Hardware refers to any external parts, which are connected, to the
computer that you can physically touch. Some examples of hardware include:
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Keyboards
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Mouse
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Hard drive
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USB
Teachers can use hardware to make classroom activities relating to
computers easier and more practical to complete.
Authoring
“Authoring
is the process of compiling the individual video, audio, image
and graphic assets of your content into a format that will play on multiple
types of players and devices” (What is
Authoring? 2010). It also involves the creation of an interactive user
interface that allows users to access various elements of the content.
Multimedia
Multimedia is when computers use text, audio, video, animation, images
and interactive features in various ways to create an interesting way of
presenting content (Loretto, P., n.d.). By combining different types of media’s,
multimedia becomes more interesting as different parts of the multimedia would
appeal to different kinds of people. For example: combining a website with
video, audio, or text images, makes the multimedia more fun because it has lots
of different aspects to look at, but also it appeals to everyone’s different
multiple intelligences, providing an opportunity for different learning types.
References:
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What is
computer hardware? (2007) Retrieved March 23, 2012, from
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Simpson, A. (n.d.) What is hardware?. Retrieved March 23, 2012, from http://www.coolnerds.com/Newbies/Hardware/hardware.htm
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What is
Authoring? (2010) Retrieved March 23, 2012, from http://www.cinemagnetics.com/media-services/dvd-bluray-authoring/178-what-is-authoring.html
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Loretto, P. (n.d.) What is Multimedia? Retrieved March 23, 2012, from http://internships.about.com/od/internshipsquestions/g/whatismultimedia.htm
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