Assignment+Description

=The Class Assignment: Create a Wiki to Discuss "Computer Hardware & Software" =

Your Challenge is to answer the question "how do computers work?". E ach student is expected to select a topic and create a webpage on that topic. All webpages together form our class Wiki -- 40 topics, 40 webpages, one huge website created by the Communication Technology 2104 students.

Bonus Marks will be assigned for positive interactions with other student wiki webpages -- details will follow here.

==‍From the list of topics, select ONE and create a webpage as outlined. Sample topics include: ==
 * 1) Bits and Bytes
 * 2) Motherboard
 * 3) CPU
 * 4) RAM
 * 5) BIOS
 * 6) Sound Card
 * 7) Video Card
 * 8) Hard Disk Drive
 * 9) Optical Disk Drive
 * 10) Computer Case
 * 11) Power Supply
 * 12) Evolution of the CPU
 * 13) Operating Systems
 * 14) The startup process for a computer system
 * 15) Personal Computer (PCs) versus Macintosh (Mac) systems
 * 16) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Operating systems for Personal Computers (PCs)
 * 17) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Operating systems for Macintosh Computers (Macs)
 * 18) The iMac Series
 * 19) Laptops (PCs) versus MacBooks
 * 20) Evolution of the Internet
 * 21) Internet Browser Wars
 * 22) Web 1.0
 * 23) Web 2.0
 * 24) Web 3.0
 * 25) Best computer on a $1000 Budget
 * 26) You select a topic and request approval

==‍<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Each webpage is expected to contain the following information: ==
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Summary and comparison to similar items, written in your own words (200 - 300 words)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Images of the item (at least 3)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Embedded video related to the item (3 min or less)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Links to more web info
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You decide upon additional content and design items (tables, HTML & CSS codes, extra images, Google Gadgets, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">References

‍**Examples of wikis to use as a guide**
http://arrrpirates.wikispaces.com/ Created by elementary level students on the topic of Pirates. The "look & feel" of this page is excellent.

http://whites-geometry-wiki.wikispaces.com/ Created by a high school Math teacher and students on the topic of Geometry.

https://urspace.wikispaces.com/#SlideFrame_1 Created by a highschool science teacher. He has added many additional features. You can link to samples of student pages.

http://freevisualtools.wikispaces.com/ A collection of info related to Art and Design (Open Source Graphics and Visualization Tools).


 * 1) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 21px;">Select a topic
 * 2) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 21px;">Research and create your webpage
 * 3) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 21px;">Fine-tune your webpage
 * 4) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 21px;">Done!!!!