Curated OER
All About Castles
Fifth graders use the CD- Rom, "Castles" by Edmark to view animated versions of medieval castles. They research a given website to find information about castles in order to complete a worksheet and create a PowerPoint presentation..
Curated OER
Production Time
Seventh graders identify terms related to computer-generated productions (e.g., desktop publishing, WYSIWYG, clip art, hypertext, multimedia, laserdisc, CD-ROM, VCR, scanners, camcorders).
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive:comet Collision With Jupiter
Comet collision with Jupiter with lots of pictures and some text. Links to the information about the comet, the impacts, and observations made by four different spacecraft.
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Cyberbee
Adventures of Cyberbee: Digital Audio Basics [Pdf]
Try this beginner's tutorial for recording sound on the computer. It covers the historical background of audio files, file formats, basic audio recording, synthesized music and copyright.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Cd Rom
Wikipedia offers a table of contents of information on the term, "CD-ROM," including an image.
BBC
Bbc Gcse Bitesize: Data Storage
Learn about your computer's data storage, which includes understanding what ROM and RAM are. You may quiz yourself on page nine by taking the Test Bite.
Computer Hope
Computer Hope: Computer Buying Help
This section of Computer Hope is designed to help users understand and make better decisions when purchasing computer hardware, software and computers. Be sure to review the section 'Buying locations' which gives you tips and what to...
Computer Hope
Computer Hope: Information About Computer Cd Rom Drives
Informative site detailing the use of CD-ROM technologies. Content includes a focus on the basics of CD-ROMs, the different interfaces, various transfer rates, potential error codes, loading of CD-ROM drivers, and more.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: James T. Russell
This site provides a biography of James T. Russell, inventor of the compact disk, and the basic ideas behind the technology.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Cd R
This site from the Encyclopedia Wikipedia provides a definition of what a "CD-R," is. Includes an image, external links, and hyperlinked terms. A good site for familiarizing yourself with this storage device.
Other
Pc Guide: Compact Disk Media
This site from the PC Guide provides informative information about compact disk media, with links to construction and manufacture, data encoding and decoding, CD capacity, and formats.
Other
Pc Guide: Recordable Cd (Cd R)
This site from the PC Guide provides information about CD-R media, including a link to encoding. The information that is provided is brief but factual, and worth checking out on the subject with links to additional information.