6th week~~~

Hola and salam....

Today we received our first module. The first module is about computing and internet skills. For this module, we need to prepare steps in PowerPoint form.

This module exposed me to the importance of technological skills. A person who knows to use the machine to complete any task is a computer literate. Computer literate often connotes little more than the ability to use several very specific applications (usually Microsoft Word, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Outlook) for certain very well-defined simple tasks, largely by rote.

Let us see what counts as the essential computer skills as understood undercomputer literate:

Performing basic operations:
Starting a computer may be a very tricky thing to one who has never seen one. Using the mouse, managing various windows, alternating between the use of keyboard and mouse, minimizing windows, opening and closing files, etc can be daunting tasks for the uninitiated ones. In order to learn to use computers, as with any machine, one needs to acclimatize himself/herself first.

Word-processing: This is the most basic of all skills. It involves typing basically, but when using computers it deviates a little from the common typewriter. There is the enter key replacing the career movement and there are commands (simple ones) for paragraph, indent, spacing and so on.

Email:
Email enables us to keep in touch with all the near and dear ones in real time (instantly). We can send photographs, documents and video clips through email. This is another important and basic skill a computer literate needs to know.

Use the Internet:
The use of the Internet is too vast to be covered in the present article. However, no computer literate is complete without Internet knowledge. Computers and Internet is today almost one and the same thing and one cannot be mentioned without the other tagging along. One will need to harness the Internet in all types of work whether it is research on any topic or plain surfing for information.

Create/ Use a Power Point or graphic file:
Every job involves some type of reporting at regular periods of time. The best way to make a presentation whether it is to the peers, subalterns or superiors is by using power point. Hence, one should the basics of this application as well. Side by side, one should know to use a graphic file whereby you can upload (post) pictures, graphs, and images in any file (as well as power point files).