Lesson 6: Introduction To The Desktop: in This Lesson You Will Learn

Lesson 6: Introduction to the Desktop
AIM
In this lesson you will learn:
What is a desktop, wall paper and icon
LESSON OUTCOME
After you have studied this lesson, you will be able to:
Understand features of desktop and icon
Have you seen a notice board where all the important notices are
pinned up? In this lesson, we will learn more about the notice board
of a computer.
When the computer starts, the screen you see is referred to as
desktop. It can be compared to a board where all the important
notices are pinned up. On the desktop, you see icons that represent
the different applications.
Notice board
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V/s
Desktop
ICONS
Notice the small pictures you see on the desktop. These are referred
to as icons. Icons are linked to activities that we want to perform using the
computer. For example,
This is the icon for a music file. This is the icon for TuxPaint.
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You can start the activity by bringing the pointer of the mouse on top of
the icon, then clicking on the mouse button once to select the icon and
pressing the Enter key. If you follow these steps correctly, the activity
starts. The computer opens the activity and displays a new icon. This is a
much bigger icon and is called a Window. It is the Window that actually
lets you do the activity. For example, here is what happens:
When you Click on the Music icon When you click on the Paint icon
Each time you click on an icon, the computer opens a new Window
for the activity. As you can see, the window is quite big. When you
click anywhere in a Window, that Window moves to the front of the
Desktop and the other Windows go back. All the windows that you
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have opened are seen in the task bar. This is the row at the bottom
of the desktop.
Task bar
Windows and Icons can be moved around on the Desktop by clicking
on them and dragging them out of the way.
Explore:
What else do you see on the desktop? Does it show the day, date
or time?
Worksheet:
I. Observe the following picture and answer these question
1. How many icons can you count in the picture?
2. Mark the following in the picture:
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a. Where can you click to play music?
b. Where should you click if you want to paint?
c. Which is the task bar?
d. Mark two icons.
II. Rearrange the alphabets and match the column
NCIO DESKTOP
RTAKSBA TASKBAR
OTESPDK WINDOW
DWIOWN ICON
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III. Fill in the blanks
1. D __ __ K __ O __
2. I __ __ N
3. C __ M __ U __ __ R
4. T __ __ K __ __ R
5. W __ __ D O __
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For the Teacher
Lesson Plan:
 Prepare for the lesson by making a clean Desktop with only a few icons
relevant to the lesson. Have an interesting background Wallpaper but
ensure that it does not clutter the Desktop or reduce the readability of the
icons.
 Take the computer to the class or vice versa, whichever is applicable.
 Switch on the computer.
 Engage the children by asking some quick questions from the earlier classes.
For example, names of the various components, what is the use of the mouse.
 Let the children simply look at the Desktop and describe what they see.
 Tell them about icons and the functions of the icons that they see.
 Demonstrate launching of an application by clicking on an icon. Play a music

file.
 Tell them about the Window that opens up. Let them try it on their own, if
possible.
 Click on another icon to open another Window, say a Paint application.
 Demonstrate some simple actions using Paint. Again let them handle the
mouse, if possible.
 Clutter up the desktop with a bunch of open Windows. Hide the Window
that they seem to find most attractive (may be paint application).
 Now ask them how to find the Window that they are interested in.
 Then tell them about clicking on the Window to get it forward. Also
demonstrate moving the Windows around.
 Ask them what they do after they finish writing in their notebooks.
Introduce the notion of closing an application Window by clicking on the
Red X button.
 Finally tell them that the screen they see when there are no open
Windows is called the Desktop. Change the Wallpaper while they are
watching but without telling them what you did or how. When they ask, say
“Magic!” and leave it for a future class.

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Lesson 6: Introduction to the Desktop

In this lesson you will learn:

What is a desktop, wall paper and icon

Understand features of desktop and icon

When the computer starts, the screen you see is referred to as

desktop. It can be compared to a board where all the important

the different applications.

lets you do the activity. For example, here is what happens:

click anywhere in a Window, that Window moves to the front of the

Windows and Icons can be moved around on the Desktop by clicking

on them and dragging them out of the way.

I. Observe the following picture and answer these question

1. How many icons can you count in the picture?

2. Mark the following in the picture:

II. Rearrange the alphabets and match the column

 Take the computer to the class or vice versa, whichever is applicable.

 Switch on the computer.

 Demonstrate launching of an application by clicking on an icon. Play a music

 Click on another icon to open another Window, say a Paint application.

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