The first video in Lesson 02: Computer Hardware. This video takes a quick look at the categories of computer hardware: processing, storage, input, and output.

Before keyboards, printers, even monitors there was processing. Processing is the reason computers are computers. Processing is the ability of the computer to take in raw data and basically make sense of it.

In this video we look at: Microprocessor (CPUs), Moore's Law, and Motherboard.

We examine storage devices in computers. This storage lecture has been broken up into to two section, this one focuses on hard drives and RAM, the next video covered removable storage devices.

The second part of our storage videos. This video looks at some of the removable storage media you can use. We look at floppy drives, CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray and ROM (flash memory).

Video 5 in our introduction to computers series looks at computer input devices. We examine some common input devices and look at how to clean your keyboard and mouse.

Our last video in our Computer Hardware lesson, part of the Introduction to Computers course.

This video looks at the most common output devices found on a computer we also list out top 5 resources, be sure to check them out.

http://arstechnica.com/
http://www.cnet.com/
http://www.newegg.com/
http://www.tigerdirect.com/
http://www.tomshardware.com/

The first video in the Computer Software series, part of our Introduction to Computers course. This video looks at the general types of software, software development, the software development life cycle, as well as explains what computer programers do.

Welcome to one of the most geeky videos in the entire series. This video will introduce you to the computer boot process, the way a computer starts from the moment you turn the computer on, till the operating system kicks in.

In the previous video we looked at the basics of operating systems. In this video we take a look at the current operating systems available to consumer. In addition to looking at Windows, we also cover the current Mac OS X, Linux and Mobile Operating systems.

Links from video:
http://www.ubuntu.com/
http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

Our last video in the Computer Software lesson, part of our Introduction to Computers curriculum.

In this video we look at the types of application users can find. We talk about business software and personal software. We also give our 3-5 to picks for viewers to check out.

Links from video:
http://www.lynda.com/
http://teamtreehouse.com/
https://www.udemy.com/courses/
https://evernote.com/
http://www.openoffice.org/
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/
http://bricklin.com/history/vcexecutable.htm
http://www.cultofmac.com/90060/how-to-completely-uninstall-software-under-mac-os-x-macrx/
https://reporting.bsa.org/r/report/add.aspx?src=us&ln=en-us

The first video in our database lesson, part of the Introduction to Computer series.
This video looks at the basics of databases. We define database, as well as key terms to know.

Database Management Systems is the software that allows us to create and use a database. This video looks at the DBMS, their functions, some examples of popular software solutions and a quick look at Structured Query Language (SQL)

The database management software is the program used to create and mange the database. The database model is the architecture the DBMS used to store objects within that database.

Our final database video. This one looks at some odds and ends. We examine: Data Warehouse, Data Mining, Big Data. I also talk about the ethics of data mining from the NSA and CDC, and how they are different.

We also give out top picks for the lesson.

Links from Video:
•http://www.w3schools.com/sql/
•What is Database & SQL by Guru99 http://youtu.be/FR4QIeZaPeM
•What is a database http://youtu.be/t8jgX1f8kc4
•MySQL Database For Beginners https://www.udemy.com/mysql-database-for-beginners2/

The first video in the digital media series. Digital Media is defined as: any media that are encoded in a machine-readable format. It can be created, viewed, distributed, modified and preserved on computers.

In this lesson we will look at the following:
-Digital Publications
-Digital Audio
-Digital Graphics
-Digital Photography
-Digital Video

We continue our look at digital media with digital publications. We examine eBooks, self publishing, two great authors, the death of traditional newspapers, blog and microblogs.

Links from Video:
-http://www.createspace.com/
-http://www.lulu.com/
-http://jlbourne.com/
-http://monsterhunternation.com/
-https://wordpress.com/
-https://www.tumblr.com/
-https://www.facebook.com/mrfordsclasslearning
-https://twitter.com/mrfordsclass

Part 1 of 2 focusing on digital audio. This is part of our Introduction to Computers - Digital Media lessons.

This lesson looks at:
-Sampling Rate
-Bit Depth
-Mono/Stereo/Surround
-Recording formats

Part 2 of 2 focusing on digital audio. This is part of our Introduction to Computers - Digital Media lessons.

This lesson looks at how we get audio into and out of the computer:
-Sound cards
-Microphones
-Audio editing software
-Speaker configurations

Links from Lesson:
-http://grooveshark.com/
-http://www.jango.com/
-http://www.pandora.com/
-https://www.spotify.com
-http://www.iheart.com/
-http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Video 5 of our Digital Media, Introduction to Computers series. In this video we look at digital imagining.

Topics covered:
•Color Modes
•Image File Format
•Digital Cameras
•Image Quality
•Image Editing Software
•Online Photo Albums

Links from Video:
•https://www.flickr.com/
•http://picasa.google.com/
•http://www.shutterfly.com/
•http://www.smugmug.com/
•http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dslr-vs-mirrorless-cameras,news-17736.html
•http://www.gimp.org/

The last video in our digital media series from Introduction to Computers.

This video looks at the basic of digital video including: frame rate per second, SD/HD, pixels, aspect ratio, things to look for when buying, streaming video, and video editing software. We also give out digital media picks.

Links from Video:
-http://www.videomaker.com/
-File Format http://bit.ly/1m5gMVM
-http://www.hulu.com/
-http://vimeo.com/
-https://www.netflix.com
-http://www.ustream.tv/
-http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
-http://www.mediacollege.com/
-http://www.bhphotovideo.com/