Learning Material

1. The major source of material for this course is available on an SQA website:

www.e-learning-computing.com/page_10.htm

You will need to work through the content of this site, and follow through the web links it contains.
You may wish to keep in sync with the discussions in the classroom, but are welcome to go at any faster pace if you wish.
The site includes occasional self-test questions - be sure to try these.
You MUST add blog posts (even if they are brief) to indicate your progress and any comments or notes you wish to make.
Raise questions with me anytime, either verbally or by a blog post.

2. Resources on the college Learning Gateway
learningGateway.stow.ac.uk
The Computing Resources section:
http://learninggateway.stow.ac.uk/computing_resources.html
The How To series:
learninggateway.stow.ac.uk/ils_guides.html#how_to_series

3. General web pages and videos. Check 'Reference Links'. If you find any others, please make a blog entry to let me know

4. For a change from the computer screen, the library has some books on the subject, e.g.

The little PC book / by Lawrence J. Magid ; edited by Darcy DiNucci ; illustrated by John Grimes.
by Magid, Lawrence J., DINUCCI, DARCY.
Berkeley, Calif. : Peachpit, c1999.

The indispensable PC hardware book : your hardware questions answered / Hans-Peter Messmer.
Build and upgrade your own PC / Ian Sinclair.
by Sinclair, Ian R. (Ian Robertson), 1932-
Oxford : Newnes, 2001.

Newnes PC troubleshooting pocket book / Howard Anderson and Mike Tooley.
by Anderson, Howard.
Amsterdam ; London : Newnes, 2003.
Subject: Microcomputers -- Maintenance and repair.