Business Applications and Digital Literacy course FREE teacher resources and trial access to online course solution as well as a correlation to WI state BIT standards for business applications. Resources mapped to MOS certification.

Article from ISTE provides research and strategies for helping students identify reliable information.

The first video in series 5 Telecommunications. This introduction to telecommunications covers the foundations we need to know.

We look at the basics of electricity, as well as analog and digital signals.

Links from video:
-http://youtu.be/zYS9kdS56l8
-http://www.freemosquitoringtones.org/

In this video we take a look at how devices connect to each other. We take a quick look at the Open System Interconnect Reference Model (OSI), Coaxial cable, Twisted Pair Cable, and Fiber-optic Cable.

There are several types of wireless technologies that students and consumer need to know about In this video we look at:
-Bluetooth
-Cellular
-Wi-Fi

We take a look at types of computer networks. In part 1 we look at network topologies: bus, ring, star, and mesh.

We conclude out look at telecommunications and computer networks. We also give our list of additional resources to check out.

Links from Video:
-Wifi Analyzer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer
-Cisco Networking Academy https://www.netacad.com/
-Monoprice http://www.monoprice.com

High school teacher Peter McIntosh has his students use Khan Academy to practice math concepts. While the students work on computers, Peter circulates around the room and gives extra help to the students who need it. By using Khan Academy, students are motivated to practice math independently. This independent practice is possible because students are able to access hints and get extra help while working on their own. By using "coach mode" of Khan Academy, Peter is able to assess his students' learning through a variety of measures. Peter explains how using Khan Academy has increased student engagement and achievement.

Learn the basics of using a Mac (Apple) computer with the OS X Operating System.

In this lesson plan, students will work evaluate information using Wikipedia and compare that information to information from Britannica School (available through BadgerLink http://badgerlink.dpi.wi.gov/ ).