component categories. Have the
learner draw lines from each technology to the component category column to
match up technologies. The accuracy and completeness of the completed exercise
will be the measure of success. |
| Build a fully functional computer system. |
Identify all components needed to build a system, select the components and assemble them. |
If student selects all necessary components, and all components are compatible and system works after being assembled and turned on, then objective is achieved. |
| Interpret component specifications. |
Read the specifications for a product and determine whether component
meets certain requirements for working with other components in a system. |
Provide the learner with a matchup exercise in which he attempts to
choose correct component to be paired with the presented component. |
| Compare pros and cons of competing technologies. |
The learner should identify strengths and weaknesses of two
technologies that serve the same purpose. |
Provide several example technology pairs. Have students research each
and construct a list of pros and cons. |
| Assemble components. |
Given a set of components, put the components together into a complete system. |
Provide an exercise in which the learner is given a pre-selected lot of
components and must assemble them. |
| Select minimum set of components for a functional system. |
Select compatible components from the various categories of components. |
Provide guided exercise in which student picks several components from
a succession of component categories to assemble into a complete system. |
| Demonstrate where and how components plug into each other. |
Identify what components plug into each other. |
Provide exercise in which student is given one component and a list of choices.
If student can successfully pair up components, then part of this objective is achieved.
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