This document introduces peripherals and describes their main categories: input devices, output devices, and storage devices. It discusses having students identify and research various input devices in small groups to learn their purposes, appearances, connection methods, and functions. The key learning points are to describe common peripherals' features, advantages, disadvantages, and uses, and to justify the appropriate peripheral for a given application.
2. Lesson Objectives
By the end of this lesson you will be able to:
describe a range of common peripheral
devices in terms of their features, advantages,
disadvantages and uses
describe and justify the appropriate peripheral
hardware for a given application.
5. Peripherals
The term peripheral is used to describe any
piece of hardware that connects to a computer
system that is either
an input device
an output device
a storage device
What is the difference between these three
categories?
6. Your Task
Each of you have a post it note with an input
device on. You will need to find out the following
information about your device;
What is the purpose?
What does it look like?
How does it connect to a computer system?
How does it work?
Key Describe a range of common peripheral
Learning devices in terms of their features,
Point advantages, disadvantages and uses
7. Your Task
Once you have found your information you will
need to populate your table with the list of devices
that the rest of the class have.
EXTENTION: Think about the situations when
each peripheral would come in handy.
Key Describe a range of common peripheral
Learning devices in terms of their features,
Point advantages, disadvantages and uses
8. Your Task
For each of your peripherals you will need to
describe the situation where it will be used.
EXTENTION: Find 4 other peripherals that have
not been mentioned and describe these.
Key Describe and justify the appropriate
Learning peripheral hardware for a given
Point application.