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This 6-week technical course is divided into levels and includes 23 tasks to teach students about how computers, search engines, and the Internet work. The course covers topics like binary, algorithms, the fetch-execute cycle, sounds and images, and how search engines and the Internet function through lessons aimed at demonstrating basic knowledge at level 4, describing the technical concepts using terms at level 5, and discussing and explaining the technical processes at level 6.
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- 2. In this unit you will learn about how computers, search engines and the Internet works . It has been designed to last for six weeks and includes 23 tasks. Lessons Include: Binary Sounds and Images Algorithms Fetch Execute Cycle Search Engines and the Internet Getting Technical
- 3. Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Demonstrate a basic knowledge and understanding of how computers, search engines and the Internet works Be able to describe how computers, search engines and the Internet works using a range of technical terms Be able to discuss and explain in a technical manner how computers, search engines and the Internet works Getting Technical