How to interact with the computer:

Introduction

As we saw in the last class we can think in the computer as a black box where information is going inside, this information is processed and sometimes also stored, and this processed information comes out.
We use the keyboard and the mouse to introduce information, therefore control the computer. All this information is processed and comes out by the screen.

The mouse

Theory:

We can find a great explanation about the mouse (computing device) in the wikipedia.

Practice:
As we may know the mouse is a device that allow us to move one small arrow all over the screen. Furthermore the mouse use to have one or more button. Moving the mouse and using the buttons we are able to control most of the functions of the computer.

The keyboard

In the wikipedia (again) we can find a good explanation of how the keyboard works.

Also we have some applications installed that explain how to use the keyboard:

Applications ---> Education --> Ktouch
or
Applications ---> Accessories --> Klavaro's Touch Typing Tutor
or
Applications ---> Games --> Tux Typing
or
Applications ---> Games --> Educational Suite GCompris